Remove Vista and Repair Your Notebooks
Posted: January 31, 2008 Filed under: Apple, Business, comics, Finance, jokes, Jokes / Funny Stuff, laptops, Microsoft, Technology, Windows Vista | Tags: Apple, Bill Gates, Business, computers, Finance, funny stuff, General ramblings, internet, jokes, Life, Microsoft, operating system, Steve Jobs, Technology, Thoughts, Vista 45 Comments »
A sign outside the computer store A&D Computer. (Source: Seattlepi.com). I still can’t digest the fact that Microsoft’s profits are up 79% on account of Vista’s sales. Windows Vista’s got to be THE worst OS ever to be released. This increase in profits can be due to a couple of reasons-
1. Aggressive revenue recognition and fudging the numbers. I want to take a look at their balance sheets as soon as they’re released.
2. Bundling all the laptops/computers with Windows Vista instead of Windows XP, by default. People who don’t have an Apple computer get/got swayed by the way Vista looks/looked and start/started buying new machines.This might be a possible reason for the sudden increase in profits.
I have been working on both the OS’s and I can tell you how painful it is to work on Vista. For one, my wireless keeps getting shut off after a certain period of inactivity for some reason. I don’t have the patience to see what exactly is happening there. It’s not like I’m paying for my internet depending upon the number of minutes that I’m online. So, why exactly has Microsoft made Vista this way? I don’t want my wireless to go off!
Second, I don’t see any improvement in the OS, except for the “cool” looking UI, which I can do without. Give me some new features that are really helpful, dammit.
Please feel free to abuse Microsoft in the comments section.
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Article that explains how to uninstall Vista and re-install XP
