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Microsoft Concedes Vista Launch Problems

Posted by samzenpus on from the who's-to-blame dept.

notdagreatbrain writes "Maximum PC just posted a lengthy feature looking back at the myriad problems that went into Microsoft's 6 billion dollar failure of the Vista launch. Aside from running benchmarks comparing Vista at launch how its performing now, they also found a Microsoft exec who was willing to speak frankly about Vista. The Microsoft source blamed bad drivers from GPU companies and printer companies for the majority of Vista's early stability problems and described User Account Control as poorly implemented but defended it as necessary for the continued health of the Windows platform. He assailed OEM system builders for including bad, buggy, or just plain useless apps on their machines in exchange for a few bucks on the back end. Finally he conceded that Apple appeals to more and more consumers because the hardware is slick, the price is OK, and Apple doesn't annoy its customers (or allow third parties to)."

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  1. Re:Mac os x is so much better that hack it to run by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 5, Funny

    He couldn't be German. His sentence at the end does not his verbs have.

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  2. Re:They're playing the vista commerical now.. by kesuki · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or Churros, don't forget the churros.

    Delicious.

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  3. Re:So...... by Anonymous+Brave+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear the Franco-Swiss border is nice this time of year... Maybe that would be a good place?

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  4. Re:So...... by Achromatic1978 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you tried Ctrl-Alt-Backspace? (Usually resets X.) Or you could try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a text console, and use commands like 'top' to see which process is clogging things up and kill it.... (Ctrl-Alt-F6/F7/something will switch back to X), or just try something like 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart'. If you're in a position to, you could use another computer to ssh into the machine and do something similar. If you can type a command somewhere within the gui, like an xterm or a konsole, you could try running 'xkill' and then click the mouse on whatever window appears to be causing the problem. (This will kill the process in control of that window.)

    And yet, despite this power, we wonder why Linux on the desktop has never really taken off ...

  5. Re:Mac os x is so much better that hack it to run by bytta · · Score: 5, Funny

    He couldn't be German. His sentence at the end does not his verbs have.

    Does that mean Yoda was a Nazi?