Comments on: Windows Vista to 'freeze dry' PCs before patching

The upcoming OS will include new patching technology that reduces restarts and stores user data before reboots.

Hello .... anyone home.....????

Folks, all Microsoft is tring to do is sell more hardware. Your
single processor 3 Ghz Pentium 4 with HT technology will be
outdated when Vista is released. Not many of you can
remember 4K Basic but it got the job done.

[ddesy]

Bloated "Visual" languages are to blame

The reason that software, including operating systems like, are so bloated clearly has to do with the change of programming style. Things like that 4K BASIC were so small because they were coded for efficiency. Use of assembly language can do a great deal for reducing code size and improving speed. Even pure C and C++ aren't bad.

Newer "Visual" languages seem to take away the willingness of the average programmer to put time into making their programs efficient. I have talked to a number that insist that the efficiency isn't as important today because of the amount of computing power. But just think how much more power would be available to the end user if the programs were as efficient as those old ones...

[Sentinel]

Same old promise...

MS has promised less reboots in Windows 98, in Windows Millenium, in Win2000 and in XP, but always fail to deliver. Only since 2000, has there been a decrease in reboots. But there are still enough to be annoying. Most program installations today don't require reboot, but a reboot is "highly reccomended". This is the same as saying "You can use this app without rebooting, but we will not be held accountable if your monitor explodes because you didn't restart." Well, maybe that's taking it too far, but the point is clear. Programs want to make users feel guilty about not restarting. The most annoying is the Windows Update, which makes a pop-up window every few minutes if you don't restart. I expect Vista will also do the same. Maybe not. We'll see if MS delivers this time, though I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[Sentinel]

Same old promise...

MS has promised less reboots in Windows 98, in Windows Millenium, in Win2000 and in XP, but always fail to deliver. Only since 2000, has there been a decrease in reboots. But there are still enough to be annoying. Most program installations today don't require reboot, but a reboot is "highly reccomended". This is the same as saying "You can use this app without rebooting, but we will not be held accountable if your monitor explodes because you didn't restart." Well, maybe that's taking it too far, but the point is clear. Programs want to make users feel guilty about not restarting. The most annoying is the Windows Update, which makes a pop-up window every few minutes if you don't restart. I expect Vista will also do the same. Maybe not. We'll see if MS delivers this time, though I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[Sentinel]

Same old promise...

MS has promised less reboots in Windows 98, in Windows Millenium, in Win2000 and in XP, but always fail to deliver. Only since 2000, has there been a decrease in reboots. But there are still enough to be annoying. Most program installations today don't require reboot, but a reboot is "highly reccomended". This is the same as saying "You can use this app without rebooting, but we will not be held accountable if your monitor explodes because you didn't restart." Well, maybe that's taking it too far, but the point is clear. Programs want to make users feel guilty about not restarting. The most annoying is the Windows Update, which makes a pop-up window every few minutes if you don't restart. I expect Vista will also do the same. Maybe not. We'll see if MS delivers this time, though I wouldn't get my hopes up.