Vista 64 still crap...

Some of you probably saw my status update complaining about Vista 64. I spent 5 days trying to fix it, with new hardware since last time and a lot more patience. Unfortunately I got the same problems. As soon as I tried to use Nvidia's graphics drivers, the whole thing would burst into flames and complain bitterly about things not working.

Generally speaking though, it didn't burst into flames as quickly as the other time. IT just sort of...stuttered, stopped working, tried to correct itself and then limp along for a bit before it finally gave up. Like I said in the previous review on it, Vista 64 is a steaming pile of crap due to it's inability to actually work.

Unfortunately, I can't track down the reason to why it refuses to work. My gut instinct tells me that there is a problem in the way that Windows Update installs drivers for things. IT probably downloads really old drivers and starts replacing bits for the graphics drivers, which is a really bad idea. There is no way to fully reverse these updates, which basically leaves you with a difficult choice; chuck your graphics card or chuck Vista 64.

Final Thought Byte : Essentially, Vista 64 is useless. It might work for some people, but for others it will be money wasted. Like I said before, stay away from Vista 64 unless you are positive that it will actually work. IF you really want 64-bit computing though, just wait a couple of months until Windows 7 gets released.

Tags : Microsoft, Vista, Windows 7, 64-bit