Comments on: Windows 7? I'm Not Through Hating Vista Yet! http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/ Tech, Games, Comics, Movies. We Promise Not to Tell. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:09:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: alexandriacarpetone http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-370 alexandriacarpetone Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:10:36 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-370 Windows is the premature ejaculator of the OS world. <a href="http://alexandriacarpetone.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">bloggit</a> Windows is the premature ejaculator of the OS world.
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]]> By: shiftydevil http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-339 shiftydevil Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:31:11 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-339 Good lord people, Vista is SUPPOSED to use all your RAM. Now, with that tidbit out of the way, Vista is at best a mediocre product. W7, as it is in Beta, is an out standing OS. Now if anyone bothered to read up on why MS's turn around time is so quick is that they are using the same under lying kernel. And rather than adding in a bunch of junk they realized where they screwed the pooch and are ripping out bloat, SuperFetch and cleaning things out. Under all the garbage Vista's core is actually pretty dang quick. The other giant issue with Vista, if anyone bothers to remember, were the inexcusably poor driver support. This has been corrected. Hardware manufacturers are going to have to do very little, if anything, to update drivers to work with Windows 7. Let me put it to you this way, I'm running W7 on a partition on my main machine, it flies (grain of salt time, my main machine can chew through most anything you can throw at it), and every component, every piece of software, every game, works perfectly. No crashes, no conflicts, no driver hunting, it just works. Good lord people, Vista is SUPPOSED to use all your RAM. Now, with that tidbit out of the way, Vista is at best a mediocre product.

W7, as it is in Beta, is an out standing OS. Now if anyone bothered to read up on why MS's turn around time is so quick is that they are using the same under lying kernel. And rather than adding in a bunch of junk they realized where they screwed the pooch and are ripping out bloat, SuperFetch and cleaning things out. Under all the garbage Vista's core is actually pretty dang quick. The other giant issue with Vista, if anyone bothers to remember, were the inexcusably poor driver support. This has been corrected. Hardware manufacturers are going to have to do very little, if anything, to update drivers to work with Windows 7.

Let me put it to you this way, I'm running W7 on a partition on my main machine, it flies (grain of salt time, my main machine can chew through most anything you can throw at it), and every component, every piece of software, every game, works perfectly. No crashes, no conflicts, no driver hunting, it just works.

]]> By: Cliff http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Cliff Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:21:51 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-335 Hey, thanks for the link, alaskanturkey. Hey, thanks for the link, alaskanturkey.

]]> By: pattiofdarkstar http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-324 pattiofdarkstar Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:14:09 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-324 I thought Vista was fun, (until it's "update" ATE my HP!!!!!) Sadder, but wiser, I raced out and bought a MacBook! I DID pick up a new Vista,(A Gateway w/ ENOUGH RAM to run Vista...and it works pretty well). I still have a trust issue- why not just TELL us 2GB is NOT enough- then we buy more... I just feel Microsoft was dishonest in order to sell more Vista units, despite the fact that they would fail. I work from my laptops, so reliability is VERY important to me. I do love bells and whistles, but if it causes a major crash, that is a "bad thing". I thought Vista was fun, (until it's "update" ATE my HP!!!!!)
Sadder, but wiser, I raced out and bought a MacBook!
I DID pick up a new Vista,(A Gateway w/ ENOUGH RAM to run Vista...and it works pretty well). I still have a trust issue- why not just TELL us 2GB is NOT enough- then we buy more...
I just feel Microsoft was dishonest in order to sell more Vista units, despite the fact that they would fail.
I work from my laptops, so reliability is VERY important to me. I do love bells and whistles, but if it causes a major crash, that is a "bad thing".

]]> By: Dave http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Dave Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:03:35 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-297 I run Vista on both of my home machines, and I really don't have many problems with them. As a product, I'm surprised they're working on W7 already, because it seems like Vista's still fresh. There were some phenomenally stupid bugs (how does a local service account get taken out of the admin group?), but at the same time, Vista is hardly the Plague. ` My wife and I were house sitting for some friends who have a Mac, and we had the hardest time finding the power button, of all things. I'm not sure which model it was, but it's the one where the whole machine is housed in the monitor with the power button in the back. Part of it was the desk setup, as there wasn't easy access to the back, but we were assuming that the power button would be, you know, somewhere convenient :) I'm sure there's some Ctrl-Alt-Apple-Backspace-Scroll Lock-Esc-F3 key combination that all Mac users know powers on the machine. I run Vista on both of my home machines, and I really don't have many problems with them. As a product, I'm surprised they're working on W7 already, because it seems like Vista's still fresh. There were some phenomenally stupid bugs (how does a local service account get taken out of the admin group?), but at the same time, Vista is hardly the Plague.
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My wife and I were house sitting for some friends who have a Mac, and we had the hardest time finding the power button, of all things. I'm not sure which model it was, but it's the one where the whole machine is housed in the monitor with the power button in the back. Part of it was the desk setup, as there wasn't easy access to the back, but we were assuming that the power button would be, you know, somewhere convenient :) I'm sure there's some Ctrl-Alt-Apple-Backspace-Scroll Lock-Esc-F3 key combination that all Mac users know powers on the machine.

]]> By: tereglith http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-295 tereglith Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:12:22 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-295 This reminds me of this satirical video; http://www.theonion.com/content/node/92328 Watch it. It's hysterical. This reminds me of this satirical video;

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/92328

Watch it. It's hysterical.

]]> By: alaskanturkey http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-294 alaskanturkey Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:49:30 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-294 Hey Cliff - Macs are by far a better product, but there are a number of errors users experience when installing new software or updating their OS. A list of common problems (and their solutions) available at http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=235 Hey Cliff - Macs are by far a better product, but there are a number of errors users experience when installing new software or updating their OS. A list of common problems (and their solutions) available at http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=235

]]> By: Lev Grossman http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Lev Grossman Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:05:10 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-293 It's no secret that I'm a Mac fan. But I wrote a balanced review of Vista when it came out. And hey, I did say that MacWorld was boring. It's no secret that I'm a Mac fan. But I wrote a balanced review of Vista when it came out. And hey, I did say that MacWorld was boring.

]]> By: Cliff http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Cliff Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:00:15 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-292 Just out of curiousity, what are those fundamental, systemic problems? I just bought a Mac (my first, I'm not a fanboy yet) and I haven't really noticed anything yet. Just out of curiousity, what are those fundamental, systemic problems? I just bought a Mac (my first, I'm not a fanboy yet) and I haven't really noticed anything yet.

]]> By: Rorschach http://techland.com/2009/01/08/windows-7-im-not-through-hating-vista-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Rorschach Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:46:45 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=870#comment-291 I don't think hating Vista makes you a fanboy. I'm one of the few Microsoft fans left, but Vista is a poor product. I don't think hating Vista makes you a fanboy. I'm one of the few Microsoft fans left, but Vista is a poor product.

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