Oct 30 2007

The Windows Vista Blues

Published by Cameron at 1:52 pm under Blogroll, Customer Service, Frustration, General, Technology

I know that Mark is going to laugh at me when he reads this..  And I’ll save him from saying it now..  Yes, I probably should have bought a Mac when we bought our new computer several months ago..

Last night, I had to go out and buy a new printer..  The Dell A810 that came with the computer was a piece of garbage and not functioning well/at all… So we bought a new HP Deskjet F4180.. 

Windows Vista is Plug N Play?  HAHAHAHA!  Not quite! 

I don’t care what anyone says..  Windows Vista SUCKS!  I’d much rather have Windows XP… 

After 3 online chats with “Qualified Online Technicians”, who clearly did not use English as a first language, I finally SORT of have the printer working.  I’m still getting pop-up windows saying it can’t find some driver, but the printer does appear to be working.  Of course, I haven’t dared to turn off the computer and printer and restart it.. I’m sure that disaster will occur.  I wouldn’t be surprised if some small village far, far away bursts into flames if I try…

So, wish me luck..  I’m going to try to reboot and power cycle…

Here’s hoping to you that it’s not your village that is about to spontaneously combust!

8 responses so far

8 Responses to “The Windows Vista Blues”

  1. # Markon 30 Oct 2007 at 1:59 pm

    Well, I hate to have to say it, but…

    I told you you should have bought a Mac. ;)

    (Is it too late to return the whole thing? Heh…)

  2. # Cameronon 30 Oct 2007 at 2:00 pm

    You’re mocking me, aren’t you? Just like when I was talking to you earlier.. :)

  3. # Cameronon 30 Oct 2007 at 5:05 pm

    Well.. After that post, I finally called HP Support directly. It took an hour on the phone, but the guy on the other end was very helpful, and in the end, helped me solve the problem.

    Not only that, but he made a couple suggestions for the future, if I add any other pieces of hardware (HP or not)..

    So, initially, I was very soured by the whole thing. Fortunatly, I could recognize that it wasn’t HP’s fault, but Microsoft’s… for ever designing Windows Vista..

  4. # Andrewon 31 Oct 2007 at 2:57 pm

    Down with Macs!!

    But seriously….I know exactly what you mean about Vista’s lack of plug-n-play. My brand new laptop has a built-in webcam, but the firmware hasn’t been updated for it yet for Vista, so MSN always tells me that I need to plug in my camera – which would be difficult, because first I’d need to rip apart my laptop to UNplug it.

  5. # Markon 31 Oct 2007 at 7:09 pm

    Boo Andrew!

    Try a Mac for a month…then TRY to go back to Windows!

    Dare you!

  6. # Cameronon 31 Oct 2007 at 10:22 pm

    I talked to Colleen.. next time we are going with a Mac.. :)

  7. # Cameronon 04 Nov 2007 at 7:50 am

    Something else that I’ve discovered about Vista..

    2 GB of RAM is not enough.. There are a couple of programs I use (only occasionally), but they seem to be memory hogs! If I’m running programs to near-capacity and try to load up another program that takes up more memory than I have, Vista does nothing..

    That’s right.. It doesn’t even tell me that there isn’t enough RAM..

    What a pain.. maybe we should have gone with the 4GB option….or bought a Mac.. :)

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