Is Windows 'Collapsing?'

Awwwww what a shame - NOT!!!! I'll keep my Mac (OS X) and never have to deal with Windows ever again!!!

Uh, isn't that what they're doing with 7 anyway? I thought they were completely rebuilding it from the ground up...

I'm more then happy with my Vista machine, never switching to OSX...evAr

viva microsoft, viva windows lolll

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"Vista" is really annoying when udating it shuts down any program you happen to be in and of course closes out thecomputer. This is a rediculous way of operating. I said annoying...I mean really,really,damned annoying!

I bought a Quad Core PC last Christmas with VISTA pre-installed. It works great for e-mail and simply tasks, no problems or freeze ups. HOWEVER, if you plan to use After Effects or do ANY video editing FORGET IT!! This OS is such a huge HOG I can't begin to explain! Good luck trying to render anything in AE. And good luck finding your files too!
I just ordered XP Pro so I can downgrade and get back to work! Windows really blew it on this one.

I don't like any of the operating systems. Im not all that PC inclined anyway. I don't want to know how my PC works i just want it to work when i turn it on and continue to work without annoying interruptions or breakdowns along the way. But Im told it could be worse, we could be heading back to the DOS type of operating systems. God forbid!!!!

Last year, I got a brand new Dell laptop, dual-core, 2GB RAM etc. etc.. and Vista Business and Office 2007...

What a load of crap.

My four year old Toshiba laptop with XP outperforms Vista in everyday simple tasks like:-

Opening Outlook.
Opening Word.
Opening an email
Opening a new email and typing stuff in it..

How Microsoft have the cheek to push this bloatware as an advancement in operating system technology is beyond me.

Since it is still based on old, security-vulnerable technology it would appear they have spent so much time trying to make it secure that it is now virtually unusable.

It's a big fat pig of a program and shows what happens when you let young, inexperienced (read: cheap) developers - fresh out of university no doubt - let loose on your product.

Microsoft, hang your collective heads in shame.

First an OEM install of Vista is great! Second upgrade is great IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE DOING if you are one of those who has no clue how a program is installed out side of auto installs GET GEEK SQUAD to install it. You will have no issues then.
Third if you have as you say a quad core and it's slow then you got a cheap piece of junk. Oh by the way unless you have Vista 64 then your quad and dual core are a waste of cash.
The second core doesn't run unless you know how to tweak your system.
GET as much memeory as you can afford or your system can handle.
TURN OFF AERO it's a waste wow whoopie I can turn the screen desktop and access the mulit tasking programs I am running. Guess what 99% of you Don't multi task so your wasting your resources with Aero. I can switch back and forth faster with the task bar.
And last don't buy an Intel they are two generations behind AMD. AMD has had a quad core out for two years Intel just released thiers! Same with dual cores AMD has had them for almost 5 years now! You will also save about 200 bucks on an AMD. Why? Becasue AMD doesn't spend millions on glossy ads on TV or in tabloids. you pay for that with thier bloated prices.
AMD's also run FASTER actually speed not just the clock speed they have better through put on average.

Dumb people shouldn't use Windows/Linux, its just not for them, please stick to OSX, its pretty and pricey. As for the real users, stick to Windows and Linux, and continue to enjoy many open applications that helps user's day-to-day activities, where mac has to pay for everything little thing. Windows will never be #2 to OSX, maybe to Linux however, then again OSX is Unix? isn't Unix free? how come Apple makes its users pay $ for an open OS that has always been free? ((oh yeah)) for its "pretty' interface now I remember.

It took me a while to get used to Windows XP, but once I did I thought it was an okay os. The problem with Windows anything is it's such a power hog. If they could get rid of all the background programs running, XP could have been a decent system. I had very few crashes, but that was my main complaint there. I have been using Vista for almost a year now and I'm trying to like it, but there's too many things they're trying to do but ends up in a knot causing you to shut down programs and get it running the way it's supposed to. It's supposed to be "Crash Proof", but no computer is crash proof and Vista seems to be the worst of all. XP was a much better os and they tried to improve it, but I think they just realized a new system with fancy bells and whistles but not as stable as they thought it was going to be. Not happy with Vista. I think they needed a new product and this was ready to hit the market yet but they let it anyway and that's where they went bad.

I never liked Windows, Why?, You never find were all the stuff is
located.
In MSDOS or CPM (remember that one) you could find exactly
all you programs and data and if desired could wipe it out without
hopping through all kinds of hoops.