# Windows 8 RANT!!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [June 28, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-8-rant/22793 "2012-06-28T16:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-8-rant/22793/21 "2012-06-29T23:04:14Z")
On 6/29/2012 3:14 PM, kgroneman wrote:[color=blue] > Oh yea, I remember what one of my issues with Vista was…brand new > laptop, it would often just hang.[/color] I bought a new desktop when Windows ME came out… I pressed the On button… Compaq screen came on… and then…BSOD. Reinstalled ME and then… Booted and then… BSOD… Went to Staples bought Windows 2000 Pro… and then… Machine worked like a Champ… I still have that box in the attic. Vista made me had dramatic flashbacks of said event. ---
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craig wilson wrote: [color=blue] > Reinstalling Fresh Vista may have done it too :\> > > Windows 7 loads less services by default, but it’s a matter of > choosing what you want running.[/color] Yes but I’m not even talking about just fresh Win7 vs loaded Vista. I mean a Win7 install with plenty of apps was still significantly faster than Vista, even though Win7 was running on older hardware with less memory. Vista is just a resource hog. Period. – Does this washcloth smell like chloroform? ---
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Alex Warmerdam wrote: [color=blue] > Y’re forgetting a few: > Windows 95 > Windows 98 > Windows 98 SE[/color] Well in that case… wasn’t there Windows 95 Windows 95 OSR B Windows 95 OSR 2 Windows 95 OSR 2.5 – Does this washcloth smell like chloroform? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-8-rant/22793/24 "2012-07-03T19:20:33Z")
On 29.06.2012 16:30, unsigned wrote:[color=blue] > We use Netmotion Mobility (great software BTW), their latest release has > Win7, x86 and x64 and XP clients, but no Vista support.[/color] Not a big surprise, considering that Microsoft itself drops Vista support before XP. ## CU, Massimo Rosen Novell Knowledge Partner No emails please! [http://www.cfc-it.de](http://www.cfc-it.de) ---
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On 7/3/2012 11:20 AM, Massimo Rosen wrote:[color=blue] > Not a big surprise, considering that Microsoft itself drops Vista > support before XP. > > CU,[/color] Not exactly. Windows XP Latest service pack: Service Pack 3 End of mainstream support: April 14, 2009 End of extended support: April 8, 2014 Windows Vista Latest service pack: Service Pack 2 End of mainstream support: April 10, 2012 End of extended support: April 11, 2017 Windows 7 Latest service pack: Service Pack 1 End of mainstream support: January 12, 2015 End of extended support: January 14, 2020 [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/products/lifecycle](http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/products/lifecycle) ---
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Also consider: The various SP’s to products NT 4.0 needed SP’s to go from junk to good XP – same thing – Barry Schnur ---
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Well, just to say ‘a’ Windows version is junk is not entirely true save for Windows ME. All of the releases had it’s charms. Allthough Windows Vista is a resource hog and some components are a mayor source of irritation, it did bring a lot of new technology to your desktop. The problem with Vista is that it was released before it was done. That was the problem with Windows XP as well imho. SP2 finally made it good. ## – bpenris bpenris’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=7496](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=7496) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=457373](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=457373) [Previous page](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-8-rant/22793.md?page=1)