Vista Review

I’ve read quite a few Windows articles this week, and there is definitely a buzz about Windows 7 in the air. It just seems like nobody knows what is going on. This post Windows 7: A New Vista or a New Operating System lists some features of Windows 7 that sound pretty cool. The new [...]

Something I had forgotten since my Windows Vista journey started (and this blog started) 2 years ago was the fact that “Windows Vista Ultimate” was supposed to contain “elite cutting edge extras” that you couldn’t get in the lesser versions. According to this post on Tom’s Hardware one was released a year ago, and this [...]

In Windows 7 - will Microsoft pry open your wallet and start taking out cash on a regular basis?? I’m not so sure….
In my last post I talked about the fact that Microsoft is going to try and release the next version of Windows (Windows 7) as early as June 2009. Then today I read [...]

So it looks as if Microsoft it battling bad Vista PR with the same resource it usually does in bad times - MONEY! They are throwing lots of money at the problem in hopes that they can fix the “Vista perception” in the public eye. Personally, I think that they should just spend that money [...]

After all complaining about Vista for months, it was kind of refreshing to read 40 Must have Windows programs for Vista over at TechRadar this morning.
Among the favorites listed are many programs you may not know about - like “Aerofoil” which turns off Vista graphics heavy “Aero” interface with just the click on one buttons. [...]

I’m wondering how many people out there (on average) have updated their Vista laptops and desktops to SP1 not that it’s been available quite awhile. I have to say - I haven’t updated my laptop yet at all, especially since I read that (despite the initial hype) machines aren’t running faster at all post-upgrade, they’re [...]

Microsoft is running an ad campaign called Mojave. They tell testers that they are testing the new version of Windows (after Vista) code named “Mojave”, and then they actually show them Vista instead. Then the users “all love it (yay!)” - and Microsoft is like “we pwned you - Vista rocks”!
Idiot Microsoft - Vista STILL [...]

Everybody knows that Windows Vista is a dud and Windows XP is still viable. The hilarity of the “downgrade” option is absurd. How ironic is it then that Windows Vista good enough for new OEM PC’s to consumers, but it’s not good enough for Intel employees. Intel has more than 80,000 computers, but is only [...]

WTF is going on Microsoft? In my last post I talked about “Vista’s Second Life, and how the confirmed release date of Windows 7 is Jan 2010. OEM’s can sell XP Professional until Jan 2009, so that leaves people screwed for about a year if they buy a new PC - doesn’t it?
Well, just a [...]

The register article Microsoft says ‘hasta la vista XP’ is so timely. It loos like Windows 7 (to be released in Jan 2010) is really gonna be Vista mock 2, and built on the same “core architecture”. Basically they’re saying - no surprised, we’re gonna fix it this time - really! In addition, OEM’s can [...]

It’s time to review what’s new with Windows Vista in the news! First up is the $1,632 copy of Windows Vista that’s just insane. Bill ordered Vista online and each time he tried to pay it gave him an error screen and he had to go back. Each time he went back and tried again [...]

This is horrible Vista Promo video is like something out of a bad Saturday Night Live sketch. It’s soooo bad you’ll be rolling on the floor howling in laughter! To make matters worse, they probably blew millions on this clip with really bad fake Bruce Springsteen. If they were going to drive a bad idea [...]

Well, to everyone that was waiting for SP1 to come out - guess what, the “official release” that was initially posted on the web was full of errors that made machines reboot and reboot and reboot and reboot! And now they’re saying that it’s 40% slower than XP!
In other Vista news this week, turns out [...]

Did Microsoft lie about “Vista Capable” machines being able to upgrade from XP?
When I was reading this article today in Bit-Tech I suddenly remembered the problems that people had with their “Vista Capable” systems when Vista first came out. Apparently most of those systems were barely capable of running “Vista Basic” and most didn’t hard [...]

The official release of Vista SP1 can’t be far off, because anyone can register and download the official SP1 release from Microsoft’s OEM site. There are so many improvements and to exising Vista features that I just can’t wait for this thing. I’m about to download that OEM version and install it and be done [...]

PC World has reported that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or SP1 will be officially available to everyone on February 15th, 2008! Or will it? That date has been reported by Taiwanese news agency, and some sources close to Microsoft say that’s a “target date”, but Microsoft won’t comment. Some believe that SP1 will bring [...]

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or SP1 is now available to the general public (Release Candidate 1 or RC1), and Microsoft has prepared a 17 page document describing the changes that Vista SP1 will include. Looks like one of the biggest bug fixed we can look forward to is support for “exFAT” which will greatly [...]

Well, according to this PC World article, once you get Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or SP1 - your PC will be just as slow as the original version of Vista. That kinda sucks, like I wrote in other posts here on Vista Review - this OS was touted as being “snappy, responsive, and fast”, [...]

Microsoft has announced it will disengage the kill switch. You remember the kill switch don’t you? When you have a Windows Vista system you have to validate you have a legal copy with Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA). If you don’t or WGA fails - after a certain period of time Windows Vista activates it’s “Kill [...]

Wow - if the tv commercials of Mac vs. PC where the PC says even he “downgraded to Windows XP” weren’t enough, today I catch this headline from c|Net where Windows Vista made their list of Top 10 Terrible Tech Products of ALL TIME! Microsoft is really taking a beating on this one. Vista comes [...]