Time for a Vista Do-Over?

DigitalDame2 writes "'There's nothing wrong with Vista,' PC Mag editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff tells a Microsoft rep at this year's CES. 'But you guys have a big problem on your hands. Perception is reality, and the perception is that Vista is a dud.' He goes on to confess that the operating system is too complex and burdened by things people don't need. Plus, Vista sometimes seems so slow. Ulanoff gives four suggestions for a complete Vista makeover, like starting with new code and creating a universal interface table. But will Microsoft really listen?"

Comments

Re:New Code?

[140Mandak262Jamuna]

And like it or not, Vista was started from scratch and went the wrong way. Monolithic kernels ain't the answer hence MinWin.

Monolithic kernels aren't the answer if you are trying to build a great computing platform. But if your plan is to sabotage rival software and to maintain the King-of-the-hill position, then it is the perfect set up. Bloated API makes it difficult for people to write emulators and virtualizers. I am sure there is a lot of internal opposition to the very idea of MinWin. If a clean, lean and mean API exists that will execute all the byte code of Windows executables, a reimplemented MinWin will run as a process in Linux and Apple in no time. And I am sure MSFT knows that, and there are people inside MSFT who will throw monkey wrenches in that process. Finally when MinWin comes out, it will be as big as Vista.

Re:bah

[SHv2]

I love how the Linux nuts pop on here and gloat about how great linux is and it solves all the world's problems for so much cheaper.

Get a clue, you have an old laptop so you need a stripped down OS to handle it, deal with it.

On a side note Vista does need a work over, dear god does it run slow on my sister's dual core laptop, and she's only running Vista Business...

Re:What's the problem, anyway?

[benzapp]

More than 4Gb RAM? So what?

And that's the problem with your post. You might be a sysadmin, but real work is more than maintaining windows pcs. Lots of companies are involved with businesses that heavily rely upon analyzing large amounts of information. If you aren't aware of any reason to have more than 4 gigs of ram, you are simply ignorant of what really goes on in the modern economy.