Vista sucks/doesn't suck: The Top 10
Oh, how we love the Top 10 lists. TechWeb's Alexander Wolfe has written a Top 10 list that's actually one Top 6 list and one Bottom 4 list: Top 10 Windows Vista Hits & Misses, i.e. what's awesome in Vista and what ain't so great. Here's your basic spoiler:Hits:
- Sidebar and gadgets
- Pretty Aero interface
- Media Center integration
- Windows Media Player 11
- Non-intrusive DRM
- Flip 3D task switcher
- Installation problems
- Lousy performance
- Bad Search and security behaviors
- Steep memory requirements for Aero
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resource said 5:23PM on 7-17-2006
That's crap.
- Yahoo Widget Engine is free.
Even Opera has widgets.
- Pretty graphics are a waste of resources
- The Media Center is good but not worth Vista.
- WMP 11 is free right now
- I dont know what that non intrusive DRM is, but if its that system that disable HD graphics they were talking about then its not for me.
- Expose is better than a 3D task flipper
I was interested when I first heard about Vista but all these delays have really turned me off.
I dont see what is so special anymore.
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rawker said 5:34PM on 7-17-2006
Vista is pretty... but you forgot one big hit. Direct X 10 or whatever they are gonna call it, the whole forcing gamers to upgrade thing.
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Peter said 6:44PM on 7-17-2006
Why is everyone so down on Vista? One of the biggest benefits for the average user is the security improvements. Running Vista will be like running XP as a regular User instead of an Admin. That alone will stop most malware and viruses which is a huge benefit to the less-technical user.
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Mike Ashton said 6:50PM on 7-17-2006
Regardless of what it is or isn't I don't picture even thinking about VISTA for more than a year after its release due to Microstuff's general tendency to put out half finished products and expect the consumer to be grateful.
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phizm said 2:35AM on 7-18-2006
Hits:
1. It's not Windows 98.
Misses:
1. It sucks.
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Chris said 6:17AM on 7-18-2006
Misses:
1. Installation problems
2. Lousy performance
3. Bad Search and security behaviors
4. Steep memory requirements for Aero
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1. It's a BETA
2. It's a BETA
3. It's a BETA
4. Move on. Why should those of us who spend a lot on our computers have to run something that looks like shit because your too cheap to upgrade. In 8 years when you get rid of your P3 with Windows 98 Aero will be waiting for you.
Also this guy is a moron. The Sidebar thing that he claims "Mircosoft stole from Apple" was first announced in 2001, 2 years before Apple did anything.
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RisingSunofNihon said 6:22PM on 7-18-2006
First, I want to say that I'm not a geek at all -- just a regular user. Personally speaking, I think Vista looks and sounds pretty cool. I definitely will be upgrading. I'll be needing a new computer in a few months anyway, so I might just wait until Vista is released in order to get it.
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Fabulo said 2:59PM on 7-20-2006
Hits:
1. Sidebar and gadgets: screen space hogging side bar and resource hogging gadgets: the age of clocks, calculators and weather applets is a coming.
2. Pretty Aero interface: I want my gui to be unintrusive, invisible, undistracting. The only breakthrough in GUI by microsoft was the animation when the window is minimized and Cleartype font smoothing. everything else is fluff that forces me to turn it off (smooth scrolling? animated combo? they watch too many movies where text is displayed at 5 chars/sec with the annoying chirping sounds)
3. Media Center integration: I already have a tv. I already watch too much TV.
4. Windows Media Player 11: Version 11 of the same thing? Will this one be more stable? no. Will it be easy to use? no. Will it have a frustrating interface? yes...
5. Non-intrusive DRM: also available: comfortable anal probe, tax you enjoy paying, healthy trans fat. However much spin you put on describing something _designed_ to thwart you, it's still designed to thwart you.
6. Flip 3D task switcher: see #2. unneeded eye candy. OS needs to be fast and invisible. Needs to run my apps reliably and get out of my way.
Misses:
1. Installation problems: come back when the product ships. It's beta. Back in the days, I installed linux kernel 1.x from floppies on my 486, THAT has install problems!
2. Lousy performance: come back when the product ships. What's wrong with this guy? The beta code is loaded with debug info, has a huge memory footprint and is not optimized one bit.
3. Bad Search and security behaviors: it's been ages since I gave up searching with explorer. It's always sucked and I don't see why it should be different here.
4. Steep memory requirements for Aero: I remember when MS was claiming they were optimizing Windows 95 to run "well" with just 4MB of ram. At least they are more realistic now. Also, nobody is twisting your arm to enable resource hogging, crash prone transparent boder aero interface. Your program will still run with the plain looking one. Guaranteed.
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