Comments on: Refusing Vista http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/ Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:06:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dirk Gently http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-267 Dirk Gently Fri, 04 May 2007 05:11:00 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-267 Driver support will get better, I agree.....who knows maybe the accuracy of the WGA might get better too. Maybe Microsoft will work out how to set it so that it won't think you have a new PC, and therefor need a new license when you upgrade one of your components. Maybe you will get lucky with every piece of software you install that it won't trigger the DRM. Maybe you never had a use for all that extra RAM you had to get, just so Vista could look nice and pretty. Driver support will get better, I agree…..who knows maybe the accuracy of the WGA might get better too. Maybe Microsoft will work out how to set it so that it won’t think you have a new PC, and therefor need a new license when you upgrade one of your components. Maybe you will get lucky with every piece of software you install that it won’t trigger the DRM. Maybe you never had a use for all that extra RAM you had to get, just so Vista could look nice and pretty.

]]> By: Michael http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-266 Michael Fri, 04 May 2007 03:58:32 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-266 Wayne says: "I don’t want to have to buy a new printer because HP won’t write Vista drivers for its older printers. I don’t want to have to buy the latest anti-virus when the licensed software I have for XP works just fine." Sound familiar? Did you buy a new printer and new anti-virus software when WinXP came out? Probably not. You probably stuck with Win98 (or 95!) until there was better driver/software support for XP, and then made the switch. XP, right now, is robust and fast. But when it first surfaced we all thought it was lame and lacked good drivers, and it copped the same remarks that Vista is copping right now. The moral of the story? Vista is still an infant. With every OS that is released, compatible driver/software takes time. It will not surprise me at all if many of the Vista bashers are running it in a year or 2. That said, I do agree it is over-priced. Wayne says: “I don’t want to have to buy a new printer because HP won’t write Vista drivers for its older printers. I don’t want to have to buy the latest anti-virus when the licensed software I have for XP works just fine.”

Sound familiar? Did you buy a new printer and new anti-virus software when WinXP came out? Probably not. You probably stuck with Win98 (or 95!) until there was better driver/software support for XP, and then made the switch.

XP, right now, is robust and fast. But when it first surfaced we all thought it was lame and lacked good drivers, and it copped the same remarks that Vista is copping right now.

The moral of the story? Vista is still an infant. With every OS that is released, compatible driver/software takes time. It will not surprise me at all if many of the Vista bashers are running it in a year or 2.

That said, I do agree it is over-priced.

]]> By: Refusing Vista « Vista woes and triumphs http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-262 Refusing Vista « Vista woes and triumphs Fri, 04 May 2007 01:56:17 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-262 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Wayne http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-259 Wayne Thu, 03 May 2007 23:36:08 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-259 <a href="http://blog.waynehartman.com/archive/2007/04/12/66.aspx" rel="nofollow">In my blog I point out a few reasons why people are jumping back to XP. When I buy a new PC, I don't expect to have to buy new software and hardware. I don't want to have to buy a new printer because HP won't write Vista drivers for its older printers. I don't want to have to buy the latest anti-virus when the licensed software I have for XP works just fine. Bottom line: Vista does not offer anything of substantial value for the cost of the OS and the hidden costs of new hardware and software. The idea of a new product is to improve, but Vista is definitely a step back. In my blog I point out a few reasons why people are jumping back to XP. When I buy a new PC, I don’t expect to have to buy new software and hardware. I don’t want to have to buy a new printer because HP won’t write Vista drivers for its older printers. I don’t want to have to buy the latest anti-virus when the licensed software I have for XP works just fine.

Bottom line: Vista does not offer anything of substantial value for the cost of the OS and the hidden costs of new hardware and software. The idea of a new product is to improve, but Vista is definitely a step back.

]]> By: Michael http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-258 Michael Thu, 03 May 2007 23:33:53 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-258 As some one who has been running Vista since November, I have to say I will never go back to XP again. There are just too many things in Vista that I like, and I am not talking about eye candy, although that is a bonus. We now have 3 Vista machines at home and the office is slowly adopting it (we are Microsoft Gold Partners so we get a tonnes of Vista licences for nothing), and everyone I personally know who has tried it has good things to say. But I do understand a lot of the concerns. Driver support for one. But this is not much (if any) different to the early days of Windows XP. Lack of drivers, some software compatibility issues, and people crying "This sucks! I am gonna stick with Windows 98". Well all those Win98 users eventually went over to XP (the ones that stayed with Windows) when these issues went away, and I don't see Vista being much different. If anything will stop Vista's wide spread adoption, it will be the price or abandonment in favour of a different platform. Driver issues and bugs, like all new OS's, will be resolved slowly over time. As some one who has been running Vista since November, I have to say I will never go back to XP again. There are just too many things in Vista that I like, and I am not talking about eye candy, although that is a bonus.

We now have 3 Vista machines at home and the office is slowly adopting it (we are Microsoft Gold Partners so we get a tonnes of Vista licences for nothing), and everyone I personally know who has tried it has good things to say.

But I do understand a lot of the concerns. Driver support for one. But this is not much (if any) different to the early days of Windows XP. Lack of drivers, some software compatibility issues, and people crying “This sucks! I am gonna stick with Windows 98″. Well all those Win98 users eventually went over to XP (the ones that stayed with Windows) when these issues went away, and I don’t see Vista being much different.

If anything will stop Vista’s wide spread adoption, it will be the price or abandonment in favour of a different platform. Driver issues and bugs, like all new OS’s, will be resolved slowly over time.

]]> By: Dirk Gently http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-115 Dirk Gently Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:45:56 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-115 I haven't done a check for my hardware compatibility, for the simple reason that <strong>there is no way in hell that a Vista disc will ever get within touching distance of my PC</strong>. I found this <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6407419.stm" rel="nofollow">BBC report</a> which illustrates another point about the compatibility test, and it's value. I haven’t done a check for my hardware compatibility, for the simple reason that there is no way in hell that a Vista disc will ever get within touching distance of my PC. I found this BBC report which illustrates another point about the compatibility test, and it’s value.

]]> By: Dmitri http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-114 Dmitri Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:18:10 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-114 Hmm, I sure won't be running Vista - and not just because I need a new graphics card for Aero. The thing is, I have everything I need already. I don't see how I would end up using Vista unless Microsoft starts making its software Vista-only, in which case I can almost see myself writing documents in InDesign. :) Hmm, I sure won’t be running Vista – and not just because I need a new graphics card for Aero. The thing is, I have everything I need already. I don’t see how I would end up using Vista unless Microsoft starts making its software Vista-only, in which case I can almost see myself writing documents in InDesign. :)

]]> By: Refusing Vista « Pebcac’s Playground http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-108 Refusing Vista « Pebcac’s Playground Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:45:56 +0000 http://dirkgently.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/refusing-vista/#comment-108 [...] The good ppl over at Dirk Gently posted this nice look at the impact of M$’s forcing Window’s Vista on consumers. All I can say is [...] [...] The good ppl over at Dirk Gently posted this nice look at the impact of M$’s forcing Window’s Vista on consumers. All I can say is [...]

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