Microsoft released several updates to Windows Vista Monday, the day before the new operating system debuted for consumers and landed on retail shelves. None of the updates were security fixes. The five updates for the 32-bit version of Vista - one was immediately replaced Tuesday with an update to the update - fix difficulties installing the OS on PCs with more than 3GB of memory, troubles connecting with a VPN server, and performance problems with Internet Explorer 7 and its anti-phishing feature. The largest of the five updates, however, is one that addresses incompatibility issues for a host of applications and games.
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Member since:2007-01-04
What about the hundreds of betas and the release candidates they brought out? Were they not meant for testing? They don't have an excuse. 5 years of development, including testing. If I had the manpower, time and budget that Microsoft had I think I would have made something better than Vista.
Member since:2006-07-13
the biggest problems of "beta testing" is that thee software is released to people who want to show off, are enthousiastic etc.
This causes quite a lot of problems in the real world. How did they find the 3 GB problem for instance? because most hobbyistic testers don't have that kind of memory figures. When it was released on MSDN, corporate tests started. Some of those people are more serious than the bunch of testers so far that only want to show off to steal the heart of the female next to your own house or so.
Testing is a difficult task; the best way to test is not to have manuals, not to use predefined test-charts and to hate the product a bit.
At least they fixed it 'in time' for the great mass of people.
Member since:2006-09-19
If I had the manpower, time and budget that Microsoft had I think I would have made something better than Vista.
Damn, I would've colonized the Moon and probably Mars too, if I had the resources Microsoft had.
And for the money people waste on Microsft's spyware, every child in the world could have a free computer and be running a real OS, Linux.
Member since:2006-04-10
Member since:2006-01-10
Member since:2006-01-06
They could at least test THEIR OWN software: One of the patches fixes problems with MS Money and MS Outlook (and some other software). Come on ...
They undoubtedly did. But you have to understand that they aren't going to hold up an OS release unless there are real "showstopper" issues found. The issues here with the MS apps aren't that serious.
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2006-04-10
Do you expect them to test every application in the world? Do you expect them not to fix problems? Should they have waited till after the release? No.
They got error-reports, they fixed the issues. Whats do you complain about?
I agree with Thom, find something else to bash about. Even better, somewhere else.