Why is it the more tech related articles I read about Vista the more I see writers blame Microsoft and Vista for not playing nice with hardware, drivers, and software.

Does anybody believe as I do? That, in most cases, it isn’t Vista’s fault?

Why? Because those same writers have been hounding Microsoft for several years to get the security and functions thing right. Vista is what we’ve gotten. Is it perfect? Not yet. Yes, there are some bugs.

But, most of the bugs are not Microsoft’s fault. It is the fault of software and hardware makers who have not made their product Vista ready. These companies were given Vista APIs more than a year ago so they could make their product work on the beta releases. This in turn would make the final tweak for their software and drivers a quick fix for the final edition of Vista, which by the way has been out for the business community since November. That means these manufacturers have had more than 2 months of a gold release in the public’s hands to do their final tweaks.

So, what is the hang up with some stuff not working right in Vista? Not Microsoft.

In a slightly different direction, upgrading to Vista can be tricky if you are not prepared for it. I have a tutorial and downloadable PDF at my web site, http://www.savemybutt.com.

Basically, I recommend a clean install. Many drivers and settings in XP will be inherited and may screw up how Vista works. If you aren’t going to do a clean install, then make an image of you OS drive with something like Acronis True Image first just to cover your butt, or buy a new computer with Vista already on it.

Bottom line?

Hardware and software makers need to get off their dead butts and get with the game. And QUIT blaming Microsoft for everything.

Oh, one final thing.

On the subject of software companies coming to the table late, what the hell is taking Apple so long to make iTunes work on Vista. They, too, have had more than a year to make it so.

Oh, I forgot. If iTunes doesn’t work on Vista, then that is that many more PCs that won’t be sold or upgraded to Vista and Apple fans will blame Microsoft again.

Mike DiMichele
mike@savemybutt.com
http://www.savemybutt.com