A registry with superfluous entries is not impeding the operation of the OS.
That has got to be the single most ignorant comment I have ever heard from anyone who claims to know anything about computers.
\" Why do you think Microsoft is already scrambling to come up with the new operating system.\" They are not. \"7\" is on a normal schedule, if you look back into the history of their releases.
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I think you should be the one looking back on release dates big guy:
Link Removed due to 404 Error Let's analyze this, shall we? Let's start with the last disaster of Microsoft like Vista, Windows ME. Notice the quick 1 year release from Windows 2000/ME period to XP. Why was that? Oh yeah, because ME sucked, and 2000 was just a temporary stable OS for people to use until XP came out. If you are old enough to remember, Microsoft made it very public that a new OS would be out soon. And the majority of people upgraded to XP when it came out. It may not have been the greatest when it first came out, but it was an improvement over the last two operating systems in both stability and reliability, and didn't require THAT much of a hardware upgrade to run very smoothly.
If you want to go that route about looking at release date schedules, you would realize that there has never been a regular schedule of MS releases, they are on an as needed basis, which is why Windows XP stuck around for so long. (Over 5 years, how many other operating systems on that list did that again???). Get your facts straight before making claims based upon them.
Don't misunderstand me. My preference for Windows is based on real-life experience, not just habit.Anyone is entitled to an opinion either way.
In way too many cases, people condemn operating systems or applications that they've never even used, or that they've only fooled around with for a few minutes or a few hours on a demo system at the store or a friend's computer.
In fact, some of the most adamant criticisms I hear about Vista come from some of my colleagues who have never run the OS. They'll admit that they're basing their opinions on what they've heard from others, but insist that if those others are saying it, it must be true. I hear people proclaim, \"I've never used Vista and I never will\" - just as proudly as they proclaimed the same thing about XP a few years ago.
Your assumptions are completely uncalled for. You really think all/most of the bad criticism comes from people who have never tried the operating system? This debate may be a little out of your league if you really think so. Sure some people bash it and haven't tried it, or don't upgrade from what they have heard about it. But you can't really believe that the majority of it comes from people who have never tried it, think about what you are implying here.
I have used Vista 32 and 64 bit heavily since early Beta releases. I have had no problems other than self made experimental ones.
You know what? I used a condom the other day and didn't get an STD, condoms must be fool-proof!!!111oneshiftone!11
P.S. Heres something to consider in this thread - but, as always, also remains inconclusive in the authors speculations.
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You do realize that the majority of these "sales" are people who buy new systems. And what do most of the people do once they buy these new systems with vista on it? Either they have that free downgrade to XP, or they pay another 100 or so dollars and buy a copy of XP. Microsoft is minting money right now, and even the XP fanboys are oblivious to this.
Now that we are done with all of your biased and mostly unrelated claims, lets go back to the real point, the problems with vista.
Yes, it is a very valid point that registry fixers can cause more problems than they fix. However, you need to ask yourself, why does it happen in vista and not in XP. This is due to what is sometimes referred to as the UserAssist Registry key among many other registry entries that contribute to disk cleanup.
I'm not about to go into all the details for you know-it-alls, but basically this means Vista has put everything that disk cleanup uses to a very public and easily editable location. This is good and bad for obvious reasons. The fact of the matter is, by doing it this way, just like registry cleaners, it can cause more harm than good. It may or may not obviously, just like registry cleaners, and any smart programmer would realize it is not a good idea. Which is again why vista was poorly designed. And makes me and many other people wonder, what else has been poorly designed that we haven't discovered yet that may be disastrous (I certainly don't waste my time trying to discover vulnerabilities with all the inherent flaws in vista's design, but believe me, there are many more to come)
As far as the other two problems with VPN and Firewire, one of you asked for real examples of problems that have caused worldwide distress, I gave you them.
If you would like more, I can supply plenty.