jtr7 on 31/1/2007 at 09:31
Some systems HATE Firefox and I hate having to use Firefox on those systems. The systems where I work run best with Explorer (not 7), and Firefox runs SO SLOW. I don't know what it's like to use Firefox without frustration, so I can't relate. I'll have to find someone who uses it and enjoys it to show me what I'm missing out on.
The IE7 default look left me in shock. What's with the frikkin' shiny rainbow buttons XP introduced and IE7 has stabbed me in the eyes with? Eyestrain is unacceptable. If the IE7 interface was at least arranged in the familiar way, I could get some work done. And why are new windows opening twice as often? Why's that the default? And why do the additional windows have a maximize button that doesn't maximize? I kept exclaiming, "What's this...?" and "Where's that...?" and "Yaargh!!" too many times, so it's not getting installed (until they figure out another way to slow my productivity way down and force me to save more money to upgrade my hardware). Those that don't have these problems are the target market. The rest of us just want to get some work done, play in the meantime, and don't appreciate people shaking up our worlds without warning. "Streamlined?" The time gained in streamlining is consumed by the time it takes to reorient one's self. Change is good, as long as we have some say.
Ulukai on 31/1/2007 at 10:23
Nuts to browsers
VISTA COSTS TWICE AS MUCH IN EUROPE THAN IN THE U.S.
Luckily, I have an msdn subscription so it's 'free'
Omega on 31/1/2007 at 12:22
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Luckily, I have an msdn subscription so it's 'free'
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David on 31/1/2007 at 12:44
My copy is on it's way to me, so I will be able to nerd it up and see what's what.
I had tried the beta, but the drivers were so immature that I barely used it, now that they've had a chance to mature it should be better. Anyway, I'll see tomorrow!
dlw6 on 31/1/2007 at 13:16
For those of us who can't afford to buy new computers every year (never mind my work laptop, bought with your tax dollars in 2001), Windows XP crashes every week or two despite a daily reboot. WMP 10 on my work system crashes every time I play anything on it, which I think is called "digital rights management." And IE 6 is noticeably slower than Firefox in every situation I have tried.
The interface changes alone will keep me away from IE7, even if it wasn't an untested new version of the least secure browser. Nor do I find the features impressive, since IE7 offers all the features that Opera had years ago. But the same was true of Powerpoint2000 vs Harvard Graphics 4.
Don
New Horizon on 31/1/2007 at 13:49
I will never install Vista again if I can help it. It's just bloatware. I've been running windows server 2003 as my desktop for several years (Vista was based on Server 2003), and I must say that the performance of Vista was slightly better than I expected with all the googley goop turned on. I turned off as much of the crap as the system would allow, and it was still bloated. I kept it on my system for a few weeks...it's really nothing special. It just looks like they were trying to make it pretty, but instead it looks like a six year old trying to do her own makeup.
That being said, I much prefer using Ubuntu Linux these days. It had been a year or two since I had last tried a linux distro, and boy was I surprised how pleasant it was to use. :) Sure, I can't play all my games natively...but there are options. I would say that I'm using Ubuntu Linux 80% of the time these days. There are weeks when I only boot into Windows for an hour or two....just because I'm more familiar with a certain program.
Judging by the reports that nobody was rushing out to buy Vista, I think it may not be the golden goose microsoft had hoped for.
derfy on 31/1/2007 at 17:07
Oh, and the DRM only works if you play by Microsoft's handbook. So, don't use WiMP(media player classic ftw!) and you should be fine. Also, .avi files don't have DRM (not html grin)
Bjossi on 31/1/2007 at 18:06
I saw on the news yesterday that only 15% of computers (both laptops and desktops) in Iceland are capable of running Vista at all. That certainly doesn't sound good, I'm one of those small 15 percent group.
I personally don't see a reason to install Vista, MS are going to support WinXP for a few more years anyways. (to 2011 if I remember correctly from what I read)
sp4f on 31/1/2007 at 18:16
To be honest I really couldn't give a toss about Vista, nothing I've seen so far from the specs really gives me any urge to play with it and see what it can do, maybe I'm just being apathetic or getting to be less of a nerd :|. I'm wondering whether the decision to drop WinFS will come back to bite Microsoft in the ass at some point in the next few years.
Anyhow I'm not in too much of a rush to change as my current XP install is solid as a rock so I think I'll be giving Vista at least a year or a service pack or two before I test install it, let them iron out all the bugs and problems that tend to come as standard with any new OS release. I'll probably be able to have a play with it somewhere at work, probably on our standalone video editing machines but I doubt we'll be dropping XP there until absolutely necessary or until the idiots stop dicing our budget and let us do some proper system upgrades :| (hooray for a installed base of 3000 machines where a third or so can only just manage XP and most of our common software).
Bjossi on 31/1/2007 at 18:20
I find it kind of funny how we just say: meh, lets make the clueless users beta test the OS and we'll just grab a drink and watch the chaos for a year or two with a smile on our faces. :cool:
