Installing Vista SP1

[NoJo]

..yaw fucking n... (Stage 2 of 3 -- 5% Complete -- Do not shut down the computer or play with your penis.)

 

[jomar]

How do you like vista? I ordered a new laptop with Vista business. I was just reading about SP1 and driver incompatibility issues resulting in some computers blocking the SP1 install.

 

[NoJo]

I love it, but I also love being peed on

 

[DesertPirate]

Ah yes Winblows Vista The worst thing out of Redmond, WA since Me. In fact a lot of my fellow computer techs are calling it Me2 since it is so wonderful. I am fixing a laptop with a bad harddrive and have to put Vista back on it because the hard drive controller doesn't have an XP driver!

What do you expect from a company named after the owners sex life? Small and limp!

 

[jomar]

I love it, but I also love being peed on

A mixed blessing then.

 

[matriarch]

i
Hate
Fucking
Vista

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[jomar]

Why?...

 

[TheeGoatPig]

This is why I ordered XP Pro on my next PC due next month.

 

[matriarch]

Why?...

Because it's not user friendly, it's change for change sake, not for any reason of improvement. Unfortunately, I had no choice when I bought the lappie, it came as part of the deal. I'm stuck with it.

Loads of my games that I have/had on my desk top and old lappie, which had XP installed, are not compatible with Vista, so I can't play them.

I really, really, really don't like it.

 

[jomar]

Because it's not user friendly, it's change for change sake, not for any reason of improvement. Unfortunately, I had no choice when I bought the lappie, it came as part of the deal. I'm stuck with it.

Loads of my games that I have/had on my desk top and old lappie, which had XP installed, are not compatible with Vista, so I can't play them.

I really, really, really don't like it.

I could certainly see why you wouldn't, then. Dell and Lenovo offer a choice of XP or Vista. I wonder if companies started off forcing Vista and had a backlash of complaints. I just read where MS will support XP for at least seven more years and that it's on something like 77% of PCs.

 

[Liar]

What I said th the other thread on Vista: Not too shabby. Asks a lot of questions, which is a little annoying. But faster and safer than its reputation.

Also,

This is from a small office business app perspective. Which means a minimum of fucking around with maiontenance special apps and and drivers. It's probably a bigger challenge for the private user, who wants a flexible and versatile computer.

Vista has become more like MacOS. MacOS is pretty to look at, and works without a glitch as long as you do standard, Apple approved things on it. If you try to do anything even slightly out of the ordinary, you're fucked.

 

[NoJo]

The privilege escalation thing, where it keeps prompting you the whole time, is fucked up. Apple deal with it better in OSX, where you get prompted far fewer times.

Vista is certainly not very popular. In fact I wouldnt be surprised if Microsoft havent covered their costs yet.

And I don't just love it because I'm a masochist -- I have to have a machine that runs Vista because I write software that has to run on Vista. But I do almost all my development on Windows XP. I was very late to upgrade to XP, because Windows 2000 was a very good operating system, and rock solid.

<geek>
FYI The only development I do on the Vista machine is when I'm creating
Silverlight and WPF applications, both of which pretty much require Visual
Studio 2008 as development environment. WPF is built-in to Vista, and
provides all the Aero coolness. Silverlight is Microsoft's answer to Flash (and
Flex). It's a lot better than Flash in many ways. But of course it's still an
immature product.
</geek>

 

[DesertPirate]

I could certainly see why you wouldn't, then. Dell and Lenovo offer a choice of XP or Vista. I wonder if companies started off forcing Vista and had a backlash of complaints. I just read where MS will support XP for at least seven more years and that it's on something like 77% of PCs.

That is exactly what happened! M$ contract with computer manufacturers says they will install what M$ tells them to. So last year Vista was it no options, no exceptions. Customer backlash got so bad that Dell and HP informed M$ they were going back to XP and if M$ didn't like it they would switch to Linux. The first time anyone has ever really tried to fight M$ and they won.

