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Microsoft Concedes Vista Launch Problems
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)."
Mojave was a controlled test and the user did not get to fully use the systems.
I'm glad I read your post before replying to parent, as I'd hate to be modded redundant in a thread I started. :P
You're absofreakinglutely correct.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
They install the driver and check whether the device functions.
If the driver installs and the device functions, the driver is certified.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Inadequate? yes.
About the only reasonable way to do it? Unfortunately, unless you want to pay tens of thousands of dollars for Windows because they have to assemble every possible combination of hardware and test against every possible version of drivers for all of it.
People, do some reasearch, find out who had good drivers and buy from them. That's just part of the treatment for HUAS.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
Read the subject as well as the post - it was intended as humor, not trolling. Check out what Godwin's Law is, and you'll see why it's funny or at least obviously not intended to be taken seriously.
Mod the mod who modded parent redundant +5 Damn, I Should Have Seen That Coming, please
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
For my uses, I never notice the DRM. I use that machine for play (music is a hobby of mine. If I ever create something I think anyone else would like, trust me, it will be done on that machine and I will provide downloads).
Any real work (/., BitTorrent and pr0n) is done in Linux.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
9 months ago, yes.
Driver issues (for my hardware, at least) are now nonexistent. The DRM may as well be for what I use it for. OEM crapware is a problem on every OS (yes, even Linux, though to a much more manageable extent, being removable through the package manager and leaving no trace, unlike Windows). Regardless of the OS installed on the system when purchased, a smart user should reinstall from scratch when they get it.
Good show, by the way.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
How, exactly, does one troll their own thread?
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.