158 Pages of Microsoft's Dirty Laundry

KrispyRasher writes "Even internally, Microsoft couldn't agree on what the base requirements to run Vista were, but that didn't stop it from inaccurately promoting the OS as running on some hardware. 158 pages of Microsoft internal emails reveal scandalous truths about the squabbles that took place in the lead up to Vista's launch."

Comments

Re:The bigger problem is Vista running

[rschwa]

Or, for those that think you have to pay for software in order for it to work, go over to an Apple store and try OS X. OS X is free now? I thought it was like $129 every 3 months, or however often it is that they release a service pack.

Re:Vista Capable*

[iocat]

It's kind of insane. I've not seen anyone who uses Vista who doesn't absolutely hate it, and yet, all these idiots keep "upgrading" to it.

I was in a demo yesterday and the guys -- who were far from idiots -- just could not get their powerpoint to work correctly on the projector *they brought* because of Vista. Also, it made me want to kill them every time they clicked on something and it was slower than GEOS on the C64 to react. Then their game demo chugged at 10fps because it too was on a Vista machine. It's just horrible and worthess. Our IT dept downgrades every machine to XP and seriously at this point doesn't anticipate ever standardizing on Vista. For me personally, I took one look at Vista and bought a Mac as my home machine.

The sad thing is, I actually like XP. The Mac OS is good as well; much better than I remember from the first OSX. Considering I spend a ton of my time in the GUI switching between programs, GUI speed is paramount to me... thus, Vista is the worst.

Re:"M$ fanbois out here start modding this down"

[ColdWetDog]

And I really don't want to find out what would happen to you if would start mocking Apple.

YO! Apple fanbois (and you girly-men too -

I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed Unix based bit wipers! I fart in your general direction! You mother was cell phone and your father wears turtlenecks.

OK, let's see if I've riled them up.

Re:Too little, too much

[xbytor]

> A friend tried it on two systems (one is a new quad-core) and is much happier now. So where does that get you?
> Basically, system that looks like Windows 2000, performs like XP, and has the underneath the cover features of > Vista like "enhanced" security, searching, etc.

So I need to upgrade to quad core to get the performance I have now with no significant gain in functionality? It's nice to know what a real Vista platform requires, I just hope I don't get any significant new work that requires me getting a new box to do what I'm already doing on my current hardware.

I've been on the same box now for almost 3 years now. I no longer have a compelling need to upgrade every 18 months like I had in the past. But I am thinking of upgrading my Mac Mini to one of the new iMacs.

Re:Intel 910? It's a MS incompetent devs

[kaizokuace]

well according to MS you are gay unless you are a GAMER! If you don't run a card that does DX10 then you made a mistake! Why else would you get something less than a DX10 compatible card? Cuz its cheaper? Preposterous! As a result they made using regular fuckin windows require some power just to make a point. That point is that you are all yuppies! If you wanted an OS and hardware that would have worked without you having to ask questions you should have got a Mac. Also Compiz, tho totally sweet (there aint no wobbley windows in Vista), isnt perfect and causes stuff to fuck up. I mostly have problems when I want to run windowed 3D crap like Maya. Basically we as consumers are all fucked. MS obviously fucks us. Apple tricks us into thinking we arent fucked but before you realize it you turned gay. And Linux isnt and may never be a finished product. :*\