You have discovered the closely guarded secret that Vista is crap. Windows ME might be worse, but it is a toss up.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul McNett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [NF] Why Windows development is best On 8/27/10 11:33 AM, Paul McNett wrote: > On 8/27/10 8:30 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: >> Why do you think you have to reboot a modern PC since 2005? They just >> run until you need an update or to play with the hardware. > > I have this fully-patched Vista Pro laptop that needs to be rebooted every > time I > mistakenly try to play a DVD in it. Or accidentally open up Windows Media > Center. Or > remove the USB mouse. Or run iTunes for more than 3 days or so. Or if the > boys play > flash games online too much (like more than 30 minutes). > > From what I gather, my experience is fairly typical. Then again, I also have XP, Vista, and Win7 virtual machines running on my MacBook, and I only rarely have to reboot them. I have a hunch the virtual hardware layer adds some needed insulation or something. But perhaps the difference is that I installed each of those virtual systems from scratch from the install DVD's, while that Vista laptop came configured off the shelf already and also runs a bunch of HP crapware that I haven't bothered to sort out and disable yet. My Mac and Ubuntu installations always work well right out of the box. Windows requires all kinds of turning this and that off until it can be relied upon. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/0d1f01cb4640$a7ac76a0$7a00a...@w2k3s02 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
