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| Thread ID: 76914 | 2007-02-20 09:30:00 | Vista: Isn't it Ridiculous! | Chemical Ali (118) | Press F1 |
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| 526243 | 2007-02-22 05:36:00 | let me see (scratches head) oh yea I think this was gripe was brought up about xp when it was released to. Im no microsoft fan but please is it really their fault, soon we'll refer to device drivers built into an OS as BLOATWARE because of the expected inclusion by the end users of device drivers for every conceivable peice of hard ware. :2cents: :2cents: Well if it is a piece of new microsoft hardware, that won't work with a new piece of micro$oft software, then yes it is a major issue and it is microsofts fault. |
rogerp (6864) | ||
| 526244 | 2007-02-22 05:42:00 | Although I agree with the above comment - why is everyone against Vista? It can only get better, and the more people that use it the quicker all the bugs and whatnot will be fixed. |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 526245 | 2007-02-22 05:45:00 | now this is exactly why i'm waiting for for sp2 before going vista... prices might come down too;) | motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 526246 | 2007-02-22 07:25:00 | Although I agree with the above comment - why is everyone against Vista? It can only get better, and the more people that use it the quicker all the bugs and whatnot will be fixed . Ok then, so nothing changes, any early adopters of MS's usual fare are beta testers . Hang on though, but you expect people to pay up to $855- for the privilege . I know full well what sort of response I would get in the market place if I treated my clients like that . FO numpty! However, say all my clients accepted the terms and paid up happily and got royally rogered by yours truly and even came back for more . Would I change, would I modify my behaviour . Hell no, I have no incentive whatsoever to change the satus quo, so why should I, it's bad business . What would actually happen though, is that I'd have to change or go out of business . So why would you advise people to accept less than serviceable software and effectively pay to help sort it out? Perhaps if people (the consumer) held off a tad, things might change, your software might be delivered in a better state of functionality next time around . It really depends on what your preferences are . Do you like a mutually beneficial relationship or do like taking a bit of rough rogering? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 526247 | 2007-02-22 07:32:00 | Whose this Roger chap then? | Metla (12) | ||
| 526248 | 2007-02-22 07:44:00 | 1: I'm not too offended by the prospect of the odd bit of rough rogering! 2: Metla - Roger lives down the road - he's my postie 3: I got Vista Home Basic on a Compaq laptop I bought recently - it was the curiosity factor really. I still run XP Pro on my main PC and the kids' PC 4: RogerP is dead right in his most recent post here - I salute you RogerP! 5: Beama - you still don't get it do you 6: That's all I have to say right now |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 526249 | 2007-02-22 07:49:00 | Whose this Roger chap then? Met's, you're unlikely to know him, unless you've been keeping something hidden away in the closet. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 526250 | 2007-02-22 08:26:00 | Perhaps if people (the consumer) held off a tad, things might change, your software might be delivered in a better state of functionality next time around . but then no-one would find all the bugs for me:horrified |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 526251 | 2007-02-22 08:49:00 | It was supposed to be a major selling point, the thousands of newer drivers in Vista.. but its a joke! Seriously, I wonder if Linux comes with better support at times Out of the box, you bet it does. I have been impressed with it's support for all sorts of obsolete and/or obscure hardware every time I have installed whatever distro enticed me to play with it. As impressive as that is, just about every bit of hardware sold comes with a drivers CD for windows that runs itself when you put it in the drive, and all you have to do is click next a few times. That is why windows has better driver support than Linux while at the same time has worse driver support :nerd: I thought that almost all USB mice & keyboards were compatible with the generic USB human interface device driver? |
Greven (91) | ||
| 526252 | 2007-02-22 09:00:00 | I think that is somewhat passé these days Greven. The only driver issues you will get with a good desktop Linux will be cutting edge graphics drivers. These days, I have far more driver problems (of a continuing nature) on Windows, and that's on a mature OS (though that's probably more a function of the OS than the drivers themselves). The point is, that for most items, at least it'll work without requiring anything particularly special from a user point of view. Gaming and associated tweaks, of course, is still an issue, the one big remaining bugbear. |
Murray P (44) | ||
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