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On Hating Vista

"I hated, hated, hated this operating system."

If Roger Ebert were to review Microsoft's much-maligned Vista operating system, surely these would be the words he'd choose for his review?

Or maybe not.

In my column this week, Reconsidering Vista, I try to bring some element of balance to the Vista discussion. Good enough for many, or so bad no one should use it - ever? I would argue the former.

I don't know whether Roger Ebert uses Vista or not but I don't believe he's reviewed it yet.

Perhaps, like others, he's waiting for the sequel.

What People Are Saying

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Ok I tried.

Ok, I tried Vista, again.

My mom got a new laptop with Vista on it. A really nice one with Vista 64 bit and 4 GB ram multi core processor Nvidia graphics the works.
After three months of hearing her complain (and suffering through it myself) I installed OpenSuse 11 x64.
She's happy I'm happy.

This is my third try! I still don't like it.If I'm using windows I'll use XP or 2K.
I got my MCSE a long time ago(used to teach MCSE classes) I just don't like Vista. It's that simple. Why force me?

P.S. I used to say "I'm not in the business of fighting MS" when someone asked me why we use MS instead of MAC etc..

A lot of people don't like and will never Like vista. Why FORCE them?

I'm not in the business of promoting Microsoft.