Microsoft Admits Vista Has "High Impact Issues" 520
EggsAndSausage writes "Microsoft has granted, in a roundabout way, that Vista has 'high impact issues.' It has put out an email call for technical users to participate in testing Service Pack 1, due out later this year, which will address 'regressions from Windows Vista and Windows XP, security, deployment blockers and other high impact issues.' It's hard to know whether to be reassured that Service Pack 1 is coming in the second half of 2007, and thus that there is a timeframe for considering deployment of Vista within businesses, or to be alarmed that Microsoft is unleashing an OS on the world with 'high impact issues' still remaining." In other news, one blogger believes that Vista is the first Microsoft OS since Windows 3.1 to have regressed in usability from its predecessor (he kindly forgives and dismisses Windows ME). And there's a battle raging over the top 10 reasons to get Vista or not to get Vista.
And now, it's Super High Impact! (Score:0, Funny)
it's a euphemism. (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure they're using the phrase "High impact" in much the same way as the NTSB.
"Inbuilt undelete" (Score:4, Funny)
Or, depending on how you look at it, inbuilt rolling backup. Every time you make a change to a file or delete it, Windows keeps the previous version. As a result, the "oh !@#$ I just overwrote my entire PhD with Document1" feeling can be quickly assuaged. Read more...
But the read more link is broken. Maybe they need to restore it with undelete.
This sounds exciting... I've always wanted a filesystem that would act like CVS with each save. I don't know if this is doing quite that, but it's intriguing at least. (I think there's a Linux filesystem called Elephant that does something like this, but I haven't looked into it much.
(The other thing that I wonder why other file systems haven't adopted is NTFS's alternate streams. They seem like they could be really useful for some stuff...)
One Site. Three slashdot links. (Score:5, Funny)
not a llort (Score:5, Funny)
I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with Vista file transfer performance? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Vista box for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder. 20 minutes. At home, on my Color iBook G3, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this Vista compatible heavy duty hardware, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.
In addition, during this file transfer, Explorer will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even Notepad is straining to keep up as I type this.
I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on my Vista beast, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a Vista machine that has run faster than my old C64, despite the latest dual core goodness and a $400 video card in this Vista box. My TRS-80 color computer with 16 KB (that's "kilo", not "mega") of ram runs faster than this core 2 duo machine at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the Vista is a superior OS.
Vista addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use Vista over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems.
Re:Using Vista for a bit (Score:1, Funny)
Re:not a llort (Score:3, Funny)
I should add in my experience, XP is slower than 2000 in transerring files, particularly from flash cards & such. So it wouldn't surprise me if this turns out to be an OS issue.
Re:"Inbuilt undelete" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One blogger? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm just kidding ok, they have their days.
Re:not a llort (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"Inbuilt undelete" (Score:3, Funny)
And Reiser seems to have murdered his wife and probably won't have much time to write any new code.
He'll have plenty of time; he'll just have to use a crayon...
Re:NTFS's alternate streams (Score:1, Funny)
Re:it's a euphemism. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Using Vista for a bit (Score:4, Funny)
It's because if the hackers gain control over the laser, they can hold your computer ransom. Or at least your Puff^h^h^h^hP Diddy CD. You wouldn't know it, but the Iraq war is entirely because Osama Bin Laden is holding Dick Cheney's autographed Toni Braxton CD for ransom.
Or maybe that's just what they want you to think....
Of course it's an upgrade (Score:5, Funny)
Vista Service Pack 1 is coming (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I read the 'reasons' to get vista, and got stup (Score:3, Funny)
Re:not a llort (Score:4, Funny)
This is a joke based on an old anti-Paper troll that used to get posted here on
This should be +funny, but I guess a lot of people don't get the joke anymore and think you're serious.
Here's the Original BTW:
In addition, during this image transfer, Guttenberg's press will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even tic-tac-toe is straining to keep up as I type this.
I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various pieces of paper, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a paper that has run faster than its papyrus counterpart, despite the paper's higher linen content architecture. My clay tablet with week old clay runs faster than this paper at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that paper is a superior medium.
Paper addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use paper over other faster, cheaper, more stable mediums.
Re:Using Vista for a bit (Score:3, Funny)
Wow, now Windows is having the same problems playing commercial DVD's as Linux. It's about time they caught up to Linux.
Thanks, I'll be here all week.
I'm using Vista and I LOVE it! (Score:5, Funny)
Did I mention it's also runs blogging software without any problems?
Re:One blogger? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Using Vista for a bit (Score:4, Funny)