Even some of Microsoft Corp.'s top officials struggled to make Windows Vista work smoothly when it was released, according to internal e-mails released Wednesday.
The messages, unsealed in a lawsuit against the company, show that Vista's early problems with hardware and software compatibility affected more than just average PC users. The e-mails also illustrate how the company will try to avoid such issues in the next Windows release.
"We need to be clearer with industry, and we need to decide what we will do and do that well and 100 percent and not just do a little of everything," wrote Steven Sinofsky, the Microsoft executive who took over Windows engineering after Vista's retail release in January 2007.
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The messages, unsealed in a lawsuit against the company, show that Vista's early problems with hardware and software compatibility affected more than just average PC users. The e-mails also illustrate how the company will try to avoid such issues in the next Windows release.
"We need to be clearer with industry, and we need to decide what we will do and do that well and 100 percent and not just do a little of everything," wrote Steven Sinofsky, the Microsoft executive who took over Windows engineering after Vista's retail release in January 2007.
View: Full Article @ Seattle PI | View the e-mails
Last edited by hardgiant on 28 Feb 2008 - 11:43
Vista with SP1 isnt Buggy....neowin has the article in the main page which compares windows xp sp2, windows vista RTM & windows vista SP1..
Also if you read the email, you can easily understand that partners werent working hard to make there driver working with Vista, because they thought vista wont be released so soon...
Vista with SP1 isnt Buggy....neowin has the article in the main page which compares windows xp sp2, windows vista RTM & windows vista SP1..
Also if you read the email, you can easily understand that partners werent working hard to make there driver working with Vista, because they thought vista wont be released so soon...
Bingo. The probelm was how Microsoft was working with the hardware makers so we could have good drivers. It would only be a problem if Miscrosoft made the hardware themselfs.
guruparan, no software is perfect and will have bugs in it.
True, but what went wrong with Vista was much much more than that....
I have somewhat current hardware (Dell E1505, 2gig ram).
I've had Vista running for 11 months. Wiped it and installed fresh with SP1, and still no problems.
I popped my XP drive back in and played around with it for a couple of days and went back to Vista.
For me, personally, the prefetch is worth it.
I should not be require to build/buy a quad core with 8 gigs of ram to just run the OS. I have other applications that need to be used.
PS: My biggest worry about Windows 7 is the fact that Steven Sinofsky is using a Brother Multi-functional printer...shows bad judgment on his part.
I've been running XP since it came out and never had to reinstall because of slow downs. XP still is and has remained just as fast as the day I installed it for each computer I have installed it on in my house.
Wow... I truly miss the days when Microsoft wasn't so deceitful and anti-consumer. Somebody needs shake things up there.
Should never have been released.
Riding the coattails of an insanely lucrative licensing scheme for years = stagnation.
But here we are. All we can hope for is that Windows 7 will be a truly easy, useful and enjoyable experience.
Vista works fine, and works with every piece of hardware I have, without bugs.
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