 

[jomar]

That is exactly what happened! M$ contract with computer manufacturers says they will install what M$ tells them to. So last year Vista was it no options, no exceptions. Customer backlash got so bad that Dell and HP informed M$ they were going back to XP and if M$ didn't like it they would switch to Linux. The first time anyone has ever really tried to fight M$ and they won.

I read that after I posted. Good for the consumer. And good for M$ for backing off. Though MS is like Disney and eventually you are going to do it their way. Though I bet Linux was crossing fingers.

 

[DesertPirate]

I read that after I posted. Good for the consumer. And good for M$ for backing off. Though MS is like Disney and eventually you are going to do it their way. Though I bet Linux was crossing fingers.

I have my desktop set up with 2 hard drives as a dual boot system. If XP is running, I am playing games. If I am doing serious work you will see Linux.

 

[jomar]

I have my desktop set up with 2 hard drives as a dual boot system. If XP is running, I am playing games. If I am doing serious work you will see Linux.

The geek part of me wants to explore Linux. But I'm not in the computer business. I'm more of your typical user and don't want to get too immersed. That being said, I'm not afraid and don't mind digging around my computer, physically and software wise. . .

 

[Lisa Denton]

Because it's not user friendly, it's change for change sake, not for any reason of improvement. Unfortunately, I had no choice when I bought the lappie, it came as part of the deal. I'm stuck with it.

Loads of my games that I have/had on my desk top and old lappie, which had XP installed, are not compatible with Vista, so I can't play them.

I really, really, really don't like it.

I can help.

XP Pro is real easy to load up. The problem most Vista users have when loading XP is when it asks should it delete the current partition (containing vista OS) they try to type "hell yes" but don't do that, just hit enter.

"XP LIVES!!"

 

[3113]

Vista has become more like MacOS. MacOS is pretty to look at, and works without a glitch as long as you do standard, Apple approved things on it. If you try to do anything even slightly out of the ordinary, you're fucked.

Really (asked the Apple user) Like what?

I honestly have no fucking idea what you're talking about. Sometimes I have to use Firefox rather than Safari on a website, but I've yet to be totally fucked and unable to do what I want to do on my Mac--be it watching videos, movies, tv shows, playing music, writing, surfing the internet, creating spread sheets, art, slideshows....So. What "slightly" out of the ordinary and "unapproved" Apple thing would you "slightly" want to do that you'd be fucked if you were using an MacOS? You've really got me curious as I can't recall the last time my computer wouldn't let me do something I wanted to do.

I'm using Leopard. It took me all of 15 minutes to install and it has worked flawlessly and elegantly ever since.

 

[shereads]

Apple should redesign the world.

 

[shereads]

Really (asked the Apple user) Like what?

I honestly have no fucking idea what you're talking about. Sometimes I have to use Firefox rather than Safari on a website, but I've yet to be totally fucked and unable to do what I want to do on my Mac--be it watching videos, movies, tv shows, playing music, writing, surfing the internet, creating spread sheets, art, slideshows....So. What "slightly" out of the ordinary and "unapproved" Apple thing would you "slightly" want to do that you'd be fucked if you were using an MacOS? You've really got me curious as I can't recall the last time my computer wouldn't let me do something I wanted to do.

I'm using Leopard. It took me all of 15 minutes to install and it has worked flawlessly and elegantly ever since.

Yep. The ipod of operating systems.

Edited to add: Mac users are encouraged to masturbate while downloading. The only downside is, I haven't learned how to turn off the little Help balloon that asks, "Are you SURE you want to play with yourself now?")

 

[jomar]

Apple should redesign the world.

Only Jobs stole it from Xerox, but yeah, a better place.

 

[shereads]

Only Jobs stole it from Xerox, but yeah, a better place.

iPlace.

 

[rgraham666]

Jobs did not steal it!

Xerox left it lying around having no idea what to do with it. Jobs picked it up and ran with it.

So far as I know Xerox didn't even realize it was missing for a while and never reported it stolen.

 

[shereads]

Jobs did not steal it!

Xerox left it lying around having no idea what to do with it. Jobs picked it up and ran with it.

So far as I know Xerox didn't even realize it was missing for a while and never reported it stolen.

Xerox copied it.

 

[Lisa Denton]

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