Comments on: Vista Views: Time to delay Vista again?

Readers respond to bloggers' call for Microsoft to postpone the release and put out another beta.

[mitch707]

Vista release:

All I want from vista is DX10!

[velocity303]

Mac isnt for everyone!

I always enjoy reading the angry posts of both Mac and Windows supporters. But one thing I always notice is, Mac supporters think that everyone on the planet needs to buy a Mac immediately. I've used one, its not for me. Ive used Linux, and ive liked it a lot. And I've used Windows and I've never had any problems. In my honest opinion, if you really hate windows and microsoft that much to post such bad things about them, why dont you just stay away from windows related topics and focus on topics about your beloved macs.

[bfleming98]

Why Vista Doesn't Matter

You guys are killing us on this one. These O/S updates are a loosing battle and a loosing business. We are doing less and less on our PC everyear. Also, each O/S gets better and better. I really think the world will be surprised by the number of people that don't upgrade to Vista. Fact is XP is good enough to browse the web. As the web *becomes* the desktop the PC plays less of a role.

The only thing we'll need is a *PC* with a web-browser.

- Bryan
http://www.BryanCFleming.com

[rmiecznik]

No, I don't agree

You might be one of those people that can accomplish a lot of work only using the web browser, but a lot of people don't.

There is the Game market (billion dollar market), which requires a fast computer, and graphics cards to be able to display the complex 3D worlds and textures.

Then there are database and graphics programs that also require a good computer with a good OS to run them. OS X is my Operating System of choice, sorry MS, you lost out, time = life, I don't have time to wait for over 10 years for you to come out with a good Operating System, OS X has been here for a good number of years and it's a Gem, I been running it for over a year, and not a single freaking problem or crash or freeze.

Vista Beta don't impress me, if anything they makes me more angry and your Office Beta is a total crap, why did you screw up all the Menus like that, there better be a classic File menu option, I hate your new design and I bet a lot of people do as well.

If I was an investor or a stock holder, I would be worry, nothing lasts for ever, and as a matter of fact, the word always should be removed from the dicionary, because nothing is always.

[open-mind]

Do you only surf the web?

Don't you purchase/manage music, or take/manage/share
photos, or take/edit video, or record/watch TV, or watch DVD's,
or author DVD's, or compose music, or create presentations/
spreadsheets/newletters, or develop software, or create web
sites, or play video games?

I do.

But I agree Vista doesn't really matter, mainly because it doesn't
really help that much with any of the above. Sure, they've copied
several OS X features:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?
docid=2674791799339834706

But probably not enough to make people want it. So I also agree
that Vista upgrades will come slow.

[kchighland]

Why Vista Doesn't Matter

Are you serious?

"All we'll need is a PC and a browser?"

A browser has to run on an operating system. A browser will never *be* an operating system, and you're fooling yourself if you think it will be.

XP won't cut it forever. Vista was developed for a reason. XP is a security nightmare. Vista's been developed from the ground up to be a security strongbox. That alone makes it worth the investment. If you haven't used it and investigated the security features, perhaps you should refrain from saying things like "Vista doesn't matter" until you have enough information to form an educated opinion.

[dlecb8]

Vista Beta

I tried using the Vista beta as my only operating system, but I had a hard time running any of my existing programs. To solve the problem, I partioned my hard drive and am running both Vista and XP Prof.

[wlennon]

Vista Beta - Late July Build...Not Public yet

If you are an official MS Beta Tester, MSDN, or MS TechNet, you can register and download the latest Builds, updates and download A.C.T for Drivers.

About 60-65% of my x86 (32 Bit) software is working, where many were not before (on the Public Beta released recently).

On my System, I have:

HDD 0 - Windows XP Pro
HDD 1 - Partition 1 / Vista Beta 2 Build 5472 x86
HDD 2 - Partition 1 / Vista Beta 2 Build 5472 x64

OSL2000 Bootloader

[wlennon]

Vista Beta - Late July Build...Non Public yet

If you are an official MS Beta Tester, MSDN, or MS TechNet, you can register and download the latest Builds, updates and download A.C.T for Drivers.

About 60-65% of my x86 (32 Bit) software is working, where many were not before (on the Public Beta released recently).

On my System, I have:

HDD 0 - Windows XP Pro
HDD 1 - Partition 1 / Vista Beta 2 Build 5472 x86
HDD 2 - Partition 1 / Vista Beta 2 Build 5472 x64

OSL2000 Bootloader