Vista........don't buy it for the security

DorsetBoy · Feb 02, 2007, 07:47:55

Go here to see what the experts say.......... Article

Rik · Feb 02, 2007, 09:22:55

I never trust experts. OTOH, as an expert in Windows...

I've been using Windows since the first, runtime, version. Experience tells me you should never buy anything from M$ until SP1.

maxping · Feb 02, 2007, 18:09:21

Quotedon't buy it for the security

I wont be buying it until i have no choice , i like XP it does everything i want it to I'm used to it and ive got better things to spend my hard earned on

Inactive · Feb 03, 2007, 00:39:55

Ditto.

Rik · Feb 03, 2007, 09:37:50

Oh, me too. I'm even buying a new machine 'ahead of schedule' so that I can get XP on it. The only thing I've seen about Vista so far that actually interests me is that it shuts down in 2 seconds, or so they say.

For the rest, I don't want Aero, I don't want the machine controlling what I can do, and I don't want to have to buy a raft of new software and/or hardware because my current stuff won't work with Vista.

I note this morning that Raxco (PerfectDisk) have found a bug in disk write operations with Vista, which could corrupt a disk. M$ are working on it.

Why am I not surprised?

DorsetBoy · Feb 09, 2007, 16:05:50

TOLD YOU!

Rik · Feb 09, 2007, 16:15:33

I know, and I'm doing my best to tell everyone else!

Inactive · Feb 09, 2007, 16:16:56

It's a waste of time Rik, some peeps just have to have the latest anything at any price...

Rik · Feb 09, 2007, 16:35:00

I know, Inactive. The thing I'm looking forward to is all those people who use me for tech support rushing out to buy it, then phoning me to be told, "Sorry, don't know a thing about it, can't help..." Could be a good year for peace and quiet.

RJM · Feb 09, 2007, 18:41:49

Money Programme BBC2 19:00 tonight - programme checks out Vista!

Rik · Feb 10, 2007, 00:58:05

Some check! Didn't ask the obvious question about pricing policy, hardly looked at the OS, didn't touch on security issues. It did do a good PR job for MS. The BBC is still funded by us, isn't it?

Inactive · Feb 10, 2007, 01:02:27

Agreed Rik, I turned it over, I couldn't stomach any more.

Rik · Feb 10, 2007, 01:10:14

It was nice of the reporter to apologise for the traffic though...

RJM · Feb 10, 2007, 09:18:50

Great PR job for Microsoft.

They were one or two interesting snippets though.

Rik · Feb 10, 2007, 10:56:14

Problem is, the company usually pays for its PR, this time, we paid for it. How much further can Bill Gates go towards taking over the world?

Inactive · Feb 11, 2007, 15:29:22

Read this post elsewhere:

Hi after a week of Vista enjoyed it but just too many of my stuff needs upgraded and can't afford them all so I want to go back to XP, will go back to Vista in a few months time, I have all my files backup up.

What I want to know is it just a case of putting in the restore disk that game with the computer and follow instructions?

Thx's
In advance

Nuf said...

Rik · Feb 11, 2007, 18:00:33

More than enough, and as much as I'd expect...