Reply to: I hate Vista

[portseven]

That is truly pathetic. No wonder Linux is in the wilderness and MS make a billion dollars per second.

You obviously think this is 1982.

HTH

Ehh? How's that then? Linux has had flashy interfaces for some time, Vista has just arrived now and yet Linux is behind?!?!

[DimPrawn]

If you think of Vista as a shinier, buggier, bloatier, slower, less familiar version of XP, you'll not be far wrong.

Should you upgrade? Nope.

Should anyone upgrade? Only when they HAVE to and only if the OS is already bundled on a new PC at no extra cost.

Otherwise XP will do you for a few years yet.

[bogeyman]

It's not that impressive, that's true, just a bunch of eye candy. However, apart from the DRM, all that Vista seems to add is a bunch of eye candy too. So what's your point?

Indeed.

All the cool features we have heard about for the last n years have gradually been stripped out of Vista to make way for DRM and other crap nobody wants.

It's a huge dissapointment and I think it will hurt MS. I know people are stupid and will pay for ANYTHING that is new and shiny, but this is almost insulting, given what Vista COULD have been.

I held off upgrading to XP for as long as I possibly could, but I see no draw in Vista at all. What is the point of it exactly, apart from the said eye-candy.

I will continue to run XP for Windows development purposes, under Apple Bootcamp (have a dedicated Mac Mini for it), but Vista has lost me totally!

[Cowboy Bob]

What do you expect it to have? Telepathic interface? Built in time machine? Herds of wilderbeast majestically going by?

I expect it to be different to XP in some way, to justify both the cost of the upgrade and/or the 5 years they've supposedly been developing new features.

Seems to me it's just a revenue generating exercise without offering anything new to the consumer and loads of people are falling for it.

[TwoWolves]

What do you expect it to have? Telepathic interface? Built in time machine? Herds of wilderbeast majestically going by?

That sounds rather cool, I'll have one of those please.

[DimPrawn]

What do you expect it to have? Telepathic interface? Built in time machine? Herds of wilderbeast majestically going by?

[Cowboy Bob]

That is truly pathetic.

It's not that impressive, that's true, just a bunch of eye candy. However, apart from the DRM, all that Vista seems to add is a bunch of eye candy too. So what's your point?

[DimPrawn]

"Vista just needs a hug"

David Cameron.

[ratewhore]

some vista legal stuff making waves...

In the name of shielding consumers from computer viruses and protecting copyright owners from potential infringement, Vista seemingly wrestles control of the "user experience" from the user.

Vista's legal fine print includes extensive provisions granting Microsoft the right to regularly check the legitimacy of the software and holds the prospect of deleting certain programs without the user's knowledge.

Even after installation, the legal agreement grants Microsoft the right to revalidate the software or to require users to reactivate it should they make changes to their computer components. In addition, it sets significant limits on the ability to copy or transfer the software, prohibiting anything more than a single backup copy and setting strict limits on transferring the software to different devices or users.

Vista also incorporates Windows Defender, an anti-virus program that actively scans computers for "spyware, adware, and other potentially unwanted software." The agreement does not define any of these terms, leaving it to Microsoft to determine what constitutes unwanted software. Once operational, the agreement warns that Windows Defender will, by default, automatically remove software rated "high" or "severe," even though that may result in other software ceasing to work or mistakenly result in the removal of software that is not unwanted.

For greater certainty, the terms and conditions remove any doubt about who is in control by providing that "this agreement only gives you some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves all other rights." For those users frustrated by the software's limitations, Microsoft cautions that "you may not work around any technical limitations in the software."

And that's not even started on DRM yet...

[DimPrawn]

One of the big draws of Vista seems to be the snazzy Aero interface

Maybe people should save themselves some money and have a go with Linux and AIGLX / Beryl (or XGL / Compiz ). Cheap and it doesn't need such a high spec hardware, as well as being free of all the DRM tulipe

Check it out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CgqWlX_GsI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3H6F...elated&search=

That is truly pathetic. No wonder Linux is in the wilderness and MS make a billion dollars per second.

You obviously think this is 1982.

HTH

[Churchill]

And proud of it!

When the fad that is "WIMP" has died, only those with previous knowledge of vi, edlin, debug and "copy con:" will thrive!

Keep the faith!!!

[portseven]

One of the big draws of Vista seems to be the snazzy Aero interface

Maybe people should save themselves some money and have a go with Linux and AIGLX / Beryl (or XGL / Compiz ). Cheap and it doesn't need such a high spec hardware, as well as being free of all the DRM tulipe

Check it out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CgqWlX_GsI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3H6F...elated&search=

[OrangeHopper]

Geek!

And proud of it!

[AtW]

I have a love of the Unix/Linux command line.

Geek!

[OrangeHopper]

I've been using Macs at home for a fair while now.

There are things about Macs I don't like.

There are things about Windows that I do like.

I have a love of the Unix/Linux command line.

I use a PS2 for games and will use a PS3 when it arrives.


The thing is the Mac does what I want and without any fuss.