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mbpark · 12-01-2006, 02:58 PM

I had a copy of Vista Ultimate RC1 on my Thinkpad (I installed it on a different hard drive).

It installed incredibly quickly.

However, it was a bit slow, used a lot of RAM, and apparently uses different drivers than XP (it would not recognize my IBM CardBus NIC). Cingular Communication Manager, which I use to hook up my Blackberry, didn't work either. Plugging in my BB actually caused it (the Blackberry) to reset.

Wi-Fi did work incredibly well, as did the ATI video drivers.

I was not impressed with what else the OS had to offer. I couldn't run what I needed to do my job. The interface was a huge change, and many things which I needed were hidden, like the command prompt.

They are completely changing the drivers around like they did for Windows 2000, and programs like Symantec AV, Nero, and others which rely on device drivers to do their job (read: have low-level access) will not work well, if at all.

Part of this "change" is to prevent a lot of third-party hooking and replacement of kernel routines, ostensibly to prevent malware infections. This also has the effect of shutting out Symantec AntiVirus, amongst other programs, from the kernel. This also is possibly because of all the DRM built into the OS itself to prevent people from doing what they want with their data, such as DVDs.

Vista will still sell hundreds of millions of copies, however, it will not sell as many had they not built DRM that deeply into the OS.

Mitch

12-01-2006, 02:58 PM	#5
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	I ran Vista I had a copy of Vista Ultimate RC1 on my Thinkpad (I installed it on a different hard drive). It installed incredibly quickly. However, it was a bit slow, used a lot of RAM, and apparently uses different drivers than XP (it would not recognize my IBM CardBus NIC). Cingular Communication Manager, which I use to hook up my Blackberry, didn't work either. Plugging in my BB actually caused it (the Blackberry) to reset. Wi-Fi did work incredibly well, as did the ATI video drivers. I was not impressed with what else the OS had to offer. I couldn't run what I needed to do my job. The interface was a huge change, and many things which I needed were hidden, like the command prompt. They are completely changing the drivers around like they did for Windows 2000, and programs like Symantec AV, Nero, and others which rely on device drivers to do their job (read: have low-level access) will not work well, if at all. Part of this "change" is to prevent a lot of third-party hooking and replacement of kernel routines, ostensibly to prevent malware infections. This also has the effect of shutting out Symantec AntiVirus, amongst other programs, from the kernel. This also is possibly because of all the DRM built into the OS itself to prevent people from doing what they want with their data, such as DVDs. Vista will still sell hundreds of millions of copies, however, it will not sell as many had they not built DRM that deeply into the OS. Mitch