Vista isn't Me2, it's Win95 12 years

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I think they need to address performance

Not on new machines with a gig or two of ram, but work to optimize what it can do on older machines. It isn't flying onto people computers, problems or not because people don't want to throw their current computers away (you and I adding memory is no brainer, not to the vast majority). Yes it can run on 512, without aero, etc, but why does it actually need that?

Could Vista's massive preload simply by bypassed and work to load apps ONLY when needed like older version to allow for a reasonable experience on 256 ram (very typical)?

Couldn't they dedicate a team to optimize the crap out of Aero, which is obviously a very overbloated subsystem? Make Aero work with 128 video ram or heck even integrated shared memory video cards, the case for upgrade becomes much easier.

As a side not, I hope that within a year or two, the DRM industry dies the well deserved death it should, and MS decides to remove the CPU hungry DRM subsystem from Vista, further enhancing performance. I think DRM on music may well be dead by then, and here's hoping the hackers of the world keep making the AACS look foolish and that dies too, freeing MS to work on something that benefits the customer.

TripleII

Posted by: TripleII   Posted on: 06/28/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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