Hasta La Vista baby....I'm sticking with XP.

[Ned]

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_49/b4012009.htm

I read the above interview with Microsoft and it sounds as though
Microsoft is only thinking about big business. If you read the first
paragraph of the interview it's very clear that they have forgotten the
little guy. I sat at my friend's pc the other day and he was so
excited to show me Vista. I have to admint, it was as sexy as a
lamborghini without but without the horsepower. I asked my friend,
"what can you do with this that I cannot do with XP". He answered "I
just like the way it looks". I told him Vista was like XP with a
facelift. I then asked him how long it took to upgrade and he said he
first had to buy a new motherboard and a new video card. I asked him
why he would go through so much time and expense for a sexy user
interface? His answer? "I just like the way it looks". I'm sure some
techie out there is thinking that I just don't understand the real
benefits of Vista. Well, let me just say this. I can browse the
Internet, type a letter, create a spreadsheet, and print!....all on
XP/Office 2003. Oh, and lets not forget all the bugs and secuirty holes
not yet found in Vista. Microsoft will have to do better then eye candy
before they get my dollar. In fact, functionality wise, twenty years
ago I could have done everything I do today, except browse the
Internet. How could Microsoft ask me "Where do I want to go today?"
when they have no idea where they are going themselves? Real advances
in OS and application design will happen only when the user is freed
from the keyboard and mouse.

 

[SANDY]

Hey there

I also Tried the Vista RC and well same thoughts with all that hype it
not that cool
OK New Interface But MAC and Linux have similar since years
its the same story MS waits or others to design and innovate things and
then 2 years down the line they come up with a OS which are copy of
those if not technology wise atleast look and functionality wise of and
forgot one thing Few thousand security flaws.

but the world is addicted to it

Sandy

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Ned

There is more to Vista than just looks. Security is improved with UAC,
Parental controls and BitLocker drive encryption. Graphics handling is
superior to XP, as is efficient use of memory, which leads to generally
faster performance. If you look in the Vista Control panel, there are more
features available. It is a better base with which to move computing
forward.

Yes, of course the hardware requirement is greater, but every new version of
Windows has required better hardware, more RAM, better graphics card etc.

XP and Office 2003 work very well, and if they completely fulfill your
requirements, then so be it. For as long as they are properly supported,
there is no reason why you should not stick with them, but that is not
reason enough to knock the 'new kid on the block'.. for more info, go to
this website..

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_02.asp

 

[Guest]

Have to agree. Instead of dealing with the roots of the security problems,
Vista instead attempts to limit the damage exploits can do by making the user
all-but-powerless to change things in the system. Problem with this approach
is that it.. er oh yes, it makes the user all-but-powerless to change things.
:-(

Which the user is going to find is, well, a total bummer. Especially as it
prevents a LOT of existing software from working properly.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_49/b4012009.htm

I read the above interview with Microsoft and it sounds as though
Microsoft is only thinking about big business. If you read the first
paragraph of the interview it's very clear that they have forgotten the
little guy. I sat at my friend's pc the other day and he was so
excited to show me Vista. I have to admint, it was as sexy as a
lamborghini without but without the horsepower. I asked my friend,
"what can you do with this that I cannot do with XP". He answered "I
just like the way it looks". I told him Vista was like XP with a
facelift. I then asked him how long it took to upgrade and he said he
first had to buy a new motherboard and a new video card. I asked him
why he would go through so much time and expense for a sexy user
interface? His answer? "I just like the way it looks". I'm sure some
techie out there is thinking that I just don't understand the real
benefits of Vista. Well, let me just say this. I can browse the
Internet, type a letter, create a spreadsheet, and print!....all on
XP/Office 2003. Oh, and lets not forget all the bugs and secuirty holes
not yet found in Vista. Microsoft will have to do better then eye candy
before they get my dollar. In fact, functionality wise, twenty years
ago I could have done everything I do today, except browse the
Internet. How could Microsoft ask me "Where do I want to go today?"
when they have no idea where they are going themselves? Real advances
in OS and application design will happen only when the user is freed
from the keyboard and mouse.

You know, many people said exactly the same thing during the transition
from Win2K to WinXP. If you don't like Vista, and want to don't use it,
fine. Allow your friend to decide for himself.


--

Bruce Chambers

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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell

 

[Kerry Brown]

That's exactly why other OS' are more secure than XP. Mac and Linux users
run as standard users. They are powerless to do system tasks until they
elevate their priviliges. Does that sound familiar in the context of running
Vista? If you want security there is a downside. You have to think about
what you are doing and click on a prompt or enter a password to do things
that might cause harm to the system. I agree that many programs may not work
until they are updated for Vista but this was also true when Windows 95 came
out, then again for Windows 2000, then again for XP.

 

[Alias]

I agree that many programs may not work
until they are updated for Vista but this was also true when Windows 95 came
out, then again for Windows 2000, then again for XP.

Which is why, if one is considering moving "up" to Vista, one should
wait until at least SP2 and hang out with XP through SP3. Let others
find out -- and there will be millions who just can't wait -- what's
going on.

Alias

 

[Kerry Brown]

Ned wrote:

I sat at my friend's pc the other day and he was so
excited to show me Vista. I have to admint, it was as sexy as a
lamborghini without but without the horsepower. I asked my friend,
"what can you do with this that I cannot do with XP". He answered "I
just like the way it looks". I told him Vista was like XP with a
facelift. I then asked him how long it took to upgrade and he said he
first had to buy a new motherboard and a new video card. I asked him
why he would go through so much time and expense for a sexy user
interface? His answer? "I just like the way it looks". I'm sure some
techie out there is thinking that I just don't understand the real
benefits of Vista. Well, let me just say this. I can browse the
Internet, type a letter, create a spreadsheet, and print!....all on
XP/Office 2003. Oh, and lets not forget all the bugs and secuirty
holes not yet found in Vista.

No matter what you do with XP (other than running a second instance in a VM)
you will not be as secure as running Vista when surfing the Internet. I am
sure there will be exploits found for Vista but if you keep Vista in it's
default configuration and do not turn off security features malware will be
limited in what it can do. The eye candy may sell Vista initially but in the
end the security and parental controls will be why people adopt it.

 

[Tony Lisanti]

I'm waiting for the day it takes 2 gigs of memory just to fire Word up
to type a letter..... Oh, nevermind, it's already here.

 

[Roy Coorne]

I'm waiting for the day it takes 2 gigs of memory just to fire Word up
to type a letter..... Oh, nevermind, it's already here.

Run out of smileys, he?

Calm down - 1 GB is enuff;-)


rOy