Re: I like Vista
- From: Journey <rainbow@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:11:41 -0600
On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:43:47 -0000, Doug Jacobs
<djacobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What's worse is that many
of Aero's features have been implemented elsewhere using much fewer system
requirements. For instance, Stardock Systems' Object Desktop product was
allowing me to do many of Aero's effects almost 10 years(!) ago on a
measly 200Mhz Pentium.
YES !!! I use Object Dock from the same company. I have utility
programs on XP that blow the Vista interface away. I am fairly
certain that they will be upgraded for Vista which is when I will make
my switch -- when I can run the utilities to give me the interface
that Microsoft should be providing.
I know you don't HAVE to run Aero, but you'll miss
out on a lot of Vista's newer features otherwise.
Which are... ? The 3-d switching of Windows. OMG if that's the main
innovation they should have checked out what enhancements are
available from other companies and designed something efficiently like
they were able to.
Even ignoring Aero altogether, systems running Vista - just Vista - use up
more system resources than when they were running XP. This means there's
less memory and CPU cycles available for YOUR applications - which is the
only reason you're running the computer in the first place.
Yes, when I run Vista I go to classic mode. It makes the most use of
screen space to display applications and taskbar buttons, and uses far
less system resources.
Another major beef I have against Vista is Microsoft's insistance that
DirectX 10 will only be released for Vista. DirectX is an API
encompassing libraries used by video cards, sound cards, and game
controllers. This makes it easier for game developers to write games for
Windows. The latest version of DirectX, 9.0c, will work for any game on
the market today. However, Microsoft is encouraging developers to move
onto DirectX 10 as soon as possible. As DirectX 10 compatible games start
appearing on the market, gamers, like myself, will have no choice BUT to
upgrade if we want to play those games. Combined with Vista's hunger for
hardware, a decent gaming rig for Vista is going to be pretty expensive.
Yep. These are the kind of planned hooks to sell Vista to generate
more revenue. The purpose of life for corporations -- not to improve
the life of people, to meet the EPS numbers so that the stock price
will go up.
This is the kind of thing would be good to have MS regulated.
Companies should be able to submit complaints, and have them
considered. This is an obvious one.
The computer does not exist for the OS, it exists for the applications you
want to run. The OS merely acts as an interface between your hardware and
applications. It should not be the main reason for using a computer.
Yes. The Mac has the interface but not the programs, which is why I
use Windows. I have a set of phenomally useful / creative programs
which don't run on the Mac, which has a superior OS.
Unfortunatly, Microsoft has long since forgotten this and has blurred this
line between "OS" and "application" since its Windows product first
debuted for DOS all those many years ago.
This is one area where I disagree (symantics though). Microsoft very
well knows that its $$$ cash cow is its OS.
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