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Re: Vista: Why Has It Left a Bad Taste?

2bestrong — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:43:30 -0000

Well, I for one jumped on the Vista band wagon since it's inception. I've been a fan of it since I first tinkered with it.
I was taken by all the cool features, and of course the really cool interface.
But aside from that, it has a lot of convenience's I enjoy. It of course has it's drawbacks and bugs (but so does XP and all other OS's), but as a whole, I recommend it to anyone who asks.

Re: Vista: Why Has It Left a Bad Taste?

changeforge — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:05:53 -0000

I would agree in general with your post. I've not seen any real productivity enhancements... just a pretty interface - which is debatable compared against that of a Mac... however, Mac's lack true enterprise support at this point - so I'm still waiting on that little "undersight" to be fixed before I plunge headlong into becoming a mac fanboy!

Let me just say that as far as waiting 5 years to release Vista and it being what it is ... I was not impressed with that in mind... but I'm not seeing any bugs - atleast not yet ;-)

Re: Vista: Why Has It Left a Bad Taste?

coreysmith — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:25:14 -0000

I upgraded to Vista 8 months ago. I had been on Vista when it first came out and was incredibly unhappy with it so I went back to XP for a while. Reading this post makes me ask myself the question, "What can I do on Vista that I couldn't do before I upgraded?

The answer, I think, is nothing of any consquence. Some of the things that I did well, I can't do the same way now. Some of my old programs don't run anymore. I had to find alternates. I am not more productive and I am not better off for making the switch.

What I do have, however, is more "applications not responding" errors. I have a more Maclike interface and more compatibility issues with devices like my smart phone and camera. (in fact, I have to use my Mac for my camera... have never been able to get it to work with Vista.).

I don't recommend moving to Vista. I think that there are many better choices than Vista. I think that the world would be a better place if everything was Mac friendly.