Others' views on Vista's first birthday
OK, I offered several of my own perspectives on Vista's one-year anniversary on Wednesday. Today, I want to share some other takes on the big milestone.
Todd Bishop at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer had one of the most thorough looks at the big milestone, offering an in-depth story that looks at Vista's ups and downs. There were also blogs that looked at one user's struggle with Vista, the operating system's performance, and a computer repair shop that advertises in its window: "We remove Vista."
Windows Vista magazine had a most traditional birthday celebration, devouring a cake iced with the Windows Vista logo.
Others were in a more critical mood, including Robert X. Cringely, who was one of many to make fun of Microsoft's "Wow starts now" pitch.
Perhaps the most colorful look at Vista's birthday came from the Inquirer's Charlie Demerjian. A year ago, Demerjian called Vista a "chrome-plated turd." Now, he says, "the chrome has worn off the turd."
Other links:
• "A Clearer View of Vista," Washington Post
• "Vista Turns One," GottaBeMobile
• "One-Year-Old Windows Vista Looking in Vain for Supporters," ITBusinessEdge
During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried has changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. These days, most of her attention is focused on Microsoft. E-mail Ina. 
Vista Blows Chunks.
Little wonder that Microsoft began (*cough*)not-leaking(*cough*) buzz about Windows 7 recently... much like they did about the then-upcoming Windows 2000 back when "Windows Millennium Edition" was released in 1999.
Expect to see Windows 7 pre-release betas leak out before the year is half over, as MSFT (at least internally amongst the management) scrambles to staunch the bleeding of market share to the likes of Apple and Linux.
Sucks to be them, I suppose... but maybe, just maybe, it'll motivate them to actually produce something worth a damn this time around?
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On top of all the flaws, Vista is slowww....., despite running on these power machines with lots of RAM.
So, my comment is, what on earth were all those very highly paid, extremely competent nerds at Microsoft thinking in foisting such a terrible OS on their customers? And one year later, it has hardly improved much. Where oh where is Service Pack 1?
My son is buying a Mac - heresy in our family. He is dumping his two PCs. I have delayed buying my much needed new laptop for over a year and a half and still don't know what to do. I am installing XP Pro in one of the Vista laptops. The other one does not allow for that. I should not have bought it. Other than the two mistakes, I have been ordering only XP machines.
I have a lot of work to do but Microsoft does not seem to care and continues to charge big bucks for myself and others to waste our valuable time coping with their incompetence. The mighty Microsoft dearly needs strong competition.
intelligent one like Dr. Jose Rizal and your son. You may opt to use
a Linux distribution, like Ubuntu, for your laptop that does not
want to accept Windows XP installation. Just an unsolicited advise,
sorry.
- How popular is Vista
- by mhinnewyork February 2, 2008 4:33 PM PST
- See this posting for website usage stats that show there are 8 XP users for each Vista user
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