The other day Yahoo had X360 failure stories, now NYTimes has Vista failure stories

[Petra]

What is up with Microsoft, can they produce anything with good quality?

Microsoft is now facing Vista lawsuits, ouch!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/bu...in&oref=slogin

Here’s one story of a Vista upgrade early last year that did not go well. Jon, let’s call him, (bear with me — I’ll reveal his full identity later) upgrades two XP machines to Vista. Then he discovers that his printer, regular scanner and film scanner lack Vista drivers. He has to stick with XP on one machine just so he can continue to use the peripherals.

Did Jon simply have bad luck? Apparently not. When another person, Steven, hears about Jon’s woes, he says drivers are missing in every category — “this is the same across the whole ecosystem.”

Then there’s Mike, who buys a laptop that has a reassuring “Windows Vista Capable” logo affixed. He thinks that he will be able to run Vista in all of its glory, as well as favorite Microsoft programs like Movie Maker. His report: “I personally got burned.” His new laptop — logo or no logo — lacks the necessary graphics chip and can run neither his favorite video-editing software nor anything but a hobbled version of Vista. “I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine,” he says.

It turns out that Mike is clearly not a naïf. He’s Mike Nash, a Microsoft vice president who oversees Windows product management. And Jon, who is dismayed to learn that the drivers he needs don’t exist? That’s Jon A. Shirley, a Microsoft board member and former president and chief operating officer. And Steven, who reports that missing drivers are anything but exceptional, is in a good position to know: he’s Steven Sinofsky, the company’s senior vice president responsible for Windows.

PWND!!

[plee]

Originally Posted by Petra

What is up with Microsoft, can they produce anything with good quality?

Have they ever produced anything good?

[xberserker]

I used a Mac at home and a Windows at work (XP). I prefer the mac for the most part.

Originally Posted by plee

Have they ever produced anything good?

[xtop]

even microsoft execs are admitting the logo was a disaster. but anytime i'm making big purchases..i just dont assume it does what the box says..i do research. sheesh

its not like the driver thing should be a surprise either..do research before you buy!

lame tho..very lame microsoft

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by plee

Have they ever produced anything good?

The Cinemania CD-ROM was cool to have when I didn't have Internet.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Grubert

The Cinemania CD-ROM was cool to have when I didn't have Internet.

I like their keyboards.

Software you mean? LOL, good one.

Their IDE (integrated developer environment) and compilers are OK. Although it's all stuff they obtained originally from somewhere else. As is SQL Server.

[sAvAgE69]

Ahhhhh Yes Windows

Microsoft's Longest Running Beta

Been Windows Free for almost 10 years, and I am lovin it.



My Last OS from M$ was Windows 2000. Then I upgraded


Been Running Linux since XP Came out, and have never looked back

[Elandyll]

Originally Posted by plee

Have they ever produced anything good?

I like to play the devil's advocate, and I know there are quite a few MS haters on these boards.

So..


Keyboards, Joysticks, Mice, Windows 98(SE), Windows 2000, Windows XP (sp1), Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Flight Simulator, Direct X, Age of Empires, Halo (Bungie), Dungeon SiegeI&2 (GPG), Mechwarrior 3&4...

On the other hand, they also committed Windows 98 & Windows ME ...

[jkwest]

LOL!!! Great line.
I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine

poor guy....

shoulda had a V8!!

[WickyWoo]

IF he wanted to run high end apps, why he's running a laptop in the first place is my question

[dakota81]

Originally Posted by jkwest

LOL!!! Great line.
I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine

poor guy....

shoulda had a V8!!

Even an idiot can go out and buy a $500 Vista capable laptop. What the hell did this moron spend $2,100 on? It's not the operating system's fault he spent too much money on a crap laptop.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by jkwest

LOL!!! Great line.
I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine

poor guy....

shoulda had a V8!!

I didn't think MacBook Airs were out back then...