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Microsoft: We Screwed Up Windows 7 Beta, So Unlimited Downloads for Two Weeks

I can't actually believe you're seriously suggesting Microsoft should make Windows free or open-source. Sure, let's drop quite possibly the world's largest and most sophisticated piece of computer software ever written into the hands of any old 12 year old with a compiler, and see what happens. Wake up

Typical Microsoft…. they demonstrate how poor their computing platform technology really is… however, over the decades, they also learn the common public (you the consumer reading this)… simply excepts this crap and buys it. Look to the Free and more powerful Sun Microsystem's OpenSolaris desktop and the many wonderful other UNIX-like systems all available free for your PC. FreeBSD, Ubuntu offer real-world speedy and stable performance.. with free applications. then there is simply the new Mac operating system built on the FreeBSd platform… offering the ultimate solution for modern lifestyles. My Summary, Sell your stocks in Microsoft… this corp has been on a slow tailspin to going out of business…. driven poorly on making profit from selling certifications, memberships and support service… it's time for YOU, to wake up and understand you have choices and move on with life… get over the brainwashing and move on and enjoy living before your life comes to an end! good bye microsoft… hello living in the real world.

Well, obviously you have not searched the Internet since it's beginning…. many technologies today were started by kids… php for example. And, Sun Microsystems, a company much more technology advanced than Microsoft, offers their commercial SOLARIS 64 bit operating system totally free and a cutting-edge feature rich Open Solaris version. Open Source if driven by talent… and is the equivalent of the Darwin theory. Each of us sets our own standards for everything we except in life… this person is obviously not aware of, and has not been enlighten to the vast availability of simply outstanding Open Source applications… there is a lifetime of adventure today all from the real world and the Internet reality…. enjoy and open your mind to a good life. AS for Microsoft giving free WINDOWS…. I once was offered a free station wagon from a person who calls me a friend, but I rarely hear from…. I declined the car…. So… why would anyone want a broken, dysfunctional, annoying crashing desktop system… or even subject themselves to this and delaying life?

If your critics are the kind of people who would describe your actions as “a fail”, you're probably doing something right.

You're an idiot, are you seriously suggesting Microsoft give this away for free? Are you retarded? Do you know anything about business?

To this:

“tens of millions of people won’t be buying a copy now they’ve got a free copy”

um…. you know its a BETA right? And will be different from the final version in terms of stability and exploits and whatnot…. Why oh why would anyone in their right mind use a BETA as their primary OS? Use your head.

wow, you have no idea how open-source works. get fucked, buddy.

Shitty article…Thanks for not providing the links…here you go: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/01/10/window…

The “Related Posts” are equally as shitty.

I agree, Windows 7 should just be the next service pack for the failure that was Vista.

I mean, people ACTUALLY paid for that garbage. Not me though… I tried it out though….

Microsoft's prime market is businesses and companies that use computers. Which by the way is almost every business. These people have to buy genuine software. Even if they don't want windows 7, Microsoft will push it down their throats eventually. These are the joys of being a monopoly.

You seem to be painting all Windows users into this group of ignorant mass-market consumers who blindly comply to the will of the big-whig corporation. Having used both, I happen to like the Windows platform more than Macs. And to say that everyone should take Linux as an alternative is simply not realistic. I understand and value the success of the open source platform but they aren't the best option for me. I play a lot of PC games and Windows platforms are simply the best for what I do. To see microsoft as a evil corporation driven by greed and not see some of the same in Apple are the only 'brainwashed' opinions I see here. They may be the “underdog” in terms of market share but they have been the ones throwing punches below the belt (I'm a mac ad's anyone?)

Warning, OP is trolling.

LOL, I still think its a rehash of Vista myself!

Banger!
http://www.Privacy-Center.net

You both should stop fighting and get a Mac. That way anonymous can continue hating open-source and adventurer doesn't have to deal with a “broken, dysfunctional, annoying crashing desktop system”.

