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1. Comment - SP2 for Vista, WS2K8 to enter beta Wednesday, will support Blu-ray

   (Oct 26, 2008 - 9:12 AM)

   Ok, here we go. Follow the leader. Jump on the bandwagon. Let's play funny like a Mac commercial.
   Most of the people who "hate" Vista have the following things in common:
   1. They never used the OS
   2. They have a pc which cannot handle the OS (which by the way is the user's fault...upgrade and shut up.)
   3. They think it is the cool thing to do. "Oh I hate Vista too. yeah, that commercial is funny. So I hate it too."
   
   So let's finally be honest. All you haters out there, tell me the ONE main issue you hate which makes it a bad OS. I don't mean your perception of bloatware, or the themes/visual styles. I mean a REAL issue which kills the OS. And for god's sake do not give me some long drawn out thing about "well on Thursdays if you run update while connecting a usb device in the rain facing north and uttering the alphabet in latin, you get a BSOD...so I hate it." I mean a REAL issue.
   
   HINT #1:
   UAC is not an issue!!!! It can be disabled.
   
   HINT #2:
   If your browser is crashing every time you click in the Austrian porn pages while also viewing The Wall Street Journal home page....it is the browser. Not the OS.
   
   HINT #3:
   If your hardware does not work. Uh, buy new hardware...or let's say the drivers are not installing. Manually install them. Takes 4 mouse clicks. Not hard, people.
   
   HINT #4. Incompatible software. Hmmm...blame the OS because the company you choose to use for your application is not up to date. That makes sense.
   
   HINT #5: ALMOST ALL UI ISSUES can be rectified with simple clicks in the display properties box, or advanced system settings tab. Stop blaming Aero for your slow machine. Once again; upgrade your hardware.
   
   The fact is if your hardware lacks the power to run Vista then it is your fault. Not Vista's. If you are completely computer illiterate and do not understand Vista...it is YOUR fault. Not Vista's. Of if you are just too lazy to sit for awhile and tweak the OS to YOUR NEEDS, and you STILL say it is not intuitive enough for you...once again....your fault. Not Vista's.
   
   I have been working on computers and buiding them since the Commodore 64 days.
   I have used Vista since it's first betas. I have really no issues on my end. I choose to run Vista Ultimate 64 bit edition on both my pc's.
   They are used for gaming, business, internet, and media (music and film). Any issues I had were minor.
   Most of themcame from a lack of hardware on my part from the first machines I tested the OS on, and me playing around in the registry and services menu to tweak it out.
   All my gamers work, old apps work, 32 bit works, etc.
   I cannot understand the hatred.
   
   Rig #1. Q6600 at 3.5Ghz - 280GTX in SLI - 8gb ddr2 at 1333 - 4TB storage, 1220 watt PSU
   
   Rig #2. Phenom 9850BE at 3.4Ghz - 9800 GTX+ in triple SLI - 8GB DDR2 at 1066 - 2 TB storage - 1000 watt PSU
   
   See that? The hardware is there. If you cannot physically afford Vista through hardware or even software then XP is for you. But if you CAn afford it and you are just too lazy to go out and do it, then blame yourself. Not Microsoft.