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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
I don't know. I've been hearing from almost day one that "Vista sucks" but haven't experienced that. Yet I have to acknowledge that for some people, Vista does indeed suck. 'Tis a mystery that may never be solved.
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The only place where Vista *itself* sucked was in the Apple commercials.
Some Vista computers sucked rivets because they were choked with OEM-installed crapware. (Posterchild: SONY, who had the gall to charge an extra $40 to deliver a non-crippled Vista PC.)
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/fixin...-at-a-time/429
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Lessons learned?
Well, for starters, Vista doesn't suck. And neither does Sony's hardware. That four-pound machine with the carbon-fiber case is practically irresistible, as my wife continues to remind me.
But when you shovel Windows Vista and a mountain of poorly chosen drivers, utilities, and trial programs onto that beautiful hardware without thinking of the customer, the results can be downright ugly. That was certainly the case with the early-2007 vintage Vaio, and it's still true today, with too much crapware and not enough attention to quality or the user experience
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Five years later, some OEMs still haven't learned their lessons.
(cough*ACER*cough)
Which is why MS is doing the Surface tablets. If they're still playing the same tricks by next summer, expect more MS-branded hardware. And *those* won't be premium priced.