Problem solved. And don't say they're pricey. You can get a Mac desktop for peanuts.

1.) Write an obviously fake article to stir controversy
2.) Get it dugg up and place lots of ad's on site.
3.) ???
4.) Profit!

open source windows, never.

Actually, Vista is quite nice and just as stable as XP, all you hater's obviously have never worked on PC's, Newsflash, XP breaks all the time too.

Macs are nice, Damn expensive, but nice. OS X imo is great for minor web surfing, but as soon as someone finds an app that they want to use they blow up. Nice that you can run windows on them as well. But as stated below, apple is just as greedy and shady as microsoft.

Bottom line, if you don't like a product dont fuckin buy it and quit bitching about it. Also stop brainwashing the ignorant people who obviously have no idea what they are talking about and are incapable of developing their own opinion.

Do keep in mind that many of those who use such a term have *grown up* using Windows and have a pretty good idea of what they're talking about.

Why not just give everyone Macs instead?

learn how to write, you dumb ass.

Microsoft should be fixing Vista, which they ripped off millions of people. How can a they bring out Windows 7 in such a short time over Vista, which was worked on for 7 years and say WIndows 7 is better.

Who cares. MacOSX is a better operating system than Microsoft Windows anyway.

Seriously people, go do some business study or something. you do realize that companies creating profit, creates jobs/country growth and improves economy… yeh gw, lets flush the billions of dollars M$ makes and the governments make from the tax they charge on M$ products.

Don't put crap about MAC's on here, they can stay in the living room as far as I am concerned and most businesses are as well.

I would never think of open sourcing windows, as it would pose a security risk to the millions of people that use it (yes M$ software has always got bugs/flaws in it).

Never used a hacked beta? Never heard of Longhorn Reloaded?

This is an earlier beta of Longhorn, which was abandoned by Microsoft for Vista. Countless bugs and glitches were fixed by patching binaries (cannot be easy), and no expiration. I tried Reloaded and quickly returned to the comfort of XP, but the exercise proved that it was very possible, and a viable alternative OS.

I believe it is still being worked on, although finding an original reloaded disk image is nigh on impossible, and this disk image is absolutely required as updates and patches are applied to it directly, almost certainly to avoid the wrath of Microsoft.

1. macs are Good For fags And Simple minded Cavemen, Who are just jealous of The Geico Insurance company,

2. Windows & linux is For The Brainy People You picked on in high school who sign Your Paycheck and buy your company cars.

3 windows is good, its not the best, but its better and more compatible then ANYTHING else that you or anyone else can put on any computer.

4. dude, do you read what you write? i mean seriously you sound like one of the old popes re-incarnated into a 13 year old wimp who thinks he is better than everyone else because he got his dad to spend $1200 – $2800 on a computer that seemed good at time of purchase only to reveal itself as the peice of crap it realy is

5. if you are gonna post, post about what other people are talking about, dont try to change the subject, because thats THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what posts do.

makes you look smug, sniff your own farts, lib hippie.

Damn Straight

that reply was to jawn, not TW

Whoa!! dude learn how to spell and use the correct words. Your credibility is now on the floor.

I never comment on articles ever, and Im commenting on this.

The fact you suggest they give away windows 7 for free or make it opensource is so unbelievably
unrealistic and really just an “I'll say anything that comes to mind” statement.

You might as well tell every company that has proprietry information, be it software, handware designs etc to make it open source. Then everyone in the world will hold hands and start singing while rabbits will come out of the forests standing on their hind legs and dance around in joy.

Btw Vista isn't too bad, its very stable, yes the UAC can be annoying but I've had no problems with it. Granted I have only used it since service pack 1.

To constantly criticize it now is to jump on the anti-microsoft bandwagen just to get hits from mac and linux fanboys.

This is the most stupid Article I have read today. Give away Windows 7 for FREE ??? WHAT THE FUCK ?

