Vista makes top ten list of "terrible tech products"
The corporate giant that is Microsoft won’t sleep until we are all running Windows Vista until Windows 7 comes out, too bad it made a list of ten terrible tech products sitting ugly at number 10. The only saving grace here is that it was not number one.
Cnet compiles a list at the end of the year of products the editors think are just bad and Vista is on the list. The first reason why it’s bad lists the XP downgrade program saying, “Any operating system that quietly has a downgrade-to- previous-edition option introduced for PC makers deserves to be classed as terrible technology.”
Vista was in development for more than five years and was almost instantly hated by anyone who touched it, a year in and those feelings haven’t changed much. Something is wrong there.
The largest offence in Vista is the lack of compatibility with older hardware but there’s a reason for that, more stability. If Microsoft decided to support legacy hardware made since the mid-90s, Vista would be unstable and people would complain about it crashing more than it already does.
Microsoft made the decision to support less hardware and improve stability which has been the case for me but that has not been everyone’s case but it could be that the more outspoken people are those with problems, people happy with a product are not likely to be as loud as those that have problems.
If those reasons aren’t enough, there are far more editions of Vista, Basic, Premium, Business and Ultimate all at different price points and all with differentiating features which confuses even IT professionals. Let us also take in to account the “Vista Capable” and “Premium Ready” programs which not even a representative from Microsoft could keep straight.
Vista Capable meant a PC could run Vista Basic but no other version, Premium Ready meant a PC could run any version of Windows. This was lost on most consumers and it has come to light that Microsoft didn’t even test this campaign before launching it.
Still, redemption may be two to three years away with Windows 7.
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November 27th, 2007
More for fun on the reason cnet gives, it not strong enough to put Vista on that place. It seem the think is realy mixed by envy and self-willed user. One point said they want to take full control of OS just like XP then blame on security.
I still remember big lier post style like “I go Linux because of Vista” repeatly. My hardware is not new one, 2 year custom built pc (P4 3.0 with 1GB Ram and GF6600) still work fine and smoot with Vista Ultimate. I have XP on VPC and Linux on VMware.
As far I have seen normal user more to love Vista on how it loook and feel plus how it easy to use. I can say that I work easier and quicker on Vista.
November 27th, 2007
More for fun on the reason cnet gives, it not strong enough to put Vista on that place. It seem the think is realy mixed by envy and self-willed user. One point said they want to take full control of OS just like XP then blame on security.
I still remember big lier post style like “I go Linux because of Vista” repeatly. My hardware is not new one, 2 year custom built pc (P4 3.0 with 1GB Ram and GF6600) still work fine and smoot with Vista Ultimate. I have XP on VPC and Linux on VMware.
As far I have seen normal user more to love Vista on how it loook and feel plus how it easy to use. I can say that I work easier and quicker on Vista.
December 10th, 2007
“Microsoft made the decision to support less hardware and improve stability” If this is the case, why is it that Vista is still so unstable, while operating systems like Linux and Windows XP, both of which are made to work on older hardware, are so stable?