Comments on: The end of the Vista Era http://urbintechnology.com/2009/05/04/the-end-of-the-vista-era/ Technology notes by Mark Urbin Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark Urbin http://urbintechnology.com/2009/05/04/the-end-of-the-vista-era/#comment-429 Sun, 31 May 2009 00:52:02 +0000 http://urbintechnology.com/?p=293#comment-429 Vista was clearly released too soon. The DRM bloat showed that Microsoft clearly wasn’t listening to its customer base either.

]]> By: HTRN http://urbintechnology.com/2009/05/04/the-end-of-the-vista-era/#comment-428 Tue, 26 May 2009 21:31:04 +0000 http://urbintechnology.com/?p=293#comment-428 Plus the fact that it was a buggy piece of crap. Only when SP1 for Vista was released did start to show any sort of reliablity.

The DRM issues didn’t help matters either.

]]> By: Mark Urbin http://urbintechnology.com/2009/05/04/the-end-of-the-vista-era/#comment-403 Wed, 06 May 2009 19:55:51 +0000 http://urbintechnology.com/?p=293#comment-403 Vista was a major change. The lack of driver support when it came out was bad enough, but then there were the changes in UI and the minimum hardware requirements meant that IT departments would have to scrap a lot of currently working equipment if they switched to Vista.

The UI changes meant a big financial hit in retraining costs and help desk costs on a Vista roll out. I don’t recall hearing word on about Microsoft addressing those problems with any organization.

The 2007 Office suite just added to the problem. Incompatible file types and a very different UI. Lots of lost productivity while users learn a new interface.

None of this endeared Vista to any IT professional.

]]> By: John Nowak http://urbintechnology.com/2009/05/04/the-end-of-the-vista-era/#comment-401 Tue, 05 May 2009 02:46:49 +0000 http://urbintechnology.com/?p=293#comment-401 A good thing, I believe.

I work in the IT department of a large corportation, not in the computer industry. And I don’t believe Vista’s running on any supported box in the company.

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