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TrainerWanted -> RE: anyone have vista? its driving me insane. (5/3/2007 6:44:50 AM)
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Yes a lot of people have got Vista... in particular, anyone who bought a PC in the last couple of months, whether they like it or not. In my store, we've run out of "old" machines with XP on them - although we do still sell XP on the shelves.
A few people have tried to uninstall V and reload XP, with varying degrees of success.
The major problem may be that MS didn't release the code to anyone not in the "favoured few", the close personal friends of Bill Gates.. this left a lot of major software providers floundering, and having to start designing their upgrades on the day Vista hit the streets. This is particularly true of people like Symantec and McAfee, because MS want you to use *their* security tools, and not buy anyone else's. Right now, you buy a product that has a sticker on the box saying "Don't install this.. toss it away and contact us for the real thing."
Small, specialist companies are in even bigger trouble - they rely on market-specific software, written specifically for their business niche, by programmers who were hired to do the job... the people who provided the software are having to start over, maybe with new coders, or maybe they can still find the original contractor and hire them back... but, again, not until Vista was on the shelves. In the interim, a lot of people in the legal, real estate, financial and medical fields are praying very hard that they don't have to replace their office computer before the updates are ready .
I've got a steady stream of people coming to the store and complaining that their peripherals don't work, on their new comnputers. That can generally be fixed by getting the vista-updated drivers for them... but why did MS have to change the driver interface anyway?
In general, I would not advise anyone to buy any Microsoft product until it's been through at least one major update... they have a bad habit of letting their customers do their quality control for them.
Sadly, because my customers out there didn't take that advice, I have to have Vista on most of my backup machines... but my personal computers are staying on XP for some time to come.
The arguments about MAC, and the various 'nixes and 'nix-alike system are really not relevant here... the original question was about Vista, so the poster obviously uses a Windows environment... so do most of the personal and business users that I deal with. So, the topic wasn't presented as an opportinuty to promote other systems, it was asking specifically about V
ObDisclaimer: I used a lot of weasel-words in the above, like "seems" and "maybe"... that means I'm not expressing any firm views or opinions, simply passing on what I see. Not am I speaking on behalf of my employers, who kindly send me a pay cheque every week. The reason that I say this is that major corporations like MS don't take kindly too critcism - allegedly.
Whatever it is, it's not my fault. The voices in my head made me do it. Batteries not included. Your mileage may vary
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