Vista - Arrogance & Stupidity

[Cybr1d]

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What should Microsoft do? Their most basic mistake is "one size fits all", holding that an entertainment device is equally suited for business. This is now obviously and painfully false. Microsoft should immediately develop a version of Vista for business with DRM completely stripped out. Perhaps they could disable playing of "premium content" entirely if they could do it cleanly - "premium content" has no place on business computers anyway.
Will Microsoft do this? No. Instead they will "stay the course", increasing PR expenditures, working on ways to kill Windows XP to force Vista adoption, and ramping up their misinformation and FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) attacks on Linux to "full rabid" shrillness.

Looks to me like Mr. Grygus is just upset at Microsoft in general.


Microsoft released Vista home basic ( XP home), Vista home premium (media), Vista Business (professional) and Vista Ultimate to combine the security of business with the extra content home premium gives you.


so yes... microsoft does have a vista for business....!!!


As far as costs...you can get vista ultimate for as little as $200 for the OEM...all they require is an internal component to make the purchase (i.e. a fan).

A confusing new user interface. Vista actually reduces user productivity according to a consulting firm's study (V7).

Wrong. You can disable the VISTA theme altogether and the user will practically have the same interface as XP.

Blamed for so many security problems, Microsoft has placed security responsibility right where it doesn't belong, squarely on the shoulders of the average user. Confusing security pop-up dialogs are so common users get used to just hitting "Yes" automatically to everything, including malware.

I agree. Microsoft defenitely needs to work on that.

Most existing software is not compatible with Vista. You will have to purchase upgrades to almost all the software you run and many programs will never be upgraded to Vista.

Just as it happened when XP was released. How many Windows 95/98 work natively with XP...?

It's an exercise in frustration to try to upgrade an XP computer to Vista. Few Vista drivers are available except for new devices designed for Vista, and manufacturers don't plan any.

20+ Upgrades I've done so far were piece of cake....

Even many current printers don't have Vista drivers, and many never will. Developing Vista drivers and getting them approved by Microsoft is just too expensive.

Canon/HP/Epson have already released new printers compatible with vista. Many of the previous versions of these printers have the drivers built in to vista. Some of the printer's features are not fully supported...such as duplexing...but according to the HP, Canon and Epson representatives, they're working very hard to get those issues straightened out.

Vista is effectively a Windows price increase. Vista Home Basic, shipped with lower cost consumer market computers, is rather minimal, This often forces a $79 upgrade to Home Premium (equivalent to Windows XP Media Center) or Ultimate for $139. Vista's built-in Anytime Upgrade handles that - have your credit card ready. Actually all versions are on the machine but must be "activated".

Vista home basic is aimed exactly at the lower cost consumer market...so what is the problem? XP Home edition was never aimed at the high end units...
You can get Vista home premium computers as low as $450.

Vista Activation is a hassle and failure prone, but Microsoft says they'll be turning the screws down even tighter due to rampant piracy already taking place. This does little harm to the pirates, just to legitimate users (V5).

Vista Activation, should it fail or be aborted, phones home to Microsoft with enough details to identify your computer and possibly your location (V3).

The activation takes seconds to complete....why would anyone want to abort it? As far as failing...if the machine is not connected to the internet...it will fail. I have called M$ in the past for offline activations...and its been very very smooth.

Vista's much ballyhooed security has already been shattered in various ways, and Microsoft's One Care, intended to protect Vista from malware, has scored at the very bottom in independent tests of anti-malware programs (V2).

Very true..but no1 is forcing the user to use one care.

My take on this guy...he's a Linux whore who's just pissed off at microsoft in general...and not vista.