Comments on: 120 days with Vista http://www.itwriting.com/blog/179-120-days-with-vista.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim http://www.itwriting.com/blog/179-120-days-with-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-11218 Tim Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:31:15 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=179#comment-11218 <blockquote>Er, in what ways is it not as good as it should be? Most of what you described seem to be third-party driver problems. I’m not challenging you, just asking what things aren’t right that you think ought to be. </blockquote> Yes, interesting question. Remember the history: the Windows team started down one path, found it wasn't working, and then there was the famous reset when when the codebase was reverted to Windows 2003 and the team restarted. That must have cost 18-24 months of development time at least. This is why Vista was both rushed and long-delayed. The outcome is that some important features were dropped, WinFS being the most prominent example, and others show signs of haste. I recommend a browse around the <a href="http://shellrevealed.com/forums/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Shell Revealed</a> forums; some of the posts identify minor inconsistencies and omissions which are the symptoms of a rushed release. Another thing: performance could be better, especially for desktop search. Vista is OK, but delays and mismanagement mean that it is not as good as it should be. Tim

Er, in what ways is it not as good as it should be? Most of what you described seem to be third-party driver problems. I’m not challenging you, just asking what things aren’t right that you think ought to be.

Yes, interesting question. Remember the history: the Windows team started down one path, found it wasn’t working, and then there was the famous reset when when the codebase was reverted to Windows 2003 and the team restarted.

That must have cost 18-24 months of development time at least.

This is why Vista was both rushed and long-delayed.

The outcome is that some important features were dropped, WinFS being the most prominent example, and others show signs of haste.

I recommend a browse around the Shell Revealed forums; some of the posts identify minor inconsistencies and omissions which are the symptoms of a rushed release.

Another thing: performance could be better, especially for desktop search.

Vista is OK, but delays and mismanagement mean that it is not as good as it should be.

Tim

]]> By: Charles http://www.itwriting.com/blog/179-120-days-with-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-11215 Charles Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:59:37 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=179#comment-11215 <i>it’s not as good as it should be</i> Er, in what ways is it not as good as it should be? Most of what you described seem to be third-party driver problems. I'm not challenging you, just asking what things aren't right that you think ought to be. Charles it’s not as good as it should be

Er, in what ways is it not as good as it should be? Most of what you described seem to be third-party driver problems. I’m not challenging you, just asking what things aren’t right that you think ought to be.

Charles

]]> By: Tim http://www.itwriting.com/blog/179-120-days-with-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-11116 Tim Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:40:03 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=179#comment-11116 <blockquote> Vista uses 100% CPU with no apps open on my laptop, so I uninstalled it. It’s fine on the desktop though. *shrug* </blockquote> Laptops tend to have a large number of devices; my recent laptop has more than my desktop, with wi-fi, Bluetooth, fingerprint reader, clever pointing device, etc etc. Unless you enjoy troubleshooting problems and trawling the web for drivers, or have an upgrade pack from the laptop vendor, it's probably unwise to attempt an upgrade. That's my advice after doing just that :-) Tim

Vista uses 100% CPU with no apps open on my laptop, so I uninstalled it. It’s fine on the desktop though. *shrug*

Laptops tend to have a large number of devices; my recent laptop has more than my desktop, with wi-fi, Bluetooth, fingerprint reader, clever pointing device, etc etc.

Unless you enjoy troubleshooting problems and trawling the web for drivers, or have an upgrade pack from the laptop vendor, it’s probably unwise to attempt an upgrade.

That’s my advice after doing just that :-)

Tim

]]> By: Rob... http://www.itwriting.com/blog/179-120-days-with-vista.html/comment-page-1#comment-11103 Rob... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:48:01 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=179#comment-11103 Vista uses 100% CPU with no apps open on my laptop, so I uninstalled it. It's fine on the desktop though. *shrug* A temp at work has Vista on her new home computer and moans that a lot of the "stuff" she used to run no longer works. I've heard similar comments from other non-geeks too who haven't bought it because they are concerned that it won't work with what they currently have. I'm surprised that non-geeks have even noticed, and even more surprised that they are worried about apps breaking when most of them aren't really sure what the OS actually does. Regards, Rob... Vista uses 100% CPU with no apps open on my laptop, so I uninstalled it. It’s fine on the desktop though. *shrug*

A temp at work has Vista on her new home computer and moans that a lot of the “stuff” she used to run no longer works. I’ve heard similar comments from other non-geeks too who haven’t bought it because they are concerned that it won’t work with what they currently have. I’m surprised that non-geeks have even noticed, and even more surprised that they are worried about apps breaking when most of them aren’t really sure what the OS actually does.

Regards,

Rob…

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