The cure-all for every Vista headache you ever had
It’s approaching the 6 month anniversary of Vista being on the market and yet, a number of compatibility issues are still present within the operating system, not to mention an untold number of existing or yet to be discovered security holes and bugs.
There are a good number of success stories regarding Vista, but there are almost just as many horror stories. I have oneb but having discussed that in the past, I see no reason to rehash it.
STL reports that one man was so upset with his new laptop, which came preinstalled with Vista, he tried to return it, only to get two new laptops before the retailer actually refunded his money. Vista had trouble recognizing and installing his (presumably older) peripherals including scanners and printers.
I’ve learned that Vista doesn’t particularly enjoy using older hardware; even three year old printers will be a pain to get working. If you’re lucky, you will be able to install the XP drivers for said device but it may not take too well. You’ll know it when you see (or don’t see) a BSOD (blue screen of death).
The problem is that manufacturers are still catching up to Vista; many devices still lack drivers though all new printers come with Vista drivers in the package, even if they are not available for download. Microsoft has no control over this and cannot be entirely blamed for it.
The analogy I think of is Russian roulette when using a XP driver on a Vista system; sometimes there is no round in the chamber and sometimes there is, and it’s almost like taking a gun and shooting it off, point blank, at your hard drive.
Give Vista until the end of the year or until Service Pack 1 comes out and it will probably be the operating system we were all promised. I would say XP did not reach that point until Service Pack 2 came out. It was almost a given that Microsoft could not produce something that would function flawlessly out of the box, the first time.
If you’re looking for that “flawless” software experience then buy a Mac, the hardware is another story, I will soon be on my second MacBook after the repairs failed to fix the problems and made some worse. That is the cure for Vista. Buy a Mac, and never look back.
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June 15th, 2007
Sure, just buy a mac…..BUT….I am a law student, and accidentally a PC advocate. When i started my first day of law school I saw many had PCs, while some had Macs…Well, long story short…If you own a PC you can take your law school exams on a PC but not a Mac…huh…looks like the idiots that paid too much for style (mac) over practicality (PC) got screwed in the long run…huh…maybe one of them read your advice…so thanks i guess…hahaha
June 15th, 2007
I have a very hard time believing that the examination board would let you use your own personal PC to take the exam. I’d imagine that they provide the PCs preloaded with the exam software…
And for those that have Macs… I have a hard time believing that there were not PC labs available for use. Almost any university be it private, law school or public has both PC and Mac labs and in my experience with electronic exams, you’d better report to your assigned lab on time or you aren’t taking the exam.
June 15th, 2007
Just ask Apple to replace your macbook. Ask for nothing, get nothing. Ask and give the mfr. an opportunity to right by you.
June 15th, 2007
They are replacing it… I’ve shipped my broken one back to Apple and I am currently awaiting the replacement to arrive at my door. The funny thing is, I didn’t even ask for a replacement, I would have be content (but not completely satisfied) with another repair… it seems company policy dictates they replace it.
June 19th, 2007
Law schools generally require to have your own laptop, and they will let you use it on exams, but they will make you install a special program — Windows only — that basically blocks access to everything on you machine except for the browser or some required test taking app. (And the browser would be locked to only go to a pre-approved website).
June 19th, 2007
wrong thing to say about macs. macintosh is about as much of a sellout as microsoft. why would you want to advertise that microsoft sucks so bad and then turn around only to try to capture microsoft’s market by running windows on a macintosh? also, speaking of copying things – for those of you that really believe that macs are better – osX is FreeBSD with a good window manager running on X11.
June 20th, 2007
The cure-all for every Vista headache you ever had: Reformat and install Windows XP.
That’s exactly what I did Jonathan. It worked perfectly! Why would I buy a Mac? Let’s count how many things are broke on your MacBook, and how many are broke on my Pavilion.
MacBook: Screen not connected properly; screen flickering
Pavilion: Small knick in the glossy cover
I win.