crbirchenhall Posted March 20, 2008 Share #1 Posted March 20, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) LUFers Bear with me on this one. I have just made the biggest mistake in my life. I bought a Microsoft VISTA laptop. I only hope the dealer will be kind to me tomorrow. All - yes all - of my productive software - and all written by Microsoft - does not work on VISTA - ok I am talking basics here - Microsoft Visual Studio C++ v6 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. It reminds me of IBM's push to PS2/OS2 - anyone else remember the death of the IBM domination of the PC? Moral for Leica - do not try to be revoluationary with the R series. Attempt to follow IBM, and now Microsoft, and "force" a revolution on your loyal customers and you face disaster. My laptop either goes back to an understanding dealer or is an very, very expensive paper weight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stunsworth Posted March 20, 2008 Share #2 Posted March 20, 2008 Can't you tell the applications to run in XP mode - right click and properties from memory? Also are there updates to the software you are trying to use. Personally I'd buy a copy of XP and load that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdb Posted March 20, 2008 Share #3 Posted March 20, 2008 Vista is making me switch to Mac... Gérard Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted March 20, 2008 Share #4 Posted March 20, 2008 I make most of my income from an 800,000 line computer program written in a now obsolete Microsoft programming language. Their estimate to migrate to VB .NET? $1.8m... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
usefeet Posted March 20, 2008 Share #5 Posted March 20, 2008 You could always try Borland, ..that installs OK on Vista. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoskeptic Posted March 20, 2008 Share #6 Posted March 20, 2008 Contrary to popular opinion, Microsoft did not shoot themselves in the foot on this one. They shot us in the head instead. Their planned obsolescence campaign is why Bill Gates stays at the top of the billionaires list. I've saved a copy of XP and hope to use it as long as I can, but someday I'll have to make a mighty big decision. Whatever the decision I'll probably have to buy new compatible software to replace everything I use today. Bummer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted March 20, 2008 Share #7 Posted March 20, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I make most of my income from an 800,000 line computer program written in a now obsolete Microsoft programming language. Straight C? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted March 20, 2008 Share #8 Posted March 20, 2008 No, VB6... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted March 20, 2008 Share #9 Posted March 20, 2008 No, VB6... Oh s***. You have my fullest sympathy Well as long as it makes you money. - Carl Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted March 20, 2008 Share #10 Posted March 20, 2008 You have my sympathies too. I am still running my own office on Win2K and have CDs with SPs on them. Interestingly Microsoft is still supporting the platform, although the support is dwindling. A number of my clients are using Win2K too. I have an XP laptop and don't like it, if anything happens to any of my computers I can boot from DOS on a floppy and have full control. There's a lot to be said for it and I'm no longer in the business of making money just so that I can give it to Microsoft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHAG Posted March 20, 2008 Share #11 Posted March 20, 2008 LUFers Bear with me on this one. I have just made the biggest mistake in my life. I bought a Microsoft VISTA laptop. I only hope the dealer will be kind to me tomorrow. All - yes all - of my productive software - and all written by Microsoft - does not work on VISTA - ok I am talking basics here - Microsoft Visual Studio C++ v6 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. It reminds me of IBM's push to PS2/OS2 - anyone else remember the death of the IBM domination of the PC? Moral for Leica - do not try to be revoluationary with the R series. Attempt to follow IBM, and now Microsoft, and "force" a revolution on your loyal customers and you face disaster. My laptop either goes back to an understanding dealer or is an very, very expensive paper weight. Micro$oft will end like Edison Trust in the 40's. Once a monopole on the movies (cameras, projectors, films, productions, distribution), the giant has been dwarfed by the rising majors in Hollywood — and by its own rogue policies (so many similarities with M$oft). M. Steve Ballmer has been nicknamed "The Embalmer" in the industry, because of the many CEO's he offered a deal to better squash them. He mightily could be M$oft embalmer in the end. It would only be justice. If anyone of you has tried, like I did, the last version of Office Mac, the number of bugs in it are positively outrageous : 4 years in the making and several vital functions which disappear with no reason whatsoever — carelessness ? bureaucracy ? pick your choice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gberger Posted March 20, 2008 Share #12 Posted March 20, 2008 Switched to a Mac, and never looked back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jank Posted March 20, 2008 Share #13 Posted March 20, 2008 I have virtuall y no problems with Vistausing pcb layout software, 2D CAD etc. Lot of stuff can be run in XP mode if needed.. The only headaches is caused by printer drivers, esp. if you installed 64 bit version. HP seems to be slowest supporting their printers.Even expensive ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted March 20, 2008 Share #14 Posted March 20, 2008 Switched to a Mac, and never looked back. Same for me. I simply don't have the spare time I would need to keep a private Windows running. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker Posted March 20, 2008 Share #15 Posted March 20, 2008 LUFers Bear with me on this one. I have just made the biggest mistake in my life. /quote] No Chris - you can't have married my ex-wife! Seriously, I sympathise having "upgraded" several pieces of soft-in-the-head ware and seen more problems than advantages. I must join the Grumpy Old Man club having previously been quite a fan of technology. I think "progess" and "change" are ways for the rich to get richer and nothing more.I can't offer any solutions other than suggesting a disc format and installing Windows XP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 20, 2008 Share #16 Posted March 20, 2008 I make part of my business selling HP Professional CAD Workstations... O.S. is bundled into... HP is a serious company in this product line, and this has been the story (in Europe) in the last 12 months or so : - March 2007 : a number of models are provided only with Vista installed and Vista recovery CD... - May 2007 : Vista installed, but they clarify you have the right to install XP in lieu... media must be self - provided... - July 2007 : Vista installed, Vista recovery CD provided, you can send a mail and receive the XP CD from HP... - October 2007 : Vista installed, XP CD provided together with the machine... - January 2008 : Vista AND XP installed, you can choose at setup which one to deploy, XP recovery CD provided, you can mail and receive the Vista recovery CD... A laughing story... really a MS lemon... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angora Posted March 20, 2008 Share #17 Posted March 20, 2008 Vista is making me switch to Mac... Gérard You could have chosen 2K or even XP to replace Vista. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfnegri Posted March 21, 2008 Share #18 Posted March 21, 2008 You must buy a Mac. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_dykstra Posted March 22, 2008 Share #19 Posted March 22, 2008 LUFers Bear with me on this one. I have just made the biggest mistake in my life. I bought a Microsoft VISTA laptop. Ha! I've just been watching these mac adverts. Funny. Well, if you're a mac user. Which I guess you're not. But you could be! Apple - Get a Mac - Watch The TV Ads It's been a while since I switched to mac, but I recall it felt like waking from a coma. Struggling to understand why the world seemed to be inside out, why everything felt wrong and then emerging into the light and realising, with immense happiness, that I'd never have to go back there again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianv Posted March 22, 2008 Share #20 Posted March 22, 2008 > I make most of my income from an 800,000 line computer program written in a now > obsolete Microsoft programming language. VB6. That has got to hurt. Maybe GNU will add it... I still use Fortran 77 and MASM 5. Running on WIN98se booted into DOS real mode with "Bootgui=0". Use Pharlap Tools for extended memory. A new computer really screams booted into DOS. And DOS does not complain when you take over the Inetrrupt Vectors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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