Vista just doesn't do it

[Justin]

Perspective?? The point is, Vista was supposed to be more "user friendly"
for novices

I believe that's what he meant by perspective. Some people think it's
"harder" and some people think it's "easier". So, yeah....perspective.

Use it for two months (maybe less) and I bet you'll never want to go back.

 

[Papa]

I believe that's what he meant by perspective. Some people think it's
"harder" and some people think it's "easier". So, yeah....perspective.

Use it for two months (maybe less) and I bet you'll never want to go back.

Oh, I intend to use Vista. I am lucky in that my computer experience is
pretty good, so everything will fall into place for me (although I still
intend to wait for a year so Microsoft can clear out a lot of the bugs that
new software always contains). However, those with less experience will
really be turned off by Vista because it is much less familiar than previous
versions. Improvements with software can, after all, be made without
destroying the customary and familiar user interface. That is where Vista
has failed.

 

[Robert Firth]

Changes are needed in order to make a better product. I promise you once you
have used Vista for a while, it all seems natural.

Besides, if they kept the XP interface but only changed underlying code,
people would complain that it wasn't anything different.

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[Papa]

Changes are needed in order to make a better product. I promise you once
you have used Vista for a while, it all seems natural.

Besides, if they kept the XP interface but only changed underlying code,
people would complain that it wasn't anything different.

And from what I've seen so far, functionally Vista really isn't much
different from XP - other than it includes the rediculous "Are you sure"
query that occurs for just about every step the user takes. As many have
observed, Vista is beginning to look a lot like Windows ME as far as
desirability is concerned.

Reports have stated that the next Microsoft OS will be out in about 2 years.
I'm thinking that it may be worth the wait.

 

[Justin]

Two years is far fetched.

The last mentioned sales figure was just under 1 million copies sold. That
sounds pretty desirable.

 

[emanon]

Two years is far fetched.

The last mentioned sales figure was just under 1 million copies sold.
That sounds pretty desirable.

Cha-Ching! Hear that cash register ring!

P T Barnum was right in his assessment of people's gullibility. I also
question the figure: how many of those are truly sold as opposed to slammed
upgrades or the "free" upgrades built into the price of most computers sold
since, oh maybe, November 2006 when the hype machine went into overdrive in
Redmond.


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[Justin]

That includes ALL RETAIL SALES of all license types.

 

[Justin]

FYI

A friend brought her laptop over tonight. Dell Inspiron E1505. 1GB memory.
Core 2 Duo 1.6. Vista Home Premium.

So far, after three weeks, not a single problem. Internet, Office 2003
Student, Symantec plus all the apps the laptop came with.

The machines runs smooth and much faster then XP. It's much more
responsive.

She is a very happy customer.

I will admit however, this had a very bad side effect. My wife is now
unhappy with her Gateway MX3215 and now wants Vista. Unfortunately, Gateway
has not released decent video drivers yet.