7 Aug
2024
7 Aug
'24
10:37 p.m.
On 07.08.2024 05:55, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
I keep seeing all these bad comments about Vista.
Just what was
supposed to be wrong with it? I ran it for more than a decade
and only stopped when MS deliberately broke it with the final
update. It was a hell of a lot better than the crap that followed
it.
One issue I have not seen others mention is that Vista moved to a
compositing window manager, in which the window manager composed the
display from multiple off-screen buffers rather than having the apps
paint directly into the framebuffer. This required decent a decent
3D-capable GPU while XP could get along fine without one. In a sop to
OEMs that were shipping the then-crappy Intel integrated graphics,
Microsoft allowed very underspec'd hardware to make the official
compatibility list. Much of the later success of Windows 7 (which added
even more compositing eye candy) was simply due to the HW market having
moved on to accommodate the new requirements.
--Bill