Comments on: Windows Vista a Disappointment http://www.kareldonk.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/ The blog of Karel Donk, a Software Engineer, Designer and Photographer in Suriname. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:33:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Karel Donk » Archive » After SP1: Windows Vista still SUCKS http://www.kareldonk.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1777 Karel Donk » Archive » After SP1: Windows Vista still SUCKS Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:41:01 +0000 http://www.miraesoft.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1777 [...] When I tried installing a fresh Windows Vista SP1 copy, I was surprised to find out that a problem I mentioned a year ago during installation still existed.  This is what I wrote back then: One area where it’s clearly visible how they rushed to get Vista finished by cutting out as much functionality is the Setup routine. If you’re not lucky, you might be presented with a message during Setup that it could find no supported hard drives to install Windows Vista on. It turns out that this happens when no partition on your hard disks is set as active. But here’s the thing: You can actually partition your hard disks during the setup procedure and format them, but somehow, Microsoft forgot to provide a small button somewhere where users can actually set an active partition after they have partitioned their hard disks during setup! How stupid can you get? So you provide the functionality to partition and format disks, but not to activate a partition, even though this same setup routine requires it to continue! Simply fucking amazing. I can’t tell you how much this frustrated me. I had to quit setup, then find out why I was getting this “no drives supported to install” message (THEY COULDN’T EVEN JUST PROVIDE A CLEAR MESSAGE SAYING THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PARTITIONS!!!), download a bootdisk CD to load another partition utility to activate a partition, then load setup again and continue installing. Needless to say, it took quite some time to figure it out. [...] [...] When I tried installing a fresh Windows Vista SP1 copy, I was surprised to find out that a problem I mentioned a year ago during installation still existed.  This is what I wrote back then: One area where it’s clearly visible how they rushed to get Vista finished by cutting out as much functionality is the Setup routine. If you’re not lucky, you might be presented with a message during Setup that it could find no supported hard drives to install Windows Vista on. It turns out that this happens when no partition on your hard disks is set as active. But here’s the thing: You can actually partition your hard disks during the setup procedure and format them, but somehow, Microsoft forgot to provide a small button somewhere where users can actually set an active partition after they have partitioned their hard disks during setup! How stupid can you get? So you provide the functionality to partition and format disks, but not to activate a partition, even though this same setup routine requires it to continue! Simply fucking amazing. I can’t tell you how much this frustrated me. I had to quit setup, then find out why I was getting this “no drives supported to install” message (THEY COULDN’T EVEN JUST PROVIDE A CLEAR MESSAGE SAYING THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PARTITIONS!!!), download a bootdisk CD to load another partition utility to activate a partition, then load setup again and continue installing. Needless to say, it took quite some time to figure it out. [...]

]]> By: Karel Donk » Archive » WGA causes Trouble Again for Microsoft while Vista remains a Disappointment http://www.kareldonk.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1633 Karel Donk » Archive » WGA causes Trouble Again for Microsoft while Vista remains a Disappointment Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:43:30 +0000 http://www.miraesoft.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1633 [...] This is something to be ashamed about. Think about it, Windows Vista is available and people still want a much older Windows XP. There’s even significant demand for it. Why is that? When you realize the many issues Vista has it becomes easy to understand. Issues such as incompatibility with many applications and hardware, difficulty to find good working drivers for certain hardware, the fact that it’s just bloated, works SO MUCH slower than Windows XP on the same hardware (simple file copy operations can take 5 times longer and even more, video and sound playback are much slower), uses more battery power and computer resources, is infected with loads of DRM crap and on top of that costs a fortune. [...] [...] This is something to be ashamed about. Think about it, Windows Vista is available and people still want a much older Windows XP. There’s even significant demand for it. Why is that? When you realize the many issues Vista has it becomes easy to understand. Issues such as incompatibility with many applications and hardware, difficulty to find good working drivers for certain hardware, the fact that it’s just bloated, works SO MUCH slower than Windows XP on the same hardware (simple file copy operations can take 5 times longer and even more, video and sound playback are much slower), uses more battery power and computer resources, is infected with loads of DRM crap and on top of that costs a fortune. [...]

]]> By: Gunnar http://www.kareldonk.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1508 Gunnar Tue, 08 May 2007 22:28:28 +0000 http://www.miraesoft.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1508 Hello there, I do understand your critics to some extend. but reading this for the thousand and first time, I do have to state my general disagreement. Windows Vista is does make varioius things the same way on the surface like XP, yes, but what's the mistake here? Many people complain rather about features that are different, and that's the point: In many cases (not all of course since this also depends on subjective experience) Vista does copy good concets of XP like "where do I start programs" and "how do I manage users". but even in these, the features have been updated and thought about in background. It is more safe now, if you want, if you don't give a sh**, you can disable the security at a even deeper level. That's what customer demand! I am really looking forward seeing the applications coming on on Vista, since the new approach with vector surfaces in all components is just amazing. Right I'm stopping here. You got the first wave anger now, sorry. You probably will have changed you rmind since january as well... Cheers, Gunnar Hello there,

I do understand your critics to some extend. but reading this for the thousand and first time, I do have to state my general disagreement. Windows Vista is does make varioius things the same way on the surface like XP, yes, but what’s the mistake here? Many people complain rather about features that are different, and that’s the point: In many cases (not all of course since this also depends on subjective experience) Vista does copy good concets of XP like “where do I start programs” and “how do I manage users”. but even in these, the features have been updated and thought about in background. It is more safe now, if you want, if you don’t give a sh**, you can disable the security at a even deeper level. That’s what customer demand! I am really looking forward seeing the applications coming on on Vista, since the new approach with vector surfaces in all components is just amazing.

Right I’m stopping here. You got the first wave anger now, sorry.
You probably will have changed you rmind since january as well…
Cheers, Gunnar

]]> By: Hackmosphere » Blog Archive » Vista: Big Brother issues and a cost analysis http://www.kareldonk.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1392 Hackmosphere » Blog Archive » Vista: Big Brother issues and a cost analysis Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:53:21 +0000 http://www.miraesoft.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1392 [...] Independent reviews: [H]Enthusiast Karel Donk Bruce Schneier (Forbes.com) Thom Holwerda (OSnews.com) Robert Vamosi (CNet.com) 5 Reasons to Love / Hate Vista (ZDNet - humorous) [...] [...] Independent reviews: [H]Enthusiast Karel Donk Bruce Schneier (Forbes.com) Thom Holwerda (OSnews.com) Robert Vamosi (CNet.com) 5 Reasons to Love / Hate Vista (ZDNet – humorous) [...]

]]> By: Robert Hardy http://www.kareldonk.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1345 Robert Hardy Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:11:55 +0000 http://www.miraesoft.com/karel/2007/01/30/windows-vista-a-disappointment/#comment-1345 As a business owner, computers to me are simply business machines. I have not read a single review explaining how Vista will improve our bottom line. As far as I can tell, XP and 2000 work just fine for all of our purposes. With XP, Microsoft appears to have reached the point of seriously diminishing returns. Vista may be prettier, but pretty doesn't make me money. From what I have read re Vista so far, it seems to be an elegant solution in search of a problem. As a business owner, computers to me are simply business machines. I have not read a single review explaining how Vista will improve our bottom line. As far as I can tell, XP and 2000 work just fine for all of our purposes. With XP, Microsoft appears to have reached the point of seriously diminishing returns. Vista may be prettier, but pretty doesn’t make me money. From what I have read re Vista so far, it seems to be an elegant solution in search of a problem.

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