XP vs. Vista
XP or Vista? I have been meaning to post this for some time now. So what the hell? Is this a joke or what? What I mean is this; Vista is a memory hogging, "please let me help you while I get in your fucking way", not compatible with anything including my several thousand dollars worth of design software, half-baked piece of shite. If Windows wants a Mac OS so bad, why don't they strip the code, make a Mac style computer and stop making OS software for pc's? Macs are great and pc's are common to most business. Both have their pros and cons. But trying to meld a Mac-style OS with PC hardware capabilities is insanity. After trying Vista on our work pc's, and then switching back to XP after a week or so, should be enough to tell you that this thing is like an ever-present nightmare of sluggish, memory consuming, non-compatible pile of dog feces that has only served to slow down progress and get in the way. I am a designer and I know my way around a computer and any software you put in front of me, so that makes me biased, right? No, even people who don't know shit about a computer other than how to get on the internet or run MS Word even complain about how crappy the experience is. I don't blame them. Now I hear that support for XP will end by Jan. 2009. Great Microsoft, the dwindling sales of your lousy OS now have you bullying everyone into using Vista. Apparently, you can now lead a horse to water and force him to drink. "If we can't get people to buy Vista, then we shall stop support for the old OS and give them no choice but to buy Vista." Anyone care to dispute or opine?

Just a got laptop with vista and i HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT. <*breaks a few things for emphasis*> Crashes everytime I put a DVD in, takes forever to boot (and it's brand new...) and has more compatibility issues than you can shake a stick at. I can't even install half my fonts, much less my programs that I use frequently. I have XP on my 2 desktops and find myself using them unless I am watching smaller format videos (i.e., not DVDs) or using my laptop somewhere besides at home. Once again, HATE IT HATE HATE HATE IT. Vista.

I've been hearing alot of people having serious problems with Vista as well.. And Microsoft is ending its support of XP by '09? Great....just great.....:mad:

I have yet to see vista in all of its glory but I do believe I'm going to bo out and get an Ibook when I go to shop for lap tops later next year :)

Here is an update that makes me feel a little better. The stay and support of XP has been extended for a while. I guess they aren't having luck with Vista at all if they are caving like this. Windows XP's stay extended By Benjamin J. Romano Microsoft is extending by five months the deadline to buy Windows XP at retail or with a new PC. The move comes in response to feedback from customers — particularly small businesses — that want more time with the old system before buying its replacement, Windows Vista. The company had planned to cut off XP sales through the retail and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) channels on Jan. 30, 2008, one year after the launch of Vista. The deadline, extended in an announcement Thursday, is now June 30, 2008. System builders, the smaller PC manufacturers that make custom computers for individual customers, will still be able to install Windows XP through Jan. 30, 2009. Kevin Kutz, director of Windows Client at Microsoft, said "we might have been a bit overambitious" when the company scheduled to end XP sales only 12 months after Vista was released. XP, launched in November 2001, is the de facto standard on most of the world's PCs. In the past, Microsoft has continued selling its old operating systems for 18 months to two years after the release of a new version. Does this mean that Vista sales lack the "wow" factor Microsoft had hoped for? Kutz, anticipating the question, said no. "What we're seeing and what our PC maker partners are affirming is Windows Vista is doing great," Kutz said. Al Gillen, system software analyst with IDC, said the decision by Microsoft to extend XP sales is not a good indicator of the success or failure of Vista. "If Windows Vista was selling really well and people were just falling all over themselves to get on it, there would still be customers that couldn't, for whatever reason, ... make the move in the short term," Gillen said. Those reasons include concerns about application compatibility, regulatory compliance issues, and lack of IT staff or sufficiently powerful hardware to make the switch to Vista. Microsoft has made a series of announcements charting the progress and market acceptance of Windows Vista. It sold 20 million copies in February, the first full month on the market. It reached 40 million by the first week of May. The latest figure is 60 million sold as of July. The company has consistently said Vista sales have outpaced XP, but it also acknowledged that there are about twice as many computers and computer purchases made in 2007 than in 2001, when XP debuted, so it's hard to make a meaningful comparison between the two. Kutz said the critical category of large business customers have been adopting the operating system at a faster rate lately. Consumers and small businesses have asked PC manufacturers to continue offering XP, and many influential tech bloggers have written critically about their experience with Vista and subsequent decision to "downgrade" back to XP. In April, Dell announced it would restore Windows XP as an operating-system option on several laptop and desktop computers for consumers and small businesses. In fact, one of the first posts on the PC maker's IdeaStorm customer feedback Web site, launched in February, was titled "Don't eliminate XP just yet." John Dayan, vice president for marketing and business development at Hewlett-Packard, said the majority of customers asking for a longer window in which to buy XP machines are small businesses. "Those guys have some of the same complexities of migrating to a new OS that a midsize or enterprise company would have, but they don't always have the IT resources to do that," he said. "So it just takes a little bit longer." Microsoft also recently started giving business customers who purchase Vista the right to downgrade to XP. Many businesses wait for the first service pack before migrating and Microsoft clarified its plans for a Windows Vista service pack a month ago. Vista Service Pack 1, which will include changes that many users are getting through automatic updates online, is due out in the first three months of 2008. Benjamin J. Romano: 206-464-2149 or bromano@seattletimes.com Copyright © 2007 The Seattle Times Company Source

I try to avoid using PCs as much as humanly possible. I simply cannot stand Bil Gates, his company, and everything they stand for. I don't think that a known felon should be rewarded. Anyway, I am glad that they at least decided to do the right thing and extend the stay of XP. They shouldn't try to strongarm people into getting Vista when, at the moment, it is nothing more than a steaming pile of shit.

I installed Vista once when it was first out, that dullard piece of crap. My 18 month old toddler was more clever than it. Yeah, it looks good, but it proper fucked my laptop up. Also, hardly any programs would work on it, such as NOD32. I'm now using Tiny XP, a modded XP with all the useless components took out such as windows sounds and games, and my laptop runs faster than it ever has. I just use a Vista theme so it looks nice.

Vista=Poop At least poop has a purpose.

Good news. I heard on the radio the otherday that XP is going to remain available for 2 more years. Because of the fact Vista still has to many problems. Ill keep using XP and hope that in 2 years, Vista will work better.

I'm happy with my modded XP, Microsoft can eat mine. :P