Windows 7 Developer Guide - updated

Microsoft giving tips on developing software?

boe_d@hotmail.com — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:56:54 GMT

Anyone here use Vista? Do you really think MS should be giving out tips on how to develop code?

re: Windows 7 Developer Guide - updated

allandcp_ms — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:06:19 GMT

Boe_D, feel free to contact me if you are running into a nagging issue on Vista. I am biased :) but I run Vista exclusively at home, work and I've been unscathed. From buddies running Windows 7, they are very excited. I am looking forward to the beta.

re: Windows 7 Developer Guide - updated

boe_d@hotmail.com — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:24:38 GMT

Thanks - things I'd love for them to fix with Vista (yes, I have 2 GIgs of ram 3 GHz Core 2 processor, plenty of free space, a fast hard drive, the latest drivers for my controller, video, chipset, nic etc, SP1 and all subsequent updates). Tried Intel and broadcom nics.

Slow network throughput when transferring large files 1- 10 GB with the server, slow network throughput when transferring folders with hundreds of files in large folders 1-120 GB. Our server is Windows 2003 x64 R2 with all patches available - no performance issues with XP SP2 or SP3.

Clients really miss the up folder icon in explorer.

I really miss right clicking on network properties and being able to get to my ipconfiguration and other network settings.

Clients complain about slow boot time. They say it feels sluggish. These are on clean installs - no crapware. I've also had to upgrade clients who bought home PCs to XP as well as they said it was too slow - all were very happy with the same PCs when I upgraded them to XP.

I've had to switch all my clients back to XP and I don't blame them. I use Windows Server 2008 as a desktop OS at home as Vista seems sluggish to me as well.

XP vs. Vista Stability

boe_d@hotmail.com — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:26:31 GMT

I would like to say although I dislike the performance of Vista, I have never had the stability issues so many people post about. Vista has been very stable for me but then again so has XP - I think I've had XP crash on me about once in the last 3 years and I have about 40 apps installed on my PC so I think both are very stable OS's.