Windows XP was worse then Windows Vista was upon release. Windows Vista SP2 was virtually a perfect operating system, but because the word "Vista" was marked so harshly as failure, no one would touch it. It's a fucking pity.
Vista isn't nearly as bad as people pretend it is. It has never crashed on me, which is more than i can say for XP. The search is really nice and i like the interface. Still like Ubuntu better, but Vista isn't crap.
As someone that HAS to use linux from time to time for development a lot of people do not realise the benefits of windows. For a hardware developer Vista is and still is a useless OS. No emulator (In circuit emaulators) or JTAG drivers worked with it, I had to format my new laptop (when vista came out) and put XP on so I could do my job.
I am thinking of migrating to 7 once the drivers for my tools come out, but not before then.
Vista is stable. But sluggish. Big reasons it screws up:
1. They assumed that users were stupid and decided to spend a lot of processing power on not needing the "Install New Hardware" screen. Among a lot of other things. It does have more concrete security than XP, but at the cost of a lot of power.
2. They gave priority to items that demanded more priority. In other words, browsers work well, but things that aren't memory hogs appear to be sluggish. So if you run the efficient programs, it looks bad.
3. They aimed for power several generations in advance. I'm not sure whether it's Vista or 7, but it's optimized for 64 core processors, and having a dual or quad core processor is slower than single core.
I don't know what 7 does, but I heard it's much better.
Linux runs perfectly fine for me. I've started using Linux for things like internet and music (yes, Vista butchers my music).. likely going to stick with it as long as I'm not using a gaming laptop.
Heh, I've been messing around with O/S development lately. Over half of it is about making design decisions - do you let it deliberately waste CPU power or design an inefficient system? Do you make it efficient but unstable, or inefficient but error-proof? What's the best pattern for memory management?
Well.. drawback with Microsoft is that it always chooses the most "user-friendly" option, at the cost of hurting "experts". It also aims many years into the future, which is why XP was horrible when it first came out, but is now a nice option. Then again, forcing higher requirements on users is how they've managed to stay in business so long, by staying ahead of the competition.
But on everything else, for you fanboys, it's impossible to say a software is bad when it's good.
And for you haters, if it really was so bad, then people wouldn't be buying it. Heck, if it was bad, why are you buying it?
It's not bad, just very inefficient. It's sort of like Click products in that sense. No surprise people who are fans of Click are also fans of Windows.
Now Apple is worse - it's designed for maximum beauty, not functionality, and then highly overpriced. I mean, look at that:
Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.
Originally Posted by Muz It's not bad, just very inefficient. It's sort of like Click products in that sense. No surprise people who are fans of Click are also fans of Windows.
Naturally since klik is made for windows.
Originally Posted by Muz Now Apple is worse - it's designed for maximum beauty, not functionality, and then highly overpriced.
I had a problem with Vista initially but that was because drivers for the stuff in my computer weren't finished yet. The only driver available for my network card at that time was one that kept freezing my computer if I used my connection just a little..
It was the same way when XP was released - pure incompatible crap.
Anyway - Overall I'm extremely satisfyed with Windows 7. I really think Microsoft upped themselves this time. Although I'm still disappointed they haven't released NTFS' successor like they said they would
Advertisement
Post Reply
