Comments on: Vista selling poorly - as it should http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/09/11/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should/ Reviews and opinions about consumer technology, gadgets, Websites, new media, services, and more. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark Evans http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/09/11/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should/#comment-183537 Mark Evans Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:54:24 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should-1361/#comment-183537 Jeremy, Despite Vista's woes, today's NYT suggests Apple hasn't gained any market share. Jeremy,
Despite Vista’s woes, today’s NYT suggests Apple hasn’t gained any market share.

]]> By: Bruce Lidl http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/09/11/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should/#comment-183150 Bruce Lidl Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:29:46 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should-1361/#comment-183150 Ah, you could always step up and use a real OS, Linux! ;) Ah, you could always step up and use a real OS, Linux! ;)

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/09/11/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should/#comment-183030 Dave Zatz Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:29:17 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should-1361/#comment-183030 Windows Movie Maker on Vista does not record from analog sources, whereas XP does. Crazy! Windows Movie Maker on Vista does not record from analog sources, whereas XP does. Crazy!

]]> By: Aaron http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/09/11/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should/#comment-182957 Aaron Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:38:37 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should-1361/#comment-182957 The real problem isn't Vista specifically more than likely. It's drivers. Awful crappy hardware drivers. Apple has it easy by not supporting much (internal) hardware (like network cards, video cards, sound cards, etc.), and motherboards, and ... Laptops seems to be especially bad about driver support. I bought a new HP PC in the spring -- the installed drivers on Vista didn't even work! Tech support was baffled. I ended up using non-OEM drivers for one of the internal cards to make things work, because HP couldn't figure it out. Vista is a marginally better OS than XP. There are some nice features that I miss on XP. I'm not sure why your wife would like Vista on the laptop that you hated so much according to your earlier posts? Hardly adds any fuel to the fire. What would you suggest Microsoft do? How would they clean things up and make you happy Jeremy? I don't recall everyone being happy about the Windows 9x to XP upgrade either (or even windows 2000-XP). Time heals some wounds .... :) The real problem isn’t Vista specifically more than likely. It’s drivers. Awful crappy hardware drivers. Apple has it easy by not supporting much (internal) hardware (like network cards, video cards, sound cards, etc.), and motherboards, and … Laptops seems to be especially bad about driver support.

I bought a new HP PC in the spring — the installed drivers on Vista didn’t even work! Tech support was baffled. I ended up using non-OEM drivers for one of the internal cards to make things work, because HP couldn’t figure it out.

Vista is a marginally better OS than XP. There are some nice features that I miss on XP.

I’m not sure why your wife would like Vista on the laptop that you hated so much according to your earlier posts? Hardly adds any fuel to the fire.

What would you suggest Microsoft do? How would they clean things up and make you happy Jeremy?

I don’t recall everyone being happy about the Windows 9x to XP upgrade either (or even windows 2000-XP). Time heals some wounds …. :)

]]> By: Ben Drawbaugh http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/09/11/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should/#comment-182956 Ben Drawbaugh Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:27:56 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/vista-selling-poorly-as-it-should-1361/#comment-182956 While OS X is my favorite OS, I still prefer Vista to XP. Sure it's not perfect, but the security alone is enough of a reason to use it. I wouldn't recommend anyone use any OS that doesn't prompt for credentials when changing systems settings or installing applications that could screw something up. My biggest problems with Vista, is the performance issues, unreliable resume from hibernate and complicated way to configure networking. While OS X is my favorite OS, I still prefer Vista to XP. Sure it’s not perfect, but the security alone is enough of a reason to use it. I wouldn’t recommend anyone use any OS that doesn’t prompt for credentials when changing systems settings or installing applications that could screw something up.

My biggest problems with Vista, is the performance issues, unreliable resume from hibernate and complicated way to configure networking.

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