jonah

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:40:38 -0600, "Jupiter Jones [MVP]"
<jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote:

>Dennis;
>That seems to be a more common theme as Vista gets more public.
>
>People need to remember Vista is Beta.
>I usually suggest to others.
>Do not install Beta anything unless you are prepared for total data loss and
>a Clean Installation of the operating system to resolve any issues.
>I realize that is extreme, but it covers the nature of Beta, not just
>Microsoft or operating systems, but Beta anything from any source.
>Anyone not prepared for those terms, is probably not ready to have a Beta on
>their computer.
>That is how I look at any Beta before installing.
>That is why Vista is on a computer with nothing of value, or at least not
>otherwise stored.
>Currently I do not trust Vista enough to use it as my main OS.
>
>It is possible the OP has a hardware configuration incapable of supporting
>Vista.
>But more than likely, if the proper details were provided to this newsgroup,
>someone could have helped resolve any issues or at least help determine the
>precise cause.
>But to do any of that, details are necessary, details not provided.

I don't agree Jupiter,

I am an experience PC user and system builder, I do not like a lot of
the "new" features in Vista, Beta or not it is a lot of hassle to run
and some things are just laughably stupid, the new search for one as
has been pointed out, the clunky ridiculously complicated file sharing
system (FFS its easier to set up Samba or NFS on a Linux Box). It has
a lot of problems not related to being a Beta mainly that the simple
has become either merely annoying or over-complicated. This is a high
price to pay for supposed extra security when we all know Vista will
be hacked to death as soon as it becomes worthwhile to do so therefore
all this extra security getting in the way of useability becomes
questionable because it is IMO badly implemented.

I fully understand why the OP is annoyed and frustrated, a good
portion of the people testing this are power users not newbies and TBO
Vista looks like a bit of a bodge job under the hood. Very pretty but
thats all it has going for it at the moment. I hope things will
improve a lot in future Betas and the release version. However I will
not be using it on anything but a test box, or recommending any of my
more experienced clients install it till I have had a good look at the
final version. It is however a good OS for a newbie, security wise but
then so is any Linux distro, Mac, if its set up correctly.

XP is the best OS MSFT have ever done, Vista is looking a bit surplus
to requirements at the moment.

Jonah