Go Fuck yourself Duncan Riley ! Who the fuck do you think you are ? ” A better proposal ? ” this is not a communist country!

Wish i didnt read this loosers article…..Sounds like someone should have a cry and get it all out.

I never had a problem with vista after SP1. I have upgraded to windows 7 and must say very impressive for a beta. Thank you microsoft!!

I know I'm glad they did. Cause I got my beta download today and I'm going to be trying it out in many different places.

because i prefer hardware i choose not what Apple chooses(those are some awesome prices to go with those mediocre choices as well), also i prefer apps i choose not what apple chooses

Lose Windows and get a Mac? You do realize that Macs are made for idiots that can't run and maintain their systems and need to be held by the hand to do anything, right? Speak to a person that KNOWS what they're doing, and ask them if they have any problems with Windows.

to the small portion of the population who purchased vista outside of a PC purchase he mean u the rest of the comment is gibberish as far as i can tel …vista is fine the only problems at the beginning were mostly driver/legacy(yes you may have problems your Ukrainian scanner from 1996) related with a few issue that were fixed in sp1 that covered most of the gripes about vista being slow/buggy…Vista now is more stable then XP ever was running for weeks uninterrupted without getting bogged down like xp would

by being worked on you mean “received a cease a desist from M$ and quickly disappeared” then I'm sure the longhorn community it thriving on M$ proprietary code

maybe they wont give it away free because they need to make money to pay its tens of thousands of employees?

I just tried it and its hardly Hitler-y at all.

If you want open source, why not use open source? Getting the source code for windows is useless. Spaghetti comes to mind. Lots of spaghetti.

And you just lost your credibility for being a complete idiot. Macs are for fags eh? How civilized.

Another reason to hate microsoft and Alex I would like to edit some Microsoft products. Of cource you could edit it to give you free stuff, but it would be really fun.

Are you retarded?

I think the Free upgrade to Vista is a good idea but Free for all isn't.
Even if Microsoft did this, I don't think I would upgrade off my Vista OS that I am quite happy with currently, thank you very much.
I don't think Windows is an upgrade type of OS. You should get the latest version when you buy a new machine, but to actually upgrade your current one, the OS is too mature to add anything that would make the upgrade worth while. Plus most of the upgrades are with Apps that you use with Windows and if Windows 7 is successful, it will mean more App developers will bite the bullet and write apps taking advantage of Vista/7 features which will be great for Vista as well!
JMTC

Could you possibly be more of a fanboy? Jesus Christ, “Better still: open source it” Yeah, because Microsoft absolutely hates making a profit, the just want eveybody, especially people who get a massive boner for open source, to love them. No, microsoft makes a fairly good, widely accepted product, and makes a massive amount of cash from it. They sure as hell aren't open sourcing it or giving it away for free.

Dude, guys, I hate microsoft and vista too! Can I be a blogger! Please?

but it's true

English professor, your talking shit to someone about spelling and correct words, yet you couldn't even capitalize the first letter in your sentance.

You fail fagot

There are millions of reasons to hate my microsft. I simply does not hate MS they're just not interesting. But the top reasons to hate M$ is that you're paying ca$h for such a problematic and insecure system. Since there a lots of third party support for M$Windows in the game arena they should stop marketing their system for office/school/government use and stick to being a gaming platform. For anyone who thinks MSWindows are the only OS that are compatible to anything and sophisticated? Phulease… I pity you for you might have experiencing brain damage, please see a doctor. To anyone who thinks Macs are for fags, you're just jealous because you couldn't afford one.

Do _you_ know anything about business?

How many commercial products are eventually given away free? Ever heard of Netscape? WinAmp? VMWare? VirtualPC? I think that not only would it be a good idea for Microsoft to give Windows away… at least one version of Windows anyway, if not the higher-tier versions… because it's the best (and possibly the only) way they have of continuing to ensure their monopoly on the desktop, which is beginning to erode. In fact, as Linux continues to gain momentum on the desktop as well as in server room (where it all but dominates), I think it's very likely that Windows will eventually be free.

