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

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Rumpelstiltskin wrote:

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.

I still use my windows 95 machine when the windows 98 goes down. Worried about upward compatibility? I worry more about downward compatibility. Those operating systems are no longer supported. I haven't bought new s/w in years because so much is available for free nowadays-- not that I use that stuff. Am thinking of updating an older machine to linux and hopefully will find much open source s/w to use... Tactics of the retired to save costs.
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