John Collins quotes the following in his Vista article:
Hughes maintains that Vista is ready now and rejects any suggestion that users should hold off on upgrading until issues are addressed. In particular, he stresses the fact that Microsoft had its biggest beta testing programme in place for Vista including 17,000 Irish users. He advises anyone considering upgrading to download the Vista Upgrade Adviser from the Microsoft website which will warn them of any potential hardware or software issues.
I hope Mr. Hughes was misquoted or a bit flummoxed at the time as in that first line he is saying that even though there are issues users shouldn’t wait to upgrade. Upgrade now people and don’t worry that your scanner and fax software that you rely on to do your job don’t work. Don’t worry, it will work in a few months time when new drivers get released and then you can get back to your job. In the meantime be happy with your shiny new Vista.
A typical head-in-sand-out-of-touch-with-reality response from a techy awed by shiny buttons.
I tried Vista. I didn’t like it and reverted to Windows XP. Funnily enough I had no hardware issues (and this on a Macbook Pro, probably not your typical Vista machine) so I can hardly imagine how much more I would have disliked Vista had there been hardware issues.
The next few months are going to be tough for Vista as the millions of new PCs with Vista are sold and people try to connect their existing hardware to it.
As John summarises at the end the main problem is one of expectations. Vista was supposed to be a six, a home-run, a touch down in the end-zone. Instead it is a catch-up and platform for Microsoft’s next move. Sadly that was a miscalculation and their next move has been hobbled. I won’t be trying Vista Version 2 with the same hope I had for Vista.
