Comments on: Vista Week 2: now “not-so-terrible” http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/18/vista-week-2-now-not-so-terrible/ My opinions about convergence, consumer technology, gadgets, Web, and more. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Dave Zatz http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/18/vista-week-2-now-not-so-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-163503 Dave Zatz Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:20:03 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/18/vista-week-2-now-not-so-terrible/#comment-163503 I'm actually rolling back my Vista media center PC when I get some free time. It's brought the system to its knees and since this was an upgrade provided through HP, I can't even start with a pristine copy to see if some of the crap-ware is responsible. Also my VistaXbox 360 connection is undependable. I’m actually rolling back my Vista media center PC when I get some free time. It’s brought the system to its knees and since this was an upgrade provided through HP, I can’t even start with a pristine copy to see if some of the crap-ware is responsible. Also my VistaXbox 360 connection is undependable.

]]> By: Alexander Grundner http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/18/vista-week-2-now-not-so-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-162725 Alexander Grundner Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:15:46 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/18/vista-week-2-now-not-so-terrible/#comment-162725 Too funny Jeremy. Thanks for sharing. It's hard to believe that any respectable OEM would sell a product without the correct drivers installed. <a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/3952/dell_what_gives" rel="nofollow">I had a recent beef</a> with Dell shipping Linux Ubuntu PCs without them being fully configured for customers. It's beyond me why any OEM would shoot themselves in the foot this way? Too funny Jeremy. Thanks for sharing. It’s hard to believe that any respectable OEM would sell a product without the correct drivers installed. I had a recent beef with Dell shipping Linux Ubuntu PCs without them being fully configured for customers. It’s beyond me why any OEM would shoot themselves in the foot this way?

]]> By: Avi Greengart http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/18/vista-week-2-now-not-so-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-162648 Avi Greengart Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:43:43 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/18/vista-week-2-now-not-so-terrible/#comment-162648 My Vista test box is actually getting worse than when I last blogged about it (see http://hometheaterview.typepad.com/hometheaterview/2007/03/love_vista_just.html). Seems any time I open up Media Center for more than a minute or two - TV, radio, music, anything - it crashes. It also randomly crashes at other times and still doesn't always come out of sleep mode with its Bluetooth peripherals intact. I'm really going to miss the added security, pretty graphics, and dramatically better networking (it finds everything on the network - webcams, attached hard drives, WiFi printers, media players, etc. - without having to load drivers for them). But it's gotten so bad I need to wipe it clean and start fresh. -avi My Vista test box is actually getting worse than when I last blogged about it (see http://hometheaterview.typepad.com/hometheaterview/2007/03/love_vista_just.html). Seems any time I open up Media Center for more than a minute or two – TV, radio, music, anything – it crashes. It also randomly crashes at other times and still doesn’t always come out of sleep mode with its Bluetooth peripherals intact.

I’m really going to miss the added security, pretty graphics, and dramatically better networking (it finds everything on the network – webcams, attached hard drives, WiFi printers, media players, etc. – without having to load drivers for them). But it’s gotten so bad I need to wipe it clean and start fresh.

-avi

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