Re: Windows Vista at One Year (Dark Side Report)

On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:06:09 -0500, Gary <none@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:25:55 -0500, Jim Higgins
<gordian238@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A computer shop's sales pitch: 'We remove Vista'
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/130626.asp?source=mypi

fter reading today's story about Windows Vista's first year, reader
Bruce Finlayson of Seattle sent along this photo that he snapped in
October outside a computer store in Milford, N.H. ...

I made some calls to computer stores in Milford (pop. 15,000) and
confirmed that the sign appeared in the window of A&D Computer, across
the street from the town square. Shop manager Aaron Kaplan said they
were prompted to put it up because so many people were having problems
with Windows Vista, including compatibility issues with older software
and trouble adjusting to the interface.

I'm beginning to think that Vista was designed in cahoots with various
hardware and software manufacturers to force us to buy new version of
stuff we already have.

I've got a good flatbed scanner that will not work with Vista, plus
several older software programs.

I suppose Bill Gates need some extra money for his charities.


I still run some DOS programs. My computer bridge game
(Micro Bridge Companion) is one example. Windows
developers seem to concentrate on a glitzy interface in
preference to making a strategically powerful game. I've
never bought and rarely played any of the wow-graphics
shoot-em-up games that are all the rage with the young
whippersnappers, because I'm such an old fart, so I
couldn't comment on those. The computer games I
play are pretty much limited to GO, "Litlite" (Scrabble),
Bridge, Spades, "Wintris" (Tetris), Crazy Eights, Gin,
"Rattler" (an ancient eat-the-dots-while-being-chased-
through-a-maze game), and Yachtzee. Of those, the
Bridge, Crazy Eights, Gin and Rattler games are DOS.

Noticeably missing is Chess, which I used to play a lot
in my 20's but which I've rarely played in recent years.
I still like to watch people play chess, but it's too much
pressure for me to want to play it myself these days.

I have a computer Q-Bert game that I really like. I was
addicted to that game at amusement parks. It's now
unplayable though, because the graphics go blank in
an early screen if I try to play it via Windows.

I used to "play" SimCity too, but I've gotten tired of
it. It's become Barbie-Doll-ish in that there are an
expanding number of accoutrements associated with
it these days, which puts me off.






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