158 Pages of Microsoft's Dirty Laundry

KrispyRasher writes "Even internally, Microsoft couldn't agree on what the base requirements to run Vista were, but that didn't stop it from inaccurately promoting the OS as running on some hardware. 158 pages of Microsoft internal emails reveal scandalous truths about the squabbles that took place in the lead up to Vista's launch."

Runs great.....

[edwardpickman]

on an 8 core 6.5 with 12 gig of ram.

Re:The problem with Vista is that people don't car

[Splab]

if no one cares about Vista how come theres a class action lawsuit in progress?

That would require at least a few caring about the Vista they bought.

Re:If you think 158 pages is a bit much..

[da5idnetlimit.com]

We already don't Read The "Fine" Articles...
You really expect us to read 158 pages of emails ?

You must be new here !

8p

Re:The bigger problem is Vista running

[rohan972]

Or, for those that think you have to pay for software in order for it to work, go over to an Apple store and try OS X.

OS X is free now?

Read the post again. If you are happy with free, try ubuntu. If you feel the need to pay, try OS X.

Re:Runs great.....

[Rigrig]

Don't worry, this will be fixed with SP2

Quote from the article

[nxsty]

Microsoft's own most senior executives were completely bamboozled by the "Vista capable" labelling scheme. "I personally got burned by the Intel 915 chipset on a laptop that I PERSONALLY (e.g. with my own $$$) [bought]", said Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management, who bought a "Vista capable" laptop, only to find it couldn't run the Aero interface. "I now have a $2100 email machine," he concluded.

As opposed to a $2100 email machine with aero?

"M$ fanbois out here start modding this down"

[Britz]

This is Slashdot. You get modded up for mocking Microsoft and BSD and modded down for mocking Linux.

You will get flamed AND modded into oblivion if you as much as critisize Apple. And I really don't want to find out what would happen to you if would start mocking Apple. I never EVER heard from those guys again.

Re:If you think 158 pages is a bit much..

[drseuk]

Fools! If it'd been 6,000 pages of emails, they could have got ISO to certify "Vista not crap" as a standard.

One more demonstration of the basic truth

[Master of Transhuman]

Microsoft does not sell software.

It sells lies.