Comments on: Windows 7 to replace Vista by next year already? http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:51:53 -0500 hourly 1 By: Butch Cassidy http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1090780 Butch Cassidy Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:09:03 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1090780 Vista really is that bad, it turns a half decent machine into a slow pile of junk. I am using W7 as I type this, it isn't vastly dissimilar to Vista, but it runs 100% faster and is more stable. ME was indeed garbage, the best offering from MS to date was 2000. Vista really is that bad, it turns a half decent machine into a slow pile of junk. I am using W7 as I type this, it isn’t vastly dissimilar to Vista, but it runs 100% faster and is more stable.

ME was indeed garbage, the best offering from MS to date was 2000.

]]> By: me http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1075790 me Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:28:16 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1075790 i personally like vista i personally like vista

]]> By: paulie http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1055782 paulie Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:40:46 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1055782 rofl, Mac OS is fine but their hardware isn't what it used to be before the tie up with intel. I run a very stable Vista Ultimate and not had a single problem since I built the machine last year. My wife runs her little macbook and has constant issues with performance. Personally I go by the rule, don't by stock machines, built it yourself and things work much better rofl, Mac OS is fine but their hardware isn’t what it used to be before the tie up with intel. I run a very stable Vista Ultimate and not had a single problem since I built the machine last year. My wife runs her little macbook and has constant issues with performance.

Personally I go by the rule, don’t by stock machines, built it yourself and things work much better

]]> By: Paul http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1050910 Paul Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:24:07 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1050910 I run a network with three Vista machines and three XP machines along with several shared printers and a psc. It works just fine. : ) Took a little innovation to figure it our on my own at first but it has been working since January with little incident. Not sure what went wrong for you. I run a network with three Vista machines and three XP machines along with several shared printers and a psc. It works just fine. : ) Took a little innovation to figure it our on my own at first but it has been working since January with little incident. Not sure what went wrong for you.

]]> By: Terry Teacher http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1040398 Terry Teacher Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:38:45 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1040398 It does seem an admission of failure for MS to bring out a new operating system so soon. I too will stick with Linux for now :) It does seem an admission of failure for MS to bring out a new operating system so soon. I too will stick with Linux for now :)

]]> By: Michael http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1037521 Michael Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:51:37 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1037521 Really? Is it the vendors problem that Microsoft didn't make Vista easily networkable with XP computers? Is it that difficult to understand that people will have previous versions of your operating systems and that they MAY want to network them? Really? Is it the vendors problem that Microsoft didn’t make Vista easily networkable with XP computers? Is it that difficult to understand that people will have previous versions of your operating systems and that they MAY want to network them?

]]> By: Michael http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1037520 Michael Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:48:14 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1037520 Um... "apart from some software and hardware issues"... What's left? Um… “apart from some software and hardware issues”… What’s left?

]]> By: Mark http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1024327 Mark Fri, 22 May 2009 17:23:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1024327 I was a PC user for years.... went through all of the XP "growing pains".... still think Win 98 was a way better OS, bought a new computer with Vista ..... nothing but trouble.... more "growing pains".... switched last year to a Mac........ HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!! WOW what have I been missing!!!!!!!!! NOT ONE CRASH!!!! NOT ONE FREEZE!!!! UBER STABLE!!!!!! and way more user friendly!!!!!! people!.... don't complain about Win products... switch to a Mac!! YOU WON"T REGRET IT!!!!! I was a PC user for years…. went through all of the XP “growing pains”…. still think Win 98 was a way better OS, bought a new computer with Vista ….. nothing but trouble…. more “growing pains”…. switched last year to a Mac…….. HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!! WOW what have I been missing!!!!!!!!! NOT ONE CRASH!!!! NOT ONE FREEZE!!!! UBER STABLE!!!!!! and way more user friendly!!!!!! people!…. don’t complain about Win products… switch to a Mac!! YOU WON”T REGRET IT!!!!!

]]> By: Tim http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1016193 Tim Wed, 06 May 2009 02:51:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1016193 All I can say is if Microsoft is admiting that Vista is a huge FLOP then I think that all the people that spent the tall dollars on it should get 7 for free, BOTTOM LINE BILL G. your rich enough to give it away. All I can say is if Microsoft is admiting that Vista is a huge FLOP then I think that all the people that spent the tall dollars on it should get 7 for free, BOTTOM LINE BILL G. your rich enough to give it away.

