Windows Vista is Great
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:01:03 EST
I think probably the biggest problem that the average user has with Vista is that they didn't just change a few things, they changed the functionality of everything. Win 2k to XP wasn't too bad because most of the functionality stayed in place. However Vista completely changes (and renames) many of the usability aspects that you look for in Windows. I don't have a clue why people are complaining about UAC. I like it because I know exactly what the machine is doing.
You might be thinking, "man this guy doesn't know what he is talking about and he is a Windows loyalist". In fact I am far from it. I detest developing applications that have to do with anything .NET because documentation is horrible. PHP is my favorite scripting language and I think Ubuntu 8 is simply wonderful! However, I like to play video games every now and then and Linux doesn't offer anything in that flavor.
I'm definitely an Ubuntu and Fedora Core fan, but for usability and getting down to business, Microsoft still gets my vote, except for developing in their environments. I commend the Windows Vista team for taking a chance, their hard work, and hope they get some recognition eventually.
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Going to disagree with you on this Chuck. I feel I gave Vista a very fair chance. Used it (with SP1 installed) as a primary OS for weeks and found too many flaws to say that it trumps XP. The exception maybe security,but that is difficult to quantify and ultimatley boils down to the user. Here are my issues with Vista: Performance - No matter how much overhead you have to run Vista, you'd have more if you were on XP. You can even use various 3rd party apps to replicate the graphical effects that Vista has on XP and would still be better off in XP. This is especially noticable in gaming. The same game can be run at experience-altering higher settings on XP as compared with Vista. Vista is a DOG when playing games released in the last few years. Stability - Random application crashes. Same apps in XP do not crash. Is that actually Vista's fault? Perhaps not. When my applications are not reliable, does it impact my productivity? Absolutely. The way I see it, Vista simply does not provide any compelling features which would make me want to leave the stability of XP or Ubuntu and venture down an uncertain pathwhich Microsoft has all but abandoned. With XP support extended to 2014 and Windows 7 slatedf for 2010, it seems as though Microsoft is admitting they've created Windows ME 2.0
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