On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 17:27 +0200, Jochem Maas wrote: > Boyd, Todd M. schreef: > >> -----Original Message----- > > ... > > > 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. > I'm not a big fan of Windows in any of it's incarnations, but I think it is a little unfair to compare it to the Mac OS and say that Microshaft (as I will now refer to them) has had more time and comes out with something not as good. Admittedly, I do think this is the case, but you have to take into consideration the main advantage Apple has: it only has to write an OS for a very limited set of hardware it controls. A typical PC usually comprises of dozens of dozens of bits of kit, and there are literally infinite hardware configurations a user can have. I'm a big fan of Linux, but I think partly that's because I know what I'm doing. Sure, I run into troubles, but that's because I can't leave alone and keep tinkering! As an OS, it's very stable, and very fast. Just today I was playing WoW and had the Windows computer crash on me, despite it only running the game and an antivirus! Also, to say that the number of Linux distros out is just counter-productive to the Linux cause, well, the point is it's all about choice. The average Joe in the street only knows (and only really needs to know) about 2 or 3 if that. Compare this with the various "distros" of Vista that the man-in-the-shop will try to sell you (there's 4 altogether I believe) and the picture doesn't seem to to be so straight laced. The best part about having so many distros is that the people who know what they're doing have the choice, because frankly there is no way on earth anyone is going to give Debian to a Linux newbie, and if they do they should be taken out and shot! When you think about it though at the end of the day, despite the sheer amount of hardware there is out there, Linux still managed to give Windows a run for it's money, despite most of the time and code being donated to the cause. That might be part of the reason though, everyone spends their time trying to make things work together, rather than the Microshaft way of trying to stop things working in order to force users to switch to their own products. This isn't just an opinion, it's a well documented marketing strategy they've used for years. Anyway, that's just my 2p ;) Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
