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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(Unverified)Aug 8th 2008 4:20PM
Vista's updater is actually a big improvement over the one in XP. Restarts are only pushed when necessary for the particular update.
In Vista, getting non-Windows updates is just a checkbox away. It's disabled by default to placate govs and misc complainers.
leeAug 8th 2008 3:19PM
Only pushed, yes...but still required. I'm looking for M$ to make good with the no-reboot promise, not "delayed reboots".
QuikboyAug 9th 2008 7:34AM
@Lee Mathews : "I'm looking for M$ to make good with the no-reboot promise..."
Hey, I can understand hating Windows and all, but I never expected editors to resort to childish name-calling. $?
You act as if Microsoft's the only company out there making profit on computer software.
leeAug 9th 2008 7:38AM
It's just shorthand, QB. I crushed my finger in a ladder and it hurts to type. See what I did there? ;-)
(Unverified)Aug 9th 2008 10:22AM
Still, Skapig, you can only get updates for Windows and Office, at most. Synaptic, on the other hand, gets you updates for *all* programs that have been installed through it.
(Unverified)Sep 12th 2008 5:18PM
Whether Windows has *only* improved on this matter is really not the point. I mean, I congratulate for the improvement but I think Windows will hardly improve enough to catch up with Linux in that field. Microsoft would have to redesign the whole thing from scratch in my, albeit not very technical opinion.
What I'm sure of is that I feel sorry for anyone who has tried using Linux for a longer period of time but still has to rely on Windows. People who have never tried Linux, they're fine because they don't know there's anything better out there.
What I'm talking about is Windows vs. Linux restarting for updates of the system. Linux has virtually no need to restart for an update of the system, (and I won't even go into not needing periodical reboots) except maybe in very rare cases. If you experience this for any significant period of time, Windows restarts could potentially drive you nuts.
I once had to help a friend of mine do something on his Windows box (after more than a year that I was Linux-only user) and I had to update it. That system had to be restarted *several* times just for this one update. Even once would be too much after Linux experience and this just drove me nuts that day.