But of course, I've only been watching and working in the industry for over 20 years. I must be a retarded idiot, too.

I don't think you understand the way this sort of thing works….”open source it?” Umm….no. “Give it away for free?” Do you think it was free to make Windows 7? Do you think they have robots working in factories writing it? Or maybe they have actual humans who make this, who have families to feed? Because it's their JOB? Or maybe Microsoft should just do what you say and file bankruptcy. Also, sentences that are questions require question marks. Don't flame me, I didn't write the rules of basic kindergarten grammar. I just enforce them.

To be fair, I seem to remember Apple's server's failing when iTunes 8 was released… on the same day iPhone 3G was released. What made it worse was that the same servers that supplied the iTunes 8 download also supplied authentication for the AT&T accounts.

So, you've got people buying iPhone 3G's who can't use 'em, and people who can't download iTunes 8.

Doesn't sound much different to me here.

*You're

Actually… No.

You realize you just corrected a grammar mistake that isn't there, right? English Professor used “your” correctly.

Umm, free Windows 7 – NOT GONNA HAPPEN. They don't need to win fans, they have enough and 99% of them aren't going away any time soon.

It's amazing that people always want something for free. And another point, Vista did not fail, they sold well over 200 million copies of it. Hell, I'd like to fail like that.

Not just free to anyone, but to those that have Vista IMO

Really? So you tried it out huh? So what exactly failed? Be specific!

Macs ARE for fags.

Good point! Give it away for free but charge corporations! Its like how AVG took the 'personal use' approach.
Microsoft makes sooo much money on other crap software already. Or even this – $20 copies of Windows 7 Ultimate for personal use – to cover the over head. The only reason people pirate Windows anywase is because its so expensive.

What a stupid idea, the insuistr is shit.

are you retarded?

Windows? Free? Open Source? LOL!

I hope Duncan was joking…

Lol… Where are those products now?
Netscape was bought by AOL, same as nullsoft (creators of winamp), Virtual PC was bought by Microsoft and VMWare is struggling to keep up.

Indubitable.

Wow. How much do you pay for peanuts ?

I just checked, and to get my laptop in a Apple equivalent would be $3275. That's $1140 over the price of mine (matched as best I could – Mine has many more features).

$1140 More – AND my current non-mac laptop does have a working Mac OS partition.

So Apple is ripping me off by a Grand for what ?

Apple is for elitist snobs / rich kids that can't think of something better to spend their money on.

Why don't you post your credit card number on this post and we can all get a free copy of Windows 7 on you. And while you're at it, “open source” all your bank information to us too.

Windows for free? Microsoft is not a non-profit organization to want to do anything like that.

Beating up on Vista is so 2007. Install SP1 and shaddup already. It's fine.

who exactly is VMWare strugglying to keep up with? Microsoft? Parallels? Sun? Um…I'm fairly certain they're winning those battles.

And, no one has to worry about MS' offering in virtualization, VMWare will do just fine.

Uhh… maybe because they need to make money? Last time I click a link to this site.

I totally agree with your addage of if you don't like something, don't buy it.

But, I should let you know that there's nothing you can do on Windows you can't do on OS X – including spreadsheets, programming, and all the other things people only think Windows can run. I use both – for work and home and there's nothing I can't do in OS X except run IE7 – but, seriously, who does? So, while it seems you're a smart, informed person, you're wrong here. Unless you can point to a program that “blows” up after the “minor web surfing” that a system that actually is 'visually appealing', please let us know.

Thanks!

Stuck in the past much? You really make yourself sound like an idiot with comments such as these.

So, because someone that doesn't “know” what they're doing in Windows and gets viruses and such, they need to just move to OS X? Is it their fault that OS X doesn't suffer from the same malware, virii, etc., that Windows does? Oh, no, that's because Windows is built with those holes and MS *kind of* cares about it.

