A view of Windows Vista! Installing in the lab

Windows vista log

Day 1: after 20 min of "first time load" and another 20 min of I don't know what I finally see the pretty graphics of windows vista.. hmm.. nice. I don't feel the poppy-ness that i was hoping for.

Translation stage controllers seem to work, it took me a while to get all new drivers, but they are now recognized. Keyspan USB to serial port looks good.

Quickcam, I really don't like Logitech. Their recommendation for everything is for you to buy a newer camera.. well. What if I don't want to tear apart a brand new camera and then make all new optics!; support the old please. Well, I installed the program for a newer camera, but there is no camera found. No worries, a restart, and letting windows find my driver fixed that problem. But I don't have the time lapse any more. grrr..

Now for the real trial. Pixelink camera. Their web site is down, and the software wont run (wrong OS, warning) so going home..

Day 2 : Something is a little off.. the computer is telling me that it is blocking a startup item.. but I can't seem to see what that is.. hmmm..

Pixelink is back up and I got some new software.. but alas, it does not see the camera. I've tried installing a 3rd party driver uniBrain.. or something.. iFire is their product.. well. Nothing works...

The computer gave me the blue screen of death and then restarted.. that is a record.. less then 5 hours since new and a blue screen!!

The computer has now frozen and forced a restart.. Deleted all fire wire programs that I've installed.. trying to get the uniBrain one froze the computer.. (three forced restarts today.. good thing I brought my mac to work on.. )

restarted.. I'm still being told there is something in the startup that is being blocked, but I can't seem to find what it is, or be able to do anything about it..

Stupid norton anti-virus just can't understand I don't want it (another startup item I want to delete.. stupid 60 day free trial.. screw you Norton.. !

Here is a little pic that I think shows the mentality behind Windows and Mac...



AHHHHh.. what the hell is this windows defender.. ??! more like windows don't let me do what the crap I want to do... ergg..

And the stupid interface.. after startup I am using 45% of 2GB of RAM!!!! and nothing is running!!... and it feels slow and unresponsive.. (I remember now why I had switched to Linux.. )

killing Aero (in the Display settings) takes the RAM from 45% to 38%. Going to pure classic doesn't seem to help. Moving windows still is choppy.. odd.. should be better...

Tomorrow.. installing XP.. screw vista.. in the end.. runs slow. Doesn't work with CCD, or spectrometer, and is a pretty bad copy of the mac.. and I'm getting sick of the faded screen and asking me to permit every type of install program that is trying to pass.. way too much reading, and just a generally ugly thing.. Come on Bill.. you can do better the this?