Boyd, Todd M. schreef:
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Okay... here it goes. I'm sick and tired of people talking trash on Windows Vista. It came pre-installed on my laptop (Home Premium... not Business Pro, sadly) and I haven't had any issues with it whatsoever. Some of my WinXP programs don't show up in the start menu when they're installed... but it's not Microsoft's fault that software companies haven't taken the initiative to adapt to the new Vista framework (which, let's be honest, can't require all that much effort in most cases where base-level operating system stuff isn't involved in the actual program). Annoyed with the UAC that asks you to confirm every administrative decision you make on your computer? Quit being a weenie and just automate it with RegEdit (or, if you're using Business, there is an explicit option for it in the Control Panel). Annoyed with all the bells and whistles in the Aero theme that is installed by default? Don't use it! I remember the first time I installed a Linux distro that came pre-bundled with KDE... I took the time to remove all the fading, transparency, window animations, bouncing cursors, etc. (actually, I just switched to XFCE instead). I don't see the difference. If you want to get high and mighty with a retort about rolling your own Linux distribution--well, you've just sailed far beyond ANY pre-packaged OS (Mac, Windows, Linux, or otherwise) and the point is moot. Find a new scapegoat to complain about, PLEASE. Bitch about WebKit's lack of XMLDOM instantiation. Bitch about Google launching pay-for-play high resolution satellite imagery. Bitch about the Xandros EEE being squashed by Intel. Bitch about Facebook's API and their draconic limitations on markup language and Javascript... but this "Vista sucks and I won't comment as to why" broken record has run its course. </tirade>
I despise Vista, everytime I have to fix it (or use it) my blood pressure rises, with XP I experienced mild annoyance once in a while and with MacOSX I'm generally finding that I'm pleasantly surprised with the ease with which most things are done (actually I believe M$ Windows Explorer is better than MacOSX Finder, but that partly due to years of experience/usage). I have colleagues using Vista and I hear them shout at it daily, pretty damning considering they generally know how to get around an OS ... but the clincher as to why Vista sucks ... I was asked to replace a PC for a lady I know, she a basic user with no real understanding of computers ... she's used both Vista and XP ... the first thing she said to me: "don't you dare install Vista, 'I hate it'" ... when a semi- computer literate end-user gives me that line I know that Vista just doesn't fly. it's not a question of bitching rather a question of accepting general user's experiences and opinions, and avoiding Vista (and thereby saving oneself a lot of grief). The idea that it's acceptable that an OS is shipped in a configuration that required you to fiddle (with regedit for ****s sake) all sorts of settings in order to get it into a usable state. Comparing it to MacOSX is rather amusing, I got my first Mac at the end of last year ... I started it up and it pretty much only asked me for my name, I was up and running in minutes, and I haven't had to tweak or 'fix' anything ... it took me about 1.5 days to get properly accustomed (to a completely new OS!). If a 'small' company like apple can produce this level of quality (in a lot less time as well) then M$'s latest offering is quite simply shameful ... you can develop and deploy a spaceshuttle with all the trimmings for the kind of money & time they pumped into Vista ... so yeah, I'm not bitchin', I'm laughing (& weeping). If Vista floats your boat that's great, but I for one would rather buy my sister (for example) an iMac than spend 5 minutes fixing her Vista machine. other bitching's: WebKit: fringe browser tech, the only thing annoying is that it's another frakkin' marginally different browser platform that I have to support/test on. Google: yeah they're evil all round, WTF do you expect from a company intent on ruling everything. Xandros EEE: don't care what-so-ever, I don't believe the large numbers of linux distro's are at all helpful to the cause and silly little gimmick machine's aimed at Paris-Hilton-wannabe-bloggers don't really interest me. Facebook: principly unsound. a social gimmick devoid of depth and integrity, it's merely a new form of the ago old mechanisms of large scale social control. really not interested in that at all. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