Just because OS X works without anti-virus, spyware blaster, windows defender, AND windows firewall, it doesn't make it for 'idiots.' Some people just like to use their computers without having to be EXTREMELY mindful of every single website they visit and attachment they open. So, I guess because I've run WinXP, Vista, OS X 10.4 and 10.5, as well as Ubuntu and ultimately think that OS X is the best one, I'm just an idiot. No matter how command line stuff I ever did in Windows and Ubuntu. Oh well for me. Good luck with all of your stuff though buddy! Hope it's not too cold in your mom's basement or anything with your Windows PCs!

Oh, and I've had plenty of issues with Windows – just because you 'know' what you're doing, doesn't mean the system will run flawlessly.

1. Macs are good for anyone who wants one, to each his own, sheesh.
2. Windows for brainy people? Please. Linux, yeah, but Windows, no. Oh and by the way, Mac OS X is based on Unix.
3. I agree with your statement that Windows is good, but open sourcing it could make it better.
4. Have you ever owned a Mac to validate this statement?
5. Posting is for opinions, they are not dictated by just what is originally posted. In example, “I like cheese.”

Oh look, another article from a Linux loving idiot.

I want my OS to do everything. All you can do with Ubuntu is check your email.

I used to be a homeless rodeo clown but now I am a world class magician !

Vista is awesome. I've worked in tech support for years and I've had fewer problems with vista come my way than xp, and the ones that have are easier and faster to solve. It bugs me a bit that Vista has such a poor public image, I guess that's mostly to idiots like Duncan Riley talking about the “fail that is Vista”

Has the image of windows really dropped to a level at which people can just say “better proposal: why doesn’t Microsoft give Windows 7 away for free”?

I get the idea I'm reading an article by a naive 10 year old here.

How can you just say that? Haha … Windows for free … what a joke.

Sorry, People need to feed their families and make a living. Why make windows free when so many depend on it? Think about it.

This blog is a joke.

oh! but does your computer LOOK like a MAC? NO!!

They aren't ripping you off, you are simply paying for a 'better' looking product!

(please let people see the attempted sarcasm… PLEASE!)

If people want a mac, let them get a mac. If they want Windows, let them get Windows. Arm them with the information (most preferably unbiased) and let them make the decision for themselves.

Pure genius.

The author is a complete idiot.

your title for this is really bad

there really isn't a good title for this article though.

cuz windows 7 is no screw up.

its awesome.

dear adventurer,

95% OF THE GLOBAL MARKET IS NOT A DOWNWARD SPIRAL.

fucking moron

you are an ID-10-T

I'm sure there's something to like about all the available OSs but I stick to Windows OSs because I can play my games on them. I don't hate the others or think they're useless, they just don't support games as well as Windows does.

Microsoft, their customers & the software industry as a whole would be best served splitting off the OS division from everything else and making the OS open source & free.

Innovation, security, value and profits would skyrocket for all. Microsoft won't do it though because they lack true vision and innovative spirit.

Yeah, that's why SUN is almost bankrupt, and Microsoft is, ah, not.

lol @ making it free. Must of forgotten money exists.

Duncan Riley is a Microsoft Certified Retard.

Holy *****! this article is a load of crap, its all been said, servers can fail, thats life.
But give it away for free because vista was a fail? Vista was not a fail, its the millions of ***** nuts that bitch because it wont run right on there P3's. Vista was a success, maybe not to many, but everyone is to god damn biased and listened to what people say rather then try it their self's. im buying windows 7 for sure, just like i bought my copy of vista, in fact, im on Windows 7 as we speak.
What gets me the most, is not the writer of the article, but the ***** nut who posted it.

