Hi James:
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James David Byrne said:
I was just thinking to myself as I read this thread... "upgraded" to Vista?
Nope.... NOT an upgrade.. I had Vista forced on me because an original PC
A 'clean install is better than an 'upgrade' install. But I think you are
talking a bit more metaphorically.
failed in warranty and the replacement was now only supplied with Vista.
What a mess! I grant that there are some nice bells and whistles and the
added underlying security is a great advance, but was there really any
need
True. There's been a big advance in security with Vista. Apparently it is
not uncompromisable, but it makes it a lot more difficult for the hacker
criminal to compromise.
to destroy the tried and tested familiar UI of, say, XP for the
unintuitive and muddled mess that is Vista?
Times change .. the new model is out. It's not a muddled mess .. it's
actually quite good. I've found that it has sped up my work in that I find
traversing folders [which I do a lot of] much quicker with the breadcrumb
bar.
Dialogs that were simple, useful and obvious in XP (and earlier versions)
are now a convoluted and obscure mess. Who on
Hmm .. I don't get you here. The dialogues of Vista usually make sense.
Maybe you've just gotten used to the XP ones?
earth 'designed' the ghastly Start Menu arrangement?
Hey, what's so bad? It works as both an search and Run combined. In default
mode it doesn't have expanding menus .. instead they drill .. but I don't
mind that .. Classic is available if you must have expanding menus.
The fast, attractive and easy to use XP user menus are now a dull and
awkward shambles and I have yet to discover how to customise them for each
user. They don't seem to be in the profile...
You just need to go to the right folders. There's two as was in XP .. a
global folder and a personal folder.
There are little snags and problems like this one, daily and it is wasting
a lot of my time sorting them out.
One gets the impression that many familiar features from XP have now been
chucked in as an afterthought, and many things seem to be missing
altogether. It's horrible! On the same (latest) hardware it's also
distinctly slower.
I've noticed no slow-down. But there is the issue of USB running at level
1.1 that some people have had with a few USB devices. They have to manually
set the USB to 2.0. I've not has that happen yet and I have 5 USB devices
and one Firewire device connect to my computer right now.
I really think MS have missed the mark bigtime is releasing this version.
Aero and the sidebar could have been implemented without redesigning all
the dialogs! Even the useful and simple WLAN icon is now useless.. one has
to click through dialogs just to see the signal strength! Why change it
from the way it was before?
Things change .. get used to it. Some things seem more ready .. others are
given a little less emphasis [although usually one can drag a shortcut and
make it ready]. C'est la vie.
I wonder how much it will cost businesses worldwide in lost time as staff
struggle with Vista. No company IT director with any sense would try to
implement Vista as it is now.
Businesses are switching to Vista faster than any OS before. Vista saves
businesses money. It's easier to work with and find things. And it is much
more resiliant to compromise both directly and by social engineering. This
means fewer leaks for business, less downtime and so on .. which saves them
a lot of money and heartache.
I won't even go into the driver issue.. I have bugs and niggles all over
the shop, all driver related. I could in all honesty never recommend Vista
as it is now. Stay with XP or Win2000! Vista is a classic example of what
happens when "change for change's sake" occurs.
Vista is not change for change's sake. It is a much needed improved security
model among many things. Businesses need the security and parents need the
parental controls.
Having been a Windows user ever since the old 286 days, every release was
a major step forward, culminating in XP. This is the first step backwards!
and
I think you foregt how things were with XP. Seems like most everyone was
screaming how it was a step backwards from Windows 2000. Some people even
claimed it was a step backwards from Windows 98. So what? XP went on to
become a very good system for those who take the least bit interest in their
systems. Vista greatly improves on that, in that even those who take no
interest are better protected.
the first time that, within minutes of using it, I thought wooaaah...
what's wrong here?... this isn't good... that's horrible.... where on
earth has--- gone?... why doesn't that work as expected... and so on.
I hope it works out well for you. I think, in not too long a time, the
driver situation will settle down and that you will 'get the hang of it'
where Vista is concerned. I really do find working with files and folders
better here.
JMHO J
JMHO too,
Saucy
