Comments on: Windows Vista: We are not amused

By: James

James — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:21:38 +0000

Vista isn’t amazing, but after all the updates Microsoft has pushed out, about the worst you can say about it as this point is that DRM is stupid and that it’s rather sluggish. (Though I can’t say I remember having to deal with a system profile screen on login.)

Windows 7 removes the sluggishness and streamlines a few things here and there (I especially like the homage to NetworkManager), and it’s really rather amazing how much nicer it is.

Of course, neither of them can hold a candle to Linux in any area aside from a vast number of binary blob drivers and a vast number of popular closed source 3rd party software. But at least they’re more secure than your average Windows XP machine.

By: bfpower

bfpower — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:14:56 +0000

I run Vista quite well, and use it for my home recording studio and gaming. Of course, I run it on a Q6600 system with 4GB RAM and a 512 MB video card. It runs reasonably fast now that I have the hardware RAID set up. What’s the deal, everyone? //sarcasm, of course…

Hey, thanks for the link to the Signpost. I like what you’re writing.

ben

By: wakizaki

wakizaki — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:19:45 +0000

your not the only one feeling the Vista bloat. I have friend that always comes to me for help with his lappy,and yes, it’s vista. considering his lappy has higher specs than my desktop that i’m using now, that darn vista lappy is so sluggish. i bet if it has zenwalk or xubuntu on that lappy, it will fly. i think a kde4 linux distro is way better than any vista install.

By: Nugnuts

Nugnuts — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:27:12 +0000

“typing documents in Word”? Why not use Writer? There’s a portable version of OpenOffice.org here: http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable

Or perhaps the portable version of AbiWord would be more your speed, as it were: http://portableapps.com/apps/office/abiword_portable

By: thealphanerd

thealphanerd — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:14:06 +0000

You just need adjustments and a really fast PC – dual core Pentium Ds and 800 MB of RAM should do. I find KDE and Vista to be knockoffs of each other. We had desktop gadgets since OS7! Both look like barf, Vista I can stand in Classic, but I prefer GTK anyday.

I would be running Linux right now, but since it collapsed by Midori crashing the printer drivers, making everything act bonkers. I had to use the preinstalled Linux.