http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/ Engadget Comments for "Vista Capable" lawsuit loses class action status, relevance http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
Meanwhile 'Snow Leopard" will be running on old Mac minis faster and better still using a crappy intel GMA graphics chip. Expect Windows 7's new implementation of Areo to achieve the same shading effects but require a hardware miniumn NVidia GTX 1000000 GXTSO2 to run. But I'm sure that won't stop them from placing a Windows7 capable sticker on just about everything.

In other news, Office 2010 will require a minimum of 10gigs of RAM.

Can you say FATWARE?]]>Feb 20th 2009 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
While I'm not saying Microsoft was innocent in this case, I just think half those suing Microsoft wanted a peice of their $57+ billion that they have lying around their offices.]]>Feb 19th 2009 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
I bought a Toshiba Sattelite A105 series three years ago with the Vista Capable sticker. And when I recieved my complimentory upgrade it worked fine. I've had the computer for three years and it still works fine.

Under the class action status I could still sue Microsoft even though my computer never gave any trouble. Anyone can fake they were duped and I think that is what the judge was getting at.]]>Feb 19th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
Vista capable meant it could run vista. Vista without aero is STILL VISTA.]]>Feb 19th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
and talking about deceptive marketing, it's not as bad as "twice as fast, for half the price"]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
Deceptive, you say? I went to three Apple stores and didn't find ONE mac that looked like Justin Long. What gives?]]>Feb 21st 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
so I decide to go back to vista for a while. As soon as i did that my pc problems came back:

1. computer would come out of sleep and wouldn't respond.
2. ehrecvr.exe crashes upon boot (4 times) ]]>Feb 19th 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
....Vista sucks major ass, so I am back to using and waiting for windows 7 :(]]>Feb 19th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
@onelove. vista does not suck. it was a great leap over xp in technical term, setting the technological basis for the os franchise for next 10~15 years. if you are a cheap ass and bought $300 computer with vistabasic and are complaining about vista's performance, look at what apple charges for their machine. go get yourself $2000 computer and see if vista isnt as fast as you want it to be, you DOUCHEBAG]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
I just don't have the patience to put up with constant BS, so I went back to XP on my PC. Out of all the people I know there are those who went back to XP, and those who think it sucks big time but have to use it for lack of XP hardware support on their laptop.]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/]]>Feb 19th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
We don't. Because there aren't any to speak of.
]]>Feb 19th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 24th 2009 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
i would like to subscribe to your news letter bill nye.]]>Feb 19th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
apple 1upped redmond in marketing, and the same will happen with 7 if they dont step up the game. after all "wow" isnt the best sales pitch out there
]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
Don't be too blatant and keep under the radar, it's much more effective.]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/So, in order not to hinder Intel's sales, they screwed up all the rest of the market.
I wonder how much of this **** still has to go on to put Intel into the Antitrust spotlight.]]>Feb 19th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/Feb 19th 2009 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
We learned that Microsoft can single-handedly render a word like "capable" meaningless, but then again PR floozies have been doing that sort of thing for years. I'm more concerned about the people who were not involved in the problems this time, as they can still easily get burned the next time M$ pulls some similar B$.
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the same happened with xp computers way back in early 2000. winMe computers had "xp capable" stickers, but didnt have xp yet since xp wasnt launched. you had to go buy a xp. and presumably, you had to look at the specs and the features you wanted]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
Vista is a bloated pig. Vista SP1 is a bloated pig with lipstick. They could have made it better than XP by making XP more efficient, instead they caked code on top of old code. Only idiots would think it had to be more processor and memory demanding because it was newer. Anyone who has done ANY code tweaking/programming knows you can make things more efficient if you want to and with the number of lines of code in XP – do you really think there weren’t things that could have been tightened?

Transparent borders aren’t going to make a business want to upgrade their OS, improved speeds, better multitasking etc – that is what sells and OS to a business which is MS’s bread and butter. For those who claim it is more stable than XP – what the hell are you doing? I have 50 apps loaded on my PC and haven’t had crash in 6 years. I support over 1000 desktops and not one of my clients has had a bluescreen (except one who killed an update midway and rebooted).
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With reliability like that, you should be making the decisions for this nation, not just computers. ]]>Feb 19th 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
I've talked to my colleagues - no one else has an issue with stability either.

Of course I use the latest TESTED drivers for my clients - no betas for my end users. I also typically wait a week before deploying patches and reading up if some of the software we run on XP has any known issues.

I'm not saying Vista is less stable - I just don't see that it should be considered more stable if it is running on good equipment with the OS, software etc properly installed.

I don't think I'm by any means unique - I am friends with 5 other IT administrators for other companies - they aren't seeing any stability issues either.

I also by name brand hardware - not Famous Joe's Hard Drives and Chili dogs or Bobby's Bait and Motherboards.

]]>Feb 19th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/to the wonderful two driverless years and NOT A SINGLE CRASH/BLUE SCREEN ON THE MAC! love it. Microsoft, way to go. I would have never done it if you didn't develop inferior products like Vista, and then try to shove them down our throats.]]>Feb 19th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/vista-capable-lawsuit-loses-class-action-status-relevance/
Wanna know how I can hard hang OSX and not be able to do anything but power off and suffer through a three minute reboot? Put a "bad" CD in the slot. I put bad in quotes because the same action with the same disc doesn't happen with my Vista PC, my Xbox360, my PS3, or my Denon CD player. Just the Mac.

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People have this romantic notion that XP was awesome; it has different, but similar reliability.

As for MAC, people have to get it through there THICK heads, Apple controls the hardware. Microsoft has to deal with people buying a no-name video card from the gook store on the corner, then wonder why their computer runs like crap.
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