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A Parting Shot

I must admit from the beginning I never liked the view. I always thought Microsoft Vista sucked, and so far the only folks that I've found that are impressed with it is some IT type folks who like the way it keeps the user away from knowing what is going on. Job security I guess.

PC Mag has long been known for being a Microsoft apologist. For several years they have spewed out the Bill Gates company line. In the early beta days and post Release days they kept us informed on how Vista was going to make all of our lives so much better.

Jim Louderback is turning in the keys to PC Mag, and as a parting shot he finally admits that Vista ain't so great.

Rest assured, you haven't heard the last of me. I will continue to write a column in PC Magazine. I still have too many issues to discuss with you. For example, my latest beef is with Vista.

Maybe it was something in the water? I've been a big proponent of the new OS over the past few months, even going so far as loading it onto most of my computers and spending hours tweaking and optimizing it. So why, nine months after launch, am I so frustrated? The litany of what doesn't work and what still frustrates me stretches on endlessly.

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I could go on and on about the lack of drivers, the bizarre wake-up rituals, the strange and nonreproducible system quirks, and more. But I won't bore you with the details. The upshot is that even after nine months, Vista just ain't cutting it. I definitely gave Microsoft too much of a free pass on this operating system: I expected it to get the kinks worked out more quickly. Boy, was I fooled! If Microsoft can't get Vista working, I might just do the unthinkable: I might move to Linux.

I bought a new PC a few weeks ago and I went out of the way to avoid the nightmare known as Vista. Apparently I'm not the only one. I suspect this is happening a lot. Unfortunately, whether its XP or Vista, MSoft is still making a fortune off each system it sells.

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posted by Liberty @ 12:38 PM