Why Vista Won't Suck

creativity writes "ExtremeTech is running an article on the new features of Windows Vista and why it is a must upgrade for all Windows users. They take apart the marketing hype and tell you what exactly to expect in Windows Vista. They specifically pick out less-hyped features like a kernel which has new Heap Management and details on SuperFetch, which is Vista's application cache."

Re:1 reason vista will suck

Reason #1 doesn't apply, it costs 250$ to submit a driver for signing : https://winqual.microsoft.com/download/WHQLPOLICY. doc [microsoft.com]

Reason #2 doesn't apply for the same reason

Reason #3 Eh, simply play non-DRMed content then, playing it at low-quality is better than not being able to play it on your Linux box or other

Reason #4 I call that jaleousy

Sorry to be Negative....

Sorry to be so negative, but this is like the Highway Division saying "Well, we got tired of projects taking 15 years to complete, so now we're going to do them in one year!"

If it's true, great, bully for them and well done, but I'll believe it when I see it. My hopes aren't too high for all these cool fixes/features to actually function as advertised. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised, who knows?

Re:Sorry to be Negative....

As I already said, by convention the only one that is "required" is C:\. As a convention, it is neither right nor wrong, it just is. All additional volumes can be mounted as subdirectories under C:\, even removable volumes, which I believe will automount based on either device ID or volume label (I haven't tested this rigorously.) When you remove the device, the mount point becomes a simple directory, and when you re-attach the device, it automounts to that same directory. If you are connecting many hard drives, you can simply mount them as C:\mnt\hda1, C:\mnt\hdb1, C:\mnt\hdc1, etc., so it scales just fine.

5 Reasons Why Vista WON"T Suck

1. DRM is good for you. It builds strong bones and healthy muscles.
2. Using half your memory for your windowing tool will impress all your friends.
3. Now you can set the color of your blue screen of death to mauve or taupe.
4. You know the customer support is only going to be better.
5. Collectable virus game built in! Better than Pokemon on crack.

Exsqueeze me?!

From TFA:

SuperFetch also takes advantage of external memory devices--plug in that spare 256MB USB key (any size will work, really) and Windows can cache a lot of the working set to it. It's not as fast as your system RAM, but it's much faster than randomly grabbing small bits of data from all over your hard drive.

Aside from the fact that modern hard discs are supposedly faster than USB 2.0, isn't paging out part of the VM to a hot swappable device just dope-assed? Shurley shome mishtake!

Re:Exsqueeze me?!

I don't believe for a second they rewrote the fscking NT kernel.

Indeed. If that were the case, and Dave Cutler were dead, we could attach magnets to his corpse and use it to generate electricity. Another anomaly:

...there are problems in Windows XP when developers deal with large heaps, heap fragmentation, etc. In the Vista kernel, they have cleaned that up, helping to prevent heap fragmentation and gracefully deal with large heap requests...

Now, hang on a minute... what the fuck does the kernel have to do with application heap management? I thought that was part of the user-space runtime — the C++ libraries, or whathaveyou. Are they talking about the kernel memory allocator or something (the "Object Manager" in NT parlance)? Have they added a slab allocator to NT? So much for the elegant architecture of NT!

Why Windows * Won't Suck

Why limit yourself to Windows Vista!?

Windows Me

"Windows Me: PC Health Features Keep PCs Stable, Secure and Reliable -- and Take the Frustration Out of Computing for Home Users" (source) [microsoft.com]

Windows 2000

"Our primary goal is to improve security and safety for all our customers -- consumers and businesses, regardless of size -- through a balance of technology innovation, guidance and industry leadership," Gates said. "We're committed to continued innovation that addresses the threats of today and anticipates those that will undoubtedly emerge in the future." (source) [microsoft.com]

Windows XP

"Windows XP is the most secure and dependable operating system we have ever produced." (source) [microsoft.com]

Windows Vista

"In Vista, it should be much more difficult for unauthorized programs (like Viruses and Trojans) to affect the core of the OS and secretly harm your system." (source) [extremetech.com]

a "MUST UPGRADE"?

If you want it, you must upgrade... everything. Unless, of course, you're currently running the latest blood-still-flowing-from-the-wounds-edge game machine, in which case you'll just need more memory and a better video card.

Why must I upgrade, though? What will I gain that I want in the first place? Better game performan