Vista - RE: I was hoping Vista would be better ....

02-01-2007

"aaron" wrote:

> Probably the biggest software disappointment in my life. I had read all
> about the retuned TCP stack that was supposed to be commensurate in
> performance with Linux's Web100 kernel ... Not even close. My throughput is
> far worse on Vista than it was on XP and that is without any segment
> retransmissions (ie the TCP window scaling Vista sucks it is definitely not
> made for high speed data transfers over a WAN). Ok so I'll just have to
> proxy everything to a box with an OS written by engineers who understand what
> a WAN is and limit any transfers on a Windows ox to the LAN, I guess I can
> live with that because the functionality is so much better and applications
> run faster.... Wrong again, besides having to move a ton of peripherals that
> are no longer supported to an older PC running XP, after I finally got the
> Vista Upgrade Advisor to run inidciating no problems the upgrade still broke
> my NVIDIA graphics card. Continuing its inability to play well with others,
> Vista doesn't work with WinPcap so you can't even get a TCP dump to diagnose
> network problems anymore and the kind engineers spent most of the hours that
> would have been well used on the TCP stack figuring out how to break any
> competiior's application. There's a neat little feature that makes the
> Mozzila browser window vibrate just fast enough to make you sea sick so it
> totally unusable. My advice to anone condiering purchasing Vista is "DON"T
> WASTE YOUR MONEY". Definitely the worst purchase of my life and it was free
> through the MSDNAA Software Center at NCSU where I am a student.
> Unbelievable ...

02-01-2007	#1 (permalink)
Alan Robinson n/a posts	RE: I was hoping Vista would be better .... "aaron" wrote: > Probably the biggest software disappointment in my life. I had read all > about the retuned TCP stack that was supposed to be commensurate in > performance with Linux's Web100 kernel ... Not even close. My throughput is > far worse on Vista than it was on XP and that is without any segment > retransmissions (ie the TCP window scaling Vista sucks it is definitely not > made for high speed data transfers over a WAN). Ok so I'll just have to > proxy everything to a box with an OS written by engineers who understand what > a WAN is and limit any transfers on a Windows ox to the LAN, I guess I can > live with that because the functionality is so much better and applications > run faster.... Wrong again, besides having to move a ton of peripherals that > are no longer supported to an older PC running XP, after I finally got the > Vista Upgrade Advisor to run inidciating no problems the upgrade still broke > my NVIDIA graphics card. Continuing its inability to play well with others, > Vista doesn't work with WinPcap so you can't even get a TCP dump to diagnose > network problems anymore and the kind engineers spent most of the hours that > would have been well used on the TCP stack figuring out how to break any > competiior's application. There's a neat little feature that makes the > Mozzila browser window vibrate just fast enough to make you sea sick so it > totally unusable. My advice to anone condiering purchasing Vista is "DON"T > WASTE YOUR MONEY". Definitely the worst purchase of my life and it was free > through the MSDNAA Software Center at NCSU where I am a student. > Unbelievable ...
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