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Monday
04Jun2007

Vista Crap Edition with FAT64 support

Yeah well, I never was impressed with Windows Vista even before it was released.

I've been using Vista for 6 months at home and on my laptop and here is my list. Keep in mind this is not the "newbie's" frustration.

Positive:

  1. Real time indexation of content and ease of search
  2. Windows defender included
  3. Sidebar (gadgets)
  4. Installation process (manual only NOT UNATTENDED)

Neutral:

  1. Nice interface?
  2. Boot up bar/process (green bar on empty black) ?
  3. UAC... I was expecting worse

Negative:

  1. More than 2 years behind schedule at release
  2. Many features removed (WinFS file system for example)
  3. Too many versions (16 editions regrouping 32-bits and 64-bits systems)
  4. No solid image editor. Gee, everybody now have a digital camera. Try this: resize one of your picture at 400px wide. Impossible. The closest thing I found was faking to send a picture by email so I had a choice of a few predefined resolutions...
  5. IE7 Crashes then offers you to restart but cannot remember all the tab you had opened... Drunk.
  6. Options deeply buried... try to get to your physical network adapters for instance.
  7. Reboot needed to get networking back when moving notebook to another location while in sleep mode.
  8. Where is my run box damn it! Also Telnet is disabled by default...
  9. Trying to find the Hidden files and folder options (relocated in the Control Panel now)
  10. More segmentation of options (like the display property)
  11. Heavy: 512Mb of ram is the bare minimum to run the system (400Mb if you disable AERO)
  12. IE7 asking the same question again and again (12 times) when having trouble installing stuff
  13. Unattended installation requires 3 years of certifications... XP was easy but this... informations all over the place (WAIK, BDD, WINPE, WIM, Etc.)
  14. Imposible to move the ProgramFile directory with unattended setup (like I did with win2k and XP)
  15. Same annoying bug that the name of the inserted media (CD,DVD, etc.) is still stuck on the name of the first one you inserted. Gee, can't you correct this after 10 years.
  16. Not much innovation afterall

I know this is only a matter of time until Vista goes mainstream... In two years, XP will be regarded as obsolete

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