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The fault lies with MS and Driver manufacturers
We don't criticize macs because they are a package deal, with a price premium to match so they generally work just fine. We don't call for witch hunts of Linux distro's because we expect to have problems and tweaks with Linux, plus it's free, hard to ***** about free. For many people XP just worked. Hell, got a printer from the Paleolithic age, there was probably an XP driver for it.

People got used to that stability and affordability. So when MS came out with an OS that had Mac like prices and Linux like problems people felt cheated. MS should have lowered the prices, hammered the OEM's to make sure that Vista capable machines were actually "capable" and put the manufacturers under the heat lamps to make sure they weren't releasing buggy-ass drivers.

I also wonder what the hardware specs were for the "testers" who had such positive feedback, I'd bet a kidney they didn't have the minimum required that most people ended up with.

Oh and how bout different versions based on common sense and not uh, whatever the hell craziness they actually came up with to base their Vista versions and upgrade paths on(my theory, dartboard from 10 paces).

Vista was a failure because it failed not because Win7 succeeded
Posted by: User 13   Posted on: 10/19/09  (Edited: 10/19/2009 @ 06:28) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Windows is a failure  Christian_<>< | 10/19/09
great and then you will tell us that...  Ceridan | 10/19/09
No, it isn't.  CobraA1 | 10/19/09
Correction...  storm14k | 10/19/09
well . . .  CobraA1 | 10/19/09
1%...hmmmm!  GOTBO | 10/19/09
waay more than one percent.  crabbypup | 10/19/09
desktops  CobraA1 | 10/19/09
Not True  mlbslugger | 10/19/09
Pure ignorance on display...  adornoe@... | 10/19/09
OMG  GOTBO | 10/19/09
If you have a disagreement, then "OMG" is not sufficient...  adornoe@... | 10/19/09
Obviously you do but obviously not eloquently. nt  socialism=nowhere | 10/19/09
Nicely done - ty - nt  socialism=nowhere | 10/19/09
I was with you about Linux having 1% but then I got lost...  HaknGolfer | 10/19/09
What the M$ FUDsters fail to take into account is that...  UAC nanny screen | 10/19/09
What the Linux shills fail to understand  rtk | 10/19/09
What M$ tools like rtk fail to understand...  UAC nanny screen | 10/20/09
And desktops aren't servers, servers aren't desktops.  rtk | 10/20/09
But they are still Linux  UAC nanny screen | 10/21/09
Yeah, but there's a handful of them in comparison.  rtk | 10/21/09
I'm not american ...  stewymelb | 10/20/09
Ignorance  Greenman76 | 11/09/09
Phew - I was afraid you wouldn't chim in with a dim  socialism=nowhere | 10/19/09
wow...  g-ssg | 10/19/09
Come back down to this planet  denzcam | 10/19/09
Are the TROLLS really THAT hungry??  kaninelupus | 10/20/09
On Linux and Mac  pjotr123 | 10/19/09
Macs require maintainence too  Rob Oakes | 10/19/09
Ahh, WTF?  kaninelupus | 10/20/09
Yes, yes, yes  walnut186 | 10/20/09
if you write a paragraph like this....  deaf_e_kate | 10/19/09
The fault lies with MS and Driver manufacturers  User 13 | 10/19/09
Well not really manifacturers but...  Ceridan | 10/19/09
Vista SP1/SP2 works just fine  Tom12Tom | 10/19/09
I agree  Ceridan | 10/19/09
Count me as well  nothingness | 10/19/09
Yes, but what hardware do you have?  jgpeters | 10/19/09
I disagree....  GOTBO | 10/19/09
Vista DOES work just fine!  jromyt@... | 10/19/09
Agreed, Vista does work just fine!  PrestonSK | 10/21/09
Saw you post elsewhre about no MS phone  Boot_Agnostic | 10/19/09
Less drinking, more thinking  johnfenjackson@... | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  ilovenudism | 10/19/09
Corrupt files?  Narg | 10/19/09
WTF?  merddyin@... | 10/19/09
Internet 8 and silverlight corrupts??  Franciscus101 | 10/19/09
silverlight kicked my dog!  rtk | 10/19/09
Vista was great for me...  Narg | 10/19/09
Version 6 to 6.1....  b12sklfck | 10/19/09
Vista or Ballmer?  Silex | 10/19/09
XP Upgrade "Path/Ordeal"  bgrh | 10/19/09
Vista back in the day was perfectly fine?  awasson@... | 10/19/09
Then why was XP not a 'failure' in retrospect?  jgpeters | 10/19/09
Vista in perspective: I think it sucks  Get-Smart | 10/19/09
Awesome post  b12sklfck | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  cosuna | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  dcolbert@... | 10/19/09
Computer Science Gone STUPID....  anthony@... | 10/19/09
Great Post - I Agree!  stillgolfing | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  zdn4lee | 10/19/09
Vista was a train wreck  b12sklfck | 10/19/09
Half my Vista installs have 1GB  rtk | 10/19/09
Vista ... perfectly good OS  dhamilt01@... | 10/19/09
Except, they're not  rtk | 10/19/09
Linux servers are  UAC nanny screen | 10/19/09
Yeah, except they are...  awasson@... | 10/19/09
Yes, I've never understood that...  UAC nanny screen | 10/20/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  Masari.Jones | 10/19/09
Windows 7 is a Great OS  PrestonSK | 10/19/09
What about the consumer!  denzcam | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  jayb1@... | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  programit@... | 10/19/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  bigtom2_z | 10/20/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  troubled241 | 10/20/09
Beta is the key word  PrestonSK | 10/21/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  kevinf@... | 10/21/09
Failure only in retrospective? My rosy red backside!  Heimdall222 | 10/21/09
Win 7 already ahead  3dguru | 10/21/09
RE: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect  bb_apptix | 10/22/09

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