]]> By: Lou http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-1009279 Lou Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:37:33 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-1009279 What I don't understand is why I haven't heard many people raise the question that will be on most consumers minds. So You figured out that Vista wasn't a great OS. That's fine. Now you are going to make good on that and then charge me some inflated price to fix it? Right after I purchased a rather expensive system that came with Vista? I don't care if Windows 7 craps gold into your lap while you surf the web, if this is how it will be handled then bugger off Microsoft! What I don’t understand is why I haven’t heard many people raise the question that will be on most consumers minds. So You figured out that Vista wasn’t a great OS. That’s fine. Now you are going to make good on that and then charge me some inflated price to fix it? Right after I purchased a rather expensive system that came with Vista? I don’t care if Windows 7 craps gold into your lap while you surf the web, if this is how it will be handled then bugger off Microsoft!

]]> By: kelane Chic-ago go http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-999869 kelane Chic-ago go Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:50:21 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-999869 Really now, people I love vista. I'm able to activate things I haven't been able to in a few years. This has turned out to be a great product. Really now, people I love vista. I’m able to activate things I haven’t been able to in a few years. This has turned out to be a great product.

]]> By: Ingrid http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-998993 Ingrid Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:10:28 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-998993 While I am sure MS would love for us to quit dissing Vista I must admit I still have ME nightmares. The 5 trips the tech took to fix my PC, the countless crashes I fixed myself and the jubliant cry of joy I gave as I rushed out to buy XP. It is for that reason when I tried vista and saw nothing was compatible with it and the first bugs were detected after so many years with my stable friend XP I immediately knew no computer in my home would be upgraded. I am sure vista is fine if all you are doing is typing a few e-mails or maybe making a pie chart in word or something, but if you need your computer stable for any real work then MS has taught us all to hold on with a death grip to their most stable product forcing it to die a slow obstinate death while we await a new OS that won't make us stay up late nights crying over lost work. Here's hoping Windows 7 is that OS. I love the cool toys, bells and whistles on Vista but no amount of fun stuff can compensate for lost work and man hours. While I am sure MS would love for us to quit dissing Vista I must admit I still have ME nightmares. The 5 trips the tech took to fix my PC, the countless crashes I fixed myself and the jubliant cry of joy I gave as I rushed out to buy XP. It is for that reason when I tried vista and saw nothing was compatible with it and the first bugs were detected after so many years with my stable friend XP I immediately knew no computer in my home would be upgraded.

I am sure vista is fine if all you are doing is typing a few e-mails or maybe making a pie chart in word or something, but if you need your computer stable for any real work then MS has taught us all to hold on with a death grip to their most stable product forcing it to die a slow obstinate death while we await a new OS that won’t make us stay up late nights crying over lost work.

Here’s hoping Windows 7 is that OS. I love the cool toys, bells and whistles on Vista but no amount of fun stuff can compensate for lost work and man hours.

]]> By: Imakeeper http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-997628 Imakeeper Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:05:40 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-997628 Vista is da bomb Vista is da bomb

]]> By: chuckie http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-973208 chuckie Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:03:49 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-973208 haha did you just say you only had to reinstall vista once? lowered expectations much? haha did you just say you only had to reinstall vista once?

lowered expectations much?

]]> By: Jimbo2008 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-966838 Jimbo2008 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:21:58 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-966838 vista had some teething problems to which was largely resolved by sp1 (no more so then any other os for that matter). I have been using it in one way or another since it's beta releases and i have to say it is stable and fast. there are many new features of it like uac which in a domain enviroment is exceptionaly brilliant, but an annoyance to home users which ms should have probably enabled and disabled depending on the version of vista. As for the chap who said his internet explorer was unstable, you should create yourselve a limited account so that you are unable to accidently install spyware and malecious software while looking at your porn or what ever it is you do. don't blame microsoft for your inability to properly manage what goes on your system. vista had some teething problems to which was largely resolved by sp1 (no more so then any other os for that matter).
I have been using it in one way or another since it’s beta releases and i have to say it is stable and fast.

there are many new features of it like uac which in a domain enviroment is exceptionaly brilliant, but an annoyance to home users which ms should have probably enabled and disabled depending on the version of vista.

As for the chap who said his internet explorer was unstable, you should create yourselve a limited account so that you are unable to accidently install spyware and malecious software while looking at your porn or what ever it is you do.

don’t blame microsoft for your inability to properly manage what goes on your system.

