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1. Jason

   
   Posted on: May 15, 2008 at 7:25PM  

   Good read.  I would say that resistance to change and ignorance are the two major things causing such Vista hostility.  This helps out with the ignorance part.
2. chakkaradeep

   
   Posted on: May 15, 2008 at 8:05PM  

   I would suggest Microsoft to start showing how to build UAC aware applications rather than to tell and explain about UAC. I have seen many developers who are unaware of how to build UAC aware programs and just curse UAC for every damn permission thingy they encounter!

   I am really surprised to hear from some people that they atleast get 50 to 60 UAC prompts in 3 to 5 days!!! - Just think of the applications they use - The application is requesting admin privileges for everything it is doing - Its a very bad design IMHO!

   If you ask me how many UAC prompts I get in a day - max 5 - that 5 prompts is mainly becoz I have to change my network connection properties in my home and office (network location is one good feature that I am missing with Windows)

   Most of the applications Certified For Windows Vista work well though :)
3. windows vista ultimate...

   
   Posted on: May 15, 2008 at 8:44PM  

   windows vista has fail after all for over 2 years the world has taken windows vista as a complete joke and now people have learned that microsoft is turning the bad side back. windows 7 is the next solution for fixing this error. this mean windows vista is just a failure and now you brandon and all the team has finally told the truth of the misunderstood features in windows vista. microsoft should be ashamed for treating people like this, microsoft ACT is too take and take money to deliver crap like this.look at mac they said they have taste and they do and look at microsoft windows they not taste and thats the truth of all that we dont need no gimmick, we dont need no lies we already seen windows failed to its people thats all windows is finally corrupted for now lets see if windows 7 fixes something if not well good bye migrating to windows and open the gates of heaven......oh and btw its 6 misunderstood features don't forget windows ultimate extras, microsoft only deliver is nothing no excited stuff hmm another misunderstood feature
4. newscientist2000

   
   Posted on: May 15, 2008 at 9:27PM  

   Interesting article with some good points.

   For me the big plus for Vista is the WIM, hardware independence is a big plus.

   User account changes I think in general are good, but until the majority of PCs out their use Vista we won't see the full benefit of these changes.

   Vista hasnt crashed on me yet, neither has XP though, well not much.  Sometimes IE crashes, but thats usually caused by a badly written plugin or website...so maybe the new driver model is better, maybe not, the hardware probably needs to catch up with the OS.  Such is progress.

   As for indexing, thats one thing I really dislike.  Im fairly organised, my documents go in the documents folder, and I create subfolders as I need them.  I know where things are because Im organised.  Indexing may help those who treat their PC as a trash can dumping files anywhere but other than that it just slows a PC down.  Besides which search in Xp was relatively fast so long as you had some idea where your fles were e.g. My music or My Pictures.  Maybe Im in the Minority, but indexing just seems like a big privacy concern, like Gmail.  I'ld rather it be off.  Although there are acceptable uses for indexing if its limited to folders you choose e.g. a Picture folder for use with Windows Live Photo Gallery.

   The 64bit architecture is no doubt the future, but with Laptops becomming the norm, and the average Laptop hardware not powerful enough to take full advantage of this architecture only people with High end PCs will see the benefits.

   Vista has many benefits, that computer users will eventually come to appreciate as them, as time goes on.  Many benefits are under the hood like a good car, you dont realise the benefit until youve had a car for a while and even though youve treated it bad... its still getting you from A to B!

   Of topic, I missed the Heroes Happen Here event in San Diego on Monday because my family - sprogs and wife came down with colds, day of which was a shame!  Still they're doing much better now...I guess you only really appreciate your health when you get sick and lose it.  Most people like Windows in some incarnation, and would be stuck without it.

   Some people have adapted to Vista better than others, Vista is both good and the bad, some features are worse than XP, some are better.  Hopefully Microsoft will take the good and cut/improve on the bad, and Windows will continue to improve the lives of people by helping to connect them to work and friends... and maybe I will be able to catch the next Windows Server launch event in 2012!
5. Brandon LeBlanc

   

   
   Posted on: May 15, 2008 at 10:17PM  

   windows vista ultimate user254, I believe you must be confused. We are not by any means saying Windows Vista is any sort of "failure" and this document makes it clear we stand by features such as UAC, Windows Search, etc. So in regards to "telling the truth about misunderstood features" you should read the linked article. Because again - we're not making any sort of statement in line with Windows Vista being a "failure". I'm sorry you're so upset but please when you leave comments here be constructive and respectful. Coming here and telling me we "delievered crap" is far from constructive or even respectful.

   newscientist2000, interesting comments and great insight. I'm sorry to hear about you missing the Heroes Happen Here event in San Diego. I am glad to hear your family is doing better!

   Thanks,

   Brandon
6. windows vista ultimate...

   
   Posted on: May 15, 2008 at 10:27PM  

   brandon im not saying windows vista is a failure buts people adopting to windows vista is much slower then xp and microsoft isnt really doing anything to improve the "standards" and features in windows vista im just hoping windows 7 fixes all the issues or not windows will be over
7. Cristiano

   
   Posted on: May 16, 2008 at 9:45AM  

   Thank you for the article - it definitely does address some things about Vista that there have been some grey areas and confusion about. One question I have as it relates to Vista being misunderstood is why Microsoft has not been much more forceful and direct in counteracting the relentless criticism of Vista (for example, the endless series of high profile Mac vs PC ads) in the media. It seems that a lot more could be done to aressively promote what an excellent operating system Vista has become.
8. dovella

   
   Posted on: May 16, 2008 at 10:19AM  

   windows vista ultimate user254

   XP First Year RTM (problem problem problem) and 60 m distribution

   Vista firt year rtm 100 m distribution and small problem.
9. rkpatrick

   
   Posted on: May 16, 2008 at 12:17PM  

   Biggest problems I have with Vista are:

   1. General flakiness - the one that sticks in my mind the most is the VPN system tray icon not always accurately reflecting the state of the connection.

   2. IE7's incredibly high CPU usage (I'm still trying to figure out why it gets so high that I can't even move the window around when I open more than 5 tabs)

   3. It's become a hodge-podge of paradigms layered on top of one another. The Start Menu going from a point & click interface to a glorified command prompt with autocomplete/search (and scrolling as far as the eye can see) comes to mind.
10. danacline

    
    Posted on: May 16, 2008 at 2:29PM  

    This link is no longer valid - it appears Microsoft has removed the download.