Replace “Vista” with “Windows 95″ and “Windows XP” with “Windows 3.1″, take your comment 15 years in the past and it's still valid

So, why didn't people stick with Windows 3.1, since they pretty much knew their way around?
Your comment is narrow-minded and childish.

While they are at it, why don't Microsoft give all their money away, too? They don't need it, and it will be good PR.

Fuckwit.

Once again, someone comments on another person's English and fails in their own comment. What's wrong with this one? “Your talking shit” should be “You're talking shit”, as in “You are talking shit”. And it's “sentence” not “sentance”. Oh … and what's a “fagot”?

Sigh

Especially when your first written language is a true phonetic alphabet with 40 letters. In such a case your and you're are spelled exactly the same because they are pronounced exactly the same. The only difference is determined by context, just like spoken English.

I was about to throw a epic 12 page rant at you until I saw this, “;-)”.

Hey bub. This is the year of the Linux uprise! Some games have been mentioned to be Linux compatible for 2009 release. Due to recession and unemployment rates, companies will start to look for other standards and most will most likely flock to a custom Linux distro of their own.

One thing you can be sure of is that Windows was dead a long time ago. It has been kept decaying away, but still selling by the use of evil Microsoft PR marketing magic.

Something I'd like to see this year is a gamers inspired linux distro

How about one “distro” that just does everything, runs all Linux software, doesn't require an end-user to fiddle with kernel versions or libraries or whether they have Gnome or KDE or any crap like that?

Not going to happen for Linux in 2009 or 2010 or any time in the foreseeable future. I've been an IT professional for 15 years and dealt with many environments and types of users, and while technical users may enjoy messing with the guts of an OS, 99% of people have absolutely no interest in dealing with it. For many people, the price of the OS itself is small compared to being able to do what you want to do without having to worry about the technical stuff. Linux is nowhere ready for the desktop either in most business environments or in the home. Just the use of the phrase “custom Linux distro” would have most people's eyes glazing over.

This website is awesome, I've never seen so much stupid people all gathered in the same place writing so much crap. Ah, I forgot about Digg, sorry. But you put up a good fight!

That's a stupendously insightful comment!

I use Vista as my primary OS on my home PC and under Parallels on my Mac at work. I've used many, many versions of Windows since 3.0, Mac OS since it was System 6 and Linux since Caldera Network Desktop and I can honestly say Vista runs flawlessly, has never crashed, supports all my hardware and basically just works and works beautifully. I'm guessing that anyone who is still beating the anti-Vista is either doing it because they don't know any better or because it's fashionable in some way.

true

Microsoft fail at everything they attempt

So what if Mac OS X is based on Unix? It's still a very restrictive system without a decent application library. Nobody should want to pay $200-$700 on a computer that ultimately does less than the one they already have.

This is the dumbest fucking article I have ever read.

Jesus, is this all you have to do to write an article these days? Take <subject> and use the words “open source” in conjunction with it? I think you should open source your ass. I'd like to make MyFoot 1.0 compatible with it.

There's more to the IT industry than open sourcing your fucking operating system. Just releasing the source code isn't going to make everything work flawlessly. You'd think Linux was Manna from Heaven and Linus Torvalds (or Richard Stallman, take your pick) was the Second Coming of Christ according to some but it's still a fucking UNIX clone. Nice work by Linus, rewriting an existing fucking operating system from the early 1970's. There are actual business principles involved that go far beyond whether or not I can read the fucking code.

MS won't OS Windows 7. They *might* make it free though.

Same thing. Also the same with it's and its.

Actually the difference between “your” and “you're” is not simply contextual. Ever heard of contractions? “You're” is a shortened contraction of “you” and “are” – and until this last generation of educators began allowing it in the United States, was *not* acceptable convention for formal writing. If you were going to write “you are” then you write “you are”, not “you're”.

On the flip side, “your” is a 2nd person possessive pronoun, not a contraction of 2nd person “to be”.

I think… you are the fag they were talking about earlier. Not being rude, really. Just putting the names on the cows.

