Is Vista a Trap? 559
logube writes "BBC has up an article about the trap of installing Vista in your existing desktop. Written by Tim Weber, a self-confessed 'sucker for technology,' this article is a good introduction to the pain and extra money required to get going with the newest version of Windows. See how you can spend an extra 130 british pounds, and still have no working webcam! Says Weber, 'It took me one day to get online. The detail is tedious and highly technical: reinstalling drivers and router firmware didn't work, but after many trial and error tweaks to Vista's TCP/IP settings, I had internet access. Once online, Creative's website told me that my sound card was a write-off. No Vista support would be forthcoming.'"
Frawless Victoly! (Score:5, Funny)
What is this guy an idiot? (Score:0, Funny)
Tag (Score:4, Funny)
Why do I get the feeling this was posted solely to let people use "itsatrap" as a tag?
Bastards (Score:5, Funny)
Re:throwing up my hands (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A Trap for Idiots (Score:1, Funny)
Re:this was expected (Score:5, Funny)
At least you get the satisfaction of spending a whole day (or more) putting the elaborate, Rube Goldberg-esque trap together yourself first.
=Smidge=
wait a minute... (Score:4, Funny)
Vista Gave Me Cancer :( (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Frawless Victoly! (Score:2, Funny)
You know what you doing.
Move 'Zig'.
For great justice.
I feel your pain (Score:5, Funny)
So, what you're saying it's kind of like installing an oddball wi-fi card on Linux. Except without the option of reading hundreds of pages of obscure documentation until you've transformed yourself into a mutant linux hotplugging guru.
In a nutshell, the differnce between getting things working in Linux and Windows seems to be this. Linux is like being parachuted into the wilderness with a hammer, forge, and load of pig iron. Windows is like being parachuted into the wilderness with an impressive looking knife that snaps in two if you don't use it very, very carefully.
IT'S A TRAP (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A Trap for Idiots (Score:2, Funny)
Life imitates tags (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Whose Fault Again? (Score:3, Funny)
It doesn't matter whose fault it is, Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista or the hardware vendor, the fact of the matter is that people expect their computers to "Just Work"(tm). All my grandma is going to know is that under Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista, her sound card doesn't work, but under Windows XP it did. Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista needs to support this hardware out of the box, and until it does, Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista will never be ready for the desktop.
Seriously, you Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista fanboys need to stop living in denial and admit that Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista has some serious problems that make it unusable for most people.
Re:I feel your pain (Score:1, Funny)
Linux is like being parachuted into the wilderness with a hammer, forge, and load of pig iron. Windows is like being parachuted into the wilderness with an impressive looking knife that snaps in two if you don't use it very, very carefully.
And with Windows, the pig iron IS your parachute. Happy landings Wile E. Coyote!
Re:No mention of DRM (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Does Vista have anything we need? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Tag (Score:2, Funny)
l2ackbar
Re:No. (Score:3, Funny)
Actually, it was a joke. If I was trolling, I would have used my "troll account."
The shift key seems to be sticking on your keyboard. I'm guessing Slashdot isn't the only site you've visited today.
Sounds like someone needs to switch to decaf.
Re:Does Vista have anything we need? (Score:4, Funny)
(sorry - couldn't resist)