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Originally Posted by Maxpower57
I still don't understand what people's problems with vista are. it really got the short end of the stick. there's nothing broken about the operating system as people seem to think, and i have seen few people get any actual problems with it.
it sure did a whole lot better than leopard did, but no one called them out on that.
i don't get it.  |
Prior to Service Pack 1, there were many problems with compatibility with different programs, as well as a lack of driver support for what would be considered lower-end hardware. With Vista, the default security model had changed greatly, and for too long, Windows application developers had gotten used to the old style of Windows security (read: none), and so with Vista, Windows was now preventing those applications from doing things that they had been able to do in the past.
As far as drivers are concerned, a lot of the problems were actually caused by manufacturers of "budget" hardware, such as your no-name webcams and winmodems, to name just a few. Without proper Vista drivers, this hardware would simply not work, and for the majority of computer users, they don't understand the whole driver model, and are stuck at "device X worked in XP, why doesn't it work in Vista?" Many didn't see this as the fault of the device manufacturer, but rather that of Microsoft...after all, everything "just worked" on their $399 "starter" Dell or eMachines computer before they added Vista on.