I don't know what everyone is fighting about. Each OS has it's up's and down's. Personally I use Ubuntu, but I have no problems with OS X or Windows (They are much better, or at least easier for Multimedia Production), I am just a cheap ass and don't feel like spending the money on them. Vista was pretty crappy when it was released (better now that it has been updated a bit), but XP was good and Windows 7 is pretty good from what I have done in it so far. Any time I have used OS X it has been very pleasant also. Use what you like and what works best for your situation. A limited free version of Windows would be nice, so would a Legal copy of OS X sold for any computer, but these companies are out to make a profit, and both do that very well. So if you want free, and are a cheap ass like me then use Linux.

Use Fink on mac.. tons and tons of FREE apps that work just fine.

Why is everyone trying to correct everyone? If you re-read barasawa's post, he was correct in saying that the only difference between “your” and “you're” is contextual–in a phonetic alphabet.

My friend Ralph owns a Mac, and he recently came out of the closet. There is nothing he loves more than a nice helping of tubesteak smothered in fruit of the loom.

wow… just wow… I dont wanna be a geek anymore please lemme me out

linux zealot is obvious

http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html

…nuff said. Dipshit.

Look, the real issue at hand here is that Mac users LOVE the cock. Let's keep this on topic and not get sidetracked.

If computers were women, MS operating systems would be drug-addicted Haitian hookers. Anybody subjecting their livelihood, critical data, or confidential information to such a platform deserves what they get. For the record, I run Windows, OSX, and several flavors of Linux. No platform gives the power, ease of use, security, and user experience of a Mac. Also, no platform enjoys the long product viability or high resale values of the Mac. If I had to pick one, it would be a Macintosh.

1) Alex you are the dumbest person alive if you think that “SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY” is any security at all. You cant just write software full of holes and flaws and expect to keep it secure simply by keeping the source private. Vulnerabilities WILL be discovered, and if you haven't been under a rock for the past 10 years you might see that a new windows security hole is discovered on a weekly basis.

Whereas open source software is peer-reviewed by thousands.

2) Windows might be the most complicated and convoluted piece of software ever written, but its certainly not the most “sophisticated”.

two words…
bandwith overload

the quality of the product actually very impressive
I have been using Windows 7 32 bit build 7000 for the past 2 weeks or so and just installed the 64 bit version this morning and haven't had any problems yet

You must be one of those people who uses your computer for surfing web pages, clicking around in Office, maybe running a few games, and nothing else.

Try installing a few programs that make use of third-party services and you will see how easy it is to cripple vista.

by the way, vista is incapable of process management. I have used it for over a year, and i finally got fed up and downgraded to XP.

Yea, I do agree with what you say, on certain terms. Vista is good for a person who wants to run all the multimedia stuff, browse the internet, play intense games, etc. However, for people who want more control over the operating system, Vista was a step back from XP.

haha so true.
the troll must be obese with how much everyone is feeding it.

LOL at the LOLCATZ!

My iMac smiles at me, and I kinda like it. But somehow I feel gay owning it. So I've bought a PC with Windows. Now I feel the manly hardness rippling through my body. I've even taken the liberty of growing a manly mustache. Now I want to sneer at the gay Mac fag machine. I also want to sneer at the communist open source free thing Ubuntu. The only problem I have encountered, is that my paper daily planner and pen are far more useful, and efficient than any of this windows gui computer shit. Fucking Xerox felchers all of them! ;-D

“Flame on!” – Dr Phillip Pispotts

Actually I'm shocked that this yahoo seems to think that Vista is a bad thing. I have a mid priced computer with 4 gigs of ram and it runs Vista wonderfully. Vista is much more stable and faster for me than XP was and is much much prettier. All of you Vista haters- BUY A NEW PC. And if you purchased a new PC with Vista on it and it does not run well, reinstall Vista and see how much better it runs then. I had to reinstall mine to realize just how awesome Vista is.

