Re: OT Vista Blues

"Peter McMurray" <excalibur21@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:VQSbk.17436$IK1.8875@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Hi
It seems that the points have got lost in the middle of all this: I
am sorry Tony but your long amswer does not change these items.
Point 1 Vista is the current supported operating system from the major
supplier.

Point 2 the wrapper as Tony calls it is much better.

Point 3 I asked the user what made their life easier. When I received
an answer that seems frivolous instead of getting all sarcastic I said
show me please. There are things that affect the operator every
minute of the day that are made much easier in Vista. Such as the
link from the Gadget bar To Do list to Outlook which is far more than
an email reader. Colour coded categories for all the major items that
are easily added with a right click are valuable.
The ability to handle scanned documents and a spread*** at the same
time side by side.
The vastly improved help with videos.
The much improved security.
The list goes on and no you cannot do these things easily in XP or
GNU. Of course you can program anything if you have sufficient time
and money to waste.

Point 4 Anyone being trained today is being trained in Vista and the
latest Office and if one does not know what they do one is at best
going to look a chump

Last but not least., I don't dislike BMW, Heck if I had the money an
M3 would be on the list and if I ever manage to get back to Europe top
of my list is a trip in a Ring Taxi with the fabulous Sabine Schmitz -
now there is a woman who had the fear gene left out of the mix. But
as a daily ride they are not value for money the reliability long term
is suspect just like my favourite vehicle which was a long wheel base
Land Rover - it chucked the main gear cluster after 70,000. My Mazda
on the other hand the first one had a broken switch on the dash when I
traded it at 180,000 and the second is coming up for 160,000. As for
the broken switch I can hardly blame Mazda as my dear wife managed to
snap an eighth inch thick petrol tap on the Landie :-)
Peter McMurray

It may be that Chandru, Tony, et al. are missing the boat here. Anyone
is certainly free to ignore Vista for whatever reasons and not make
money from selling solutions for it, while others might choose
differently.

As for Vista requiring more power, so what? XP is a pig compared to
Linux. Vista runs great with contemporary hardware and config (2GB RAM,
a semi-decent dual core processor, and a graphics card). After all, it
_is_ the 21st century.

BMWs are decent cars, but there are also other, less costly cars that
approach that performance level - better bang for the buck you might
say, unless, of course, you're into the nameplate thing. Rovers are
fun, but they are most finicky. From a reliability standpoint, our
Mazda is wonderful.
.