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TheCam

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8th Jul 07 at 17:39

bought myself a bluetooth dongle couple of weeks back.... NOT COMPATABLE WITH VISTA

bought myself a new pfone today Samsung U600 and the software is, guess what, NOT CAMPATABLE WITH VISTA!!!!

any1 else in the same boat as me?

[Edited on 08-07-2007 by Ian]

Marshall

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8th Jul 07 at 17:41

seconded

andy1868

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8th Jul 07 at 17:42

do you not check these things beforehand?

i recommend you go to the manufacturer's websites and look for the latest software etc

TheCam

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8th Jul 07 at 17:43

I walked into phones 4 u not expecting to buy a phone and when i decided i was gonna get a new phone i was told it would work

Mark1984_SRI

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8th Jul 07 at 17:45

quote:
Originally posted by cam1
I walked into phones 4 u not expecting to buy a phone and when i decided i was gonna get a new phone i was told it would work

You didn't get a contract with phones 4u did you. (please say no)

TheCam

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8th Jul 07 at 17:46

yeah why lol... no bad deal... better than my current contract

Mark1984_SRI

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8th Jul 07 at 17:47

quote:
Originally posted by cam1
yeah why lol... no bad deal... better than my current contract

I've just had bad dealings with them in the past. Always walked out thinking i got a good deal then when i've shopped around finding my tariff-Price wasn't the best

But if you got a good deal then, fair play to you

andy1868

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8th Jul 07 at 17:50

and TBF its not vista's fault, its the manufacturer's of your products for not releasing the software in time

TheCam

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8th Jul 07 at 17:50

me and the girl both got new contracts today... I got 500 mins, unlimited txts and free calls to the girl.
£35 pm

Steve

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8th Jul 07 at 17:54

its not vista thats shit its the manufacturers of the devices you have for not making them cmpatible

ali_corsa

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8th Jul 07 at 17:55

i dont like phones4u, i went in there the other week just looking at the deals because i fancy a new fone at the end of the month, and they sat me down sorted out a phone, and contract type and just kept pushing me to say yes, and i kept saying im only looking i dont want to buy just yet, i got up and walked out in the end, they push for sales too much and dont listen to the customers

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8th Jul 07 at 18:03

everything i have is compatible with xp

i didnt do it on purpose, everything just works though! vista ftw

liamC

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8th Jul 07 at 18:16

good old microsoft

Seany

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8th Jul 07 at 18:34

bought a dongle from comet and shock horror it doesnt work with vista tried to take it back an they basically said fuck off

Rus

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8th Jul 07 at 18:45

get a mac

Aaron

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8th Jul 07 at 20:08

i'm sort of in the same boat

i also have the U600, but i have XP

andy1868

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8th Jul 07 at 20:10

i'm loving the edit

Steve

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8th Jul 07 at 20:23

what was changed?

andy1868

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8th Jul 07 at 20:34

it changed from "vista is f***ing sh*t" to "my bad experience with vista"

PaulW

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8th Jul 07 at 21:21

lmfao at people saying its not vista's fault, but manufacturers faults for not releasing 'compatible' software or drivers...

end of the day, a computer is expected to 'work', what the hell happened with backwards compatibility?? plug & play?? If something worked on XP, I'd damn well expect it to work on Vista 'out-of-the-box'.

DarkBahamut

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9th Jul 07 at 01:10

Thats a very stupid statement.

Its a competely different OS, its not the same so why would everything just work? Sure, programs themselfs are unlikely to notice the difference too much but all the driver models changed so drivers need to be rewriten in order to work on vista.

Its like taking an ECU off a ferrari and putting it on a corsa. I mean, they are both IC engines so why arent the ECUs just plug and play?

Its not as simple as it might seem.

[Edited on 09-07-2007 by DarkBahamut]

Pablo

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9th Jul 07 at 12:29

Mad Moe

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9th Jul 07 at 13:30

Hate Vista with an absolute passion, it seems to have compatibility issues with every single piece of software I need to use

Icy

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10th Jul 07 at 03:40

quote:
Originally posted by cam1
me and the girl both got new contracts today... I got 500 mins, unlimited txts and free calls to the girl.
£35 pm

i pay £27.50 and get £255 worth to spend on calls/texts/pics etc

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10th Jul 07 at 08:27

quote:
Originally posted by DarkBahamut
Thats a very stupid statement.

Its a competely different OS, its not the same so why would everything just work? Sure, programs themselfs are unlikely to notice the difference too much but all the driver models changed so drivers need to be rewriten in order to work on vista.

Its like taking an ECU off a ferrari and putting it on a corsa. I mean, they are both IC engines so why arent the ECUs just plug and play?

Its not as simple as it might seem.

[Edited on 09-07-2007 by DarkBahamut]

Some older Ferraris used Bosch Motronic ECU's which are the same as the ones that control 20XE's