As to you guys who seem to think that free does not work….visit my blog where I give away all the survey companies that pay you for your opinion. I give away what others are charging people for.

Blog – http://www.surveyseeker.net

I'm just to old to be installing any peace of vista.1 they release. the days are over for my when I reinstalled a new release of wk2 beta every week or so… gimme something I can use… then I'll take 2 days of my life and upgrade my os and all the apps and stuff… If it works leave it alone!!!

You're a moron if you think that there's even the slightest possibility that MS is going to give out their flagship product for free. If that were the case, then I'd still be waiting on my free upgrade to Windows XP simply because ME was so jacked up. I don't have anything against open source as I personally use lots of open source programs. The problem is that the open source community still has yet to produce a single OS that I would use on my main computer – although they grow closer every day. And as far as office software goes, I still wouldn't use OpenOffice – the breadth of functionality even the 40 dollar MS Works offers to the average user still eclipses the slipshod lack of focus that OpenOffice has.

To put it blutnly: Windows is still the best operating system for day-to-day computer usage. If you like your Mac's or like to run Linux because it's free, that's fine too. However, you shouldn't troll forums when the latest WoW patch breaks WINE for a couple week. Likewise, you need to recognize that Windows users have it a lot easier than you do – if something breaks in Linux (which is still exceedingly easy on any system that has Synaptic) then it's far harder to fix than it is in Windows. And for all you people that think that Mac or Linux is more secure than Windows, think again – if either of those OSs were installed on 90 percent of the world's PCs than I guarantee that they would find hacks for those too – whether the source is open or not.

Face it – Windows is still the best whether you like it or not.

Why don't you work for free…..that's basically the same thing you're suggesting MSFT do !!!!!

“It's just as useful as a PC” ……. something Mac users tell themselves so they can feel better about the boat anchor they just shelled out 4 grand for !!! Unless your an artist, or writer, it's worth it's weight in crap. Try running SolidWorks, or Pro-E, or CATIA, or any USB based audio interface on a Mac. Not to mention any but the top 10 games. I got tired of not being able to run the same games as my friends, not being able to just buy shit at Walmart and install it without a hassle, so I got a PC. The only regret I have is that I didn't do it sooner.

BTW, I'm running 7 on a touchsmart. That's some cool shit. Touch brings a whole new dimension to everything.

Dude…..get off the crack, and stay in school !!! Your grammar and spelling sucks almost as bad as your attitude.

Since when is “english” a proper noun? It should not be capitalized. My point being, that It's easy to pick on others in retrospect. Everyone makes a mistake now and then! Although, some on here should clearly have stayed in school a little longer.

WTF does this have to do with the topic being discussed here? Keep your eye on the ball, or it will hit you in the face !

ford and gm should give away cars!

You are wrong. It is his credibility.

i want u to know just how much of a moron u really are. unfortunately i dont care enough to help u in your retardedness, not even enough to type correctly….that is all(to the author)

All you guys can think about is typos?? Losers.

- Mac OS 10 is based off of Unix. Correct. Anything post Mac OSX is crap.
- Most people I know that use PC's, servers, Macs, etc. on a regular basis are not neccessarily brainey. They just have no life and enjoy doing the same thing over and over again until they get it right. That doesn't sound smart to me. Most professional Mac users are stuck on commercialst idiocy without the realization that all the apps used in a Mac environment are also in the PC world.
- Mac security is horrible – even worse than Windows.
- I have owned macs, supported them professionaly and still prefer a PC and Windows OS anyday.
- Open source does not make anything better. Has anyone out there actually successfully implemented a full suite of desktop, security and server features in Linux and had it work all at once – like Windows? Open-source has it's perks… but when it comes to 'big game' it is a down slope.
- A smart person knows to take a walk at lunch time or relax on the weekends with some friends.
- And I do like cheese dammit – even Blue Cheese.