Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for March 30, 2023

After 98, I moved away from windows.

I suspect that there is no need to explain “Vista” to most people following this comic.

Thanks for the explanation, Scott.

I remembered ME, so I avoided Vista completely.

Vista is still a thing, it’s just that nobody remembers it.

I managed to avoid ME and Vista, and moved from 98 to 7. Still stuck with Windows even now, 11 on newer hardware and 10 on older that doesn’t support 11. I keep saying I’m gonna move to Apple (or Linux) but can’t seem to break the inertia. :(

gotta love ted’s cup

Vista made me happy that I was never an “early adopter.”

When my wife needed a laptop we bought her a Dell, partly because they gave option to downgrade to XP, which almost nobody was still doing. Later went to 7 on it. Still have it but it won’t boot. Seems dead, and new battery didn’t do it.

Was Vista a Microsoft thing? I was using Snow Leopard at the time, I think. Now Apple has moved on from naming operating systems after rocks to California coastal cities. Using Monterey and thinking about Ventura.

Every second windows OS is crap. I am sorry I had to get 11 on my new machine. M$ finally upgraded notepad, after almost 40 years, and broke at least one feature I use a lot.

I never had problems with VISTA. I have always suspected insufficient ram/hard drive, bad networks, and an office of low-bid identical computers with marginal timing/shielding errors.

Vista? Don’t forget Windows Me, OMG. it was filled with so many bugs Orkin ran and hid! Between the issues with Windows (BTW I loved Windows 3.11 and before) and the repeated failure of a hinge on my Dell laptop, I bought the first Apple Aluminum Powerbook laptop and have been Apple every since. No regrets. Powerbook lasted 7-8 years. Next iMac 12+ years but giving signs of age so finally got a new computer last week – Apple Probook 14". Love it.

Fortunately, we eventually got to Windows 10 "the last operating system). Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Like Pepperidge Farms, we remember

I agree. Thankfully I don’t need a resume, all but two of the computer systems I used are out of business (ever hear of Scientific Data Systems?), none of the operating systems (except UNIX based OSes), and ALL the programming languages I knew are dead.

I just read that Microsoft intends to put AI into Windows 12. Hellooo, Skynet… ㋛

Vista was horrible.

I had few problems with Vista. 7 was a lot better.

Four hundred-plus years later, Shakespeare still speaks to us.

I have an old Gateway that uses Vista and it still works!! It works great for what I need it for. The only thing I had to replace on it over the years was the hard drive. It helps if you are not into newer stuff or otherwise it won’t work. Notice the smiles on both of the women. This was a good one!

So many commenters want to dump on Vista! Was it really that bad? I thought it was WAY better than ME (and I hated that acronym, too).