Bold Claims for Windows Vista
If you check out Microsoft’s Windows Vista hype page, you’ll come across a snippet on startup time:
A Windows Vista computer starts and shuts down as quickly and reliably as a television, typically within 2 to 3 seconds. Windows Vista processes login scripts and startup programs and services in the background so you can start working right away. You’ll also shut down and restart your computer less often by using the New Sleep state, a simple one-click on and off experience which not only reduces power consumption, but also delivers and protects user dat. [sic]
When they say typically, though, do they mean for a user with quad-3-Gz-processors and 6 GB of RAM? Or do they mean for 95% of home consumers? Microsoft also lets us know that they’ve optimized Windows Vista for common use patterns:
With superior memory management, Windows Vista is responsive—often more responsive than Windows XP on the same computer. In particular, it’s faster doing the tasks that are most noticeable—opening the Start menu, for example, or right-clicking a file in Windows Explorer to display a shortcut menu.
What I don’t like is how vague this all is:
Windows Vista includes fixes for known hangs and crashes, and new technology that will prevent many common causes of hangs and crashes.
What are “known hangs and crashes” that you’ve fixed? What is this new anti-crash techology? Did you invent and patent it, or are you simply implementing commonly known education ideas that haven’t been used in operating system design yet?
Nevertheless, if any of these are true, I’ll be Vista’s first customer. I’ll loudly proclaim its virtues and beauty, and convince all my friends, family, teachers, loves ones, hated ones, and random acquantainces to buy it. But only if it lives up to these bold but inspiring claims!
Incidently, the Vista site also has an RSS feed.
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on September 27th, 2005 at 1:28 pm
Actually I think it’d be a good thing if they set the minimum system requirements very high on this - it’d spur on the desktop computer industry and more people would have up to date computers - which would mean less zombie windows 98 computers shovling spam and spyware faster than the old grandma who owns it can walk.
I think setting the min. RAM requirement at 1 GB and the min. Processesor req. at 2 Ghz would ensure that they get the results they want. And everyone would need to stop holding off on buying new computer - they’d actually have to go out and replace that original Dell Pentium 1 box they’ve been using (complaining) about.
on September 27th, 2005 at 6:34 pm
If all these are true, I will be *extremely* impressed by Vista. I will still however, be more impressed by OS X, which already contains 90% of what Vista promises. Not flaming or anything, but honestly have you used a Mac lately?
on September 29th, 2005 at 1:17 pm
I’d be impressed if they hyped about it less and actually released it.
on October 26th, 2005 at 10:15 pm
Daniel, I suspect that making Vista less usable across the existing computer base is only going to slow its growth. Having to upgrade my hardware to run a new operating system is not a good incentive to upgrade at all–it essentially increases the cost of the platform.
on November 29th, 2005 at 11:18 am
i’m agree with aphir.
on March 18th, 2006 at 11:47 pm
Whoa dude thats a load of cr@p why should i have to have 2ghz, i dont think so!!!! i have a 1.7 pent 4 overclocked to 2.1 with 1 gb of ddr3200 ram (CL 2.5) my board is a asus p4b266-c with an ati9600 128mb sdram and im running windows xp pro and my computer is so fast i wanna kick ur butt just for saying that lol sorry but dude i think my pute is great and i would never put 98 on it lol anyhow PCE
on September 24th, 2006 at 10:34 am
windows vista the beta 2 looks realy good i tested it the other day the kernal file has been updated and suports a lot more drivers most programs will have to be updated tho in order to run especsialy cd burning software since the drivers have been moved i belive but this is all minor set backs how ever i belive that the min requiments should be stated higher than need to be i was actuly runing it on a windows virtual machine since i couldnt be botherd to format and my 2.8ghz with only 1024mb of which only 400m was dedicated to the virutal machine to run it and the prossesor was still runing xp fine it still loaded very quick and was very responseive if any 1 wants pics plz email me im more than happy 2 send them michael.bourke@lycos.co.uk no spam plz