]]> By: Crytos http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-945366 Crytos Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:08:09 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-945366 Author: why would you be surprized if another OS comes out in 2009, after all there was Win95, 98, 2k, ME, XP all within 3 years of each other. So it's fitting that Vista in 1st quarter '07 get's superseeded in late '09 or early '10 by something else. Everyone just got so comfortable with XP and it's 6 year life that when change occured it was negative. (not that i use Vista, i think it's poo) All the talk of ME, now that was tragic. Lauched right before XP for MS to make a quick buck or two. I found it unstable and really bad and BSOD was a common view for me. Either way i'm still happy with MS releases in general and apart from as OS, MS do so much more. Author: why would you be surprized if another OS comes out in 2009, after all there was Win95, 98, 2k, ME, XP all within 3 years of each other. So it’s fitting that Vista in 1st quarter ‘07 get’s superseeded in late ‘09 or early ‘10 by something else.

Everyone just got so comfortable with XP and it’s 6 year life that when change occured it was negative. (not that i use Vista, i think it’s poo)

All the talk of ME, now that was tragic. Lauched right before XP for MS to make a quick buck or two. I found it unstable and really bad and BSOD was a common view for me.

Either way i’m still happy with MS releases in general and apart from as OS, MS do so much more.

]]> By: Steveo http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-943921 Steveo Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:17:57 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-943921 I use Vista and I have to say its not bad. I dont like the new interface for finding programs, so I changed it to look like XP. The only issue I had with Vista was that my sound did not play properly, it sounded like someone was in slow motion, I fixed that by changing the driver. it has been running really smooth for me. As for this so called Windows 7 I think that if it is all true about this release then we might see issues that was happening with ME. This might really push people to switch to a MAC. I also think that this Windows 7 is going to be like Windows Media Center but with the Vista look. I use Vista and I have to say its not bad. I dont like the new interface for finding programs, so I changed it to look like XP. The only issue I had with Vista was that my sound did not play properly, it sounded like someone was in slow motion, I fixed that by changing the driver. it has been running really smooth for me. As for this so called Windows 7 I think that if it is all true about this release then we might see issues that was happening with ME. This might really push people to switch to a MAC. I also think that this Windows 7 is going to be like Windows Media Center but with the Vista look.

]]> By: whoisme http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-943633 whoisme Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:22:47 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-943633 Luther, It just means that you know nothing about computers. I do agree that ME was a bad OS, But Vista is a completely fine OS with a lot of nice features. It's very stable. I've had to reinstall it just once, When I've had a HDD failure on one of my PCs. I've never had a problem with Vista that I was unable to resolve. XP is a good OS and I've never had any major problems with it, But it's an old OS. Maybe you have a heavily modified branded version of Vista, Which sometime doesn't work as expected or as good as a clean version. As of the browsers issue, Don't install too much addons and your web browser is going to be very stable. I'm able to not close the "Clean" Internet Explorer 8 for weeks long without a sigle crash or error message. Luther,
It just means that you know nothing about computers.
I do agree that ME was a bad OS, But Vista is a completely fine OS with a lot of nice features. It’s very stable.
I’ve had to reinstall it just once, When I’ve had a HDD failure on one of my PCs.
I’ve never had a problem with Vista that I was unable to resolve.
XP is a good OS and I’ve never had any major problems with it, But it’s an old OS. Maybe you have a heavily modified branded version of Vista, Which sometime doesn’t work as expected or as good as a clean version. As of the browsers issue, Don’t install too much addons and your web browser is going to be very stable. I’m able to not close the “Clean” Internet Explorer 8 for weeks long without a sigle crash or error message.

]]> By: chris http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-942837 chris Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:44:56 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-942837 Not true, They officially announced that windows 7 would be released in early 2010, probably around February at the earliest. Not true, They officially announced that windows 7 would be released in early 2010, probably around February at the earliest.

]]> By: secret00agent00man http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/comment-page-1/#comment-938498 secret00agent00man Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:08:32 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/22/windows-7-to-replace-vista-by-next-year-already/#comment-938498 windows will never be free. thats why someone invented thepiratebay.com. its where i get my win 9x vms, xp, vista and win7 iso files windows will never be free. thats why someone invented thepiratebay.com. its where i get my win 9x vms, xp, vista and win7 iso files

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