Some things never change. I recently installed Windows Vista (for the few Windows games that I like to play). The install was straightforward and simple. After the install I continued to install the necessary drivers and of course games. The next day I was in for a surprise. I got greeted with a bsod. I rebooted, same story, In total I rebooted about ten times, but every time I got greeted by the infamous bsod. Mind you that Windows XP has been running on the same hardware without major problems (probably because I only used it for games). Off course Gentoo has been running without a hitch on the same hardware as well.

A search on youtube learns that I am not the only one. As you can see here, here and here. Apparently Windows hasn’t changed much since the famous Windows 98 live crash 10 years ago. No wonder the Lenovo refuses (link is in Dutch) to use experimental software such as Vista at the Olympic games. On a more positive note this experience has really convinced me leave Windows for what it is, meaning no more dual boots. I will rely on the rapid development of Wine for my gaming needs.

Update

The Dutch Consumer Organization (Consumentenbond) has started a campaign in order to register customers complaints about the Vista Operating System. The bond protests against the fact the Visa is the default OS shipped with new computers. And according to Ewald van Kouwen spokesperson of the Consumentbond “The system is riddled with so many bugs that we demand an investigation”. Report your own Vista woes here.

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