Hell Week for ADSL South Africa!

The past week can at best be described as 'Hell Week' for ADSL South Africa. This is the reason we left the blog unattended for some time.

If it was not hackers that tried to bring the site down or post obscenities, we had endless problems with Microsoft's infamous operating system, VISTA.

We don't want to focus on the hackers or wannabe hackers but on VISTA, the wannabe operating system or whatever you want to call it...

We bought new hardware recently and VISTA was included as part of the package. We didn't want it but decided to give it a test drive and see for ourselves if its really that bad. What an eye opener, Windows Vista is probably the biggest pile of sh%te that hit the shelves in a million years. It has the capability to slow the fastest and meanest machine down to a speed not even comparable to the time it takes an ancient mummy to crawl from a burning tomb while under fire from the biggest cannon in the world. It slows broadband connections down to a point that even dial up can beat, it takes ages to open a simple MS Word document, et cetera.

At some stage we thought it were viruses or spyware that's slowing down the system but a thorough test revealed that the problem is with VISTA itself. Needless to say we're in the process of switching back to Windows XP Professional. Windows XP Professional is probably not the best operating system in the world but at least we will have our broadband connection back.

It is really beyond believe that the likes of Incredible Connection and others don't have the balls to stand up and tell Microsoft where to stick Vista. Sorry, we forgot, they don't really care about the average Joe like you and me but only about the profits they can make.

It makes one sick to your stomach when you realise Microsoft and some dealers are actually making DOUBLE the profits with VISTA. Most people switch back to older operating systems after they discover how bad VISTA really is, unfortunately in many instances people have to fork out extra money to switch because the dealers will as sure as hell not give any refunds, even when someone was forced to buy VISTA as part of a package. It won't surprise us at all if people shop around for illegal copies because who is really prepared to spend their hard-earned money on a 'scam' like this?

This is just another example of how a monopoly can messes things up for decent people. If it's not Telkom and their buddies screwing us over, it's Microsoft and their 'little whores' doing the rounds.

Have a splendid weekend and be sure to try VISTA out when its out of the 'DEVELOPMENT STAGE'. In the meantime, stick to your money and your guns. :-)

The ADSL South Africa Team