Is this for real? Vista

[starrylizard]

They just released Vista here and had all the hype on the morning show and now on the news.

They are claiming "it's the biggest computer revolution since the start of the internet", because (and I kid you not):

1. You can organise media and photos better [with wanky-looking 3D displays]
2. There are parental control features [parents can hide their porn eh!? :P] and
3. It's easier to make DVDs off home movies

Then they say, if your computer is over 1 yr old, you will need more memory to run it.

*blinky* Yeah, ummm, right! That cost them 6 billion to make!
Microsoft is seriously idiotic!

Anyone know if there are any useful new features? O_o

Comments

[smuffster.livejournal.com]

omg, that sounds revolutionary.

*goes back to her iBook which has been able to do all that for the last 5 years*

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

My PC does all that too! That's why I'm confused. O_o

[smuffster.livejournal.com]

It probably just does the same tasks in a much prettier way and with more memory.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* Stoopid Microsoft!

I shoulda stuck with macs.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Though they run microsoft too don't they. Bleh!

[smuffster.livejournal.com]

*nods* No reason to buy a pc when Macs run Windows

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Oh, Vista. I know people who used to work for Microsoft and the IT guys at my work love me so I get the gossip on how Vista was supposed to do some really cool shit. However, Microsoft promised everyone stuff before they could work about the bugs, and the version that still had all the shit, crashed every single time.

My computers are 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 years old...

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Yeah people have told me the early versions were full of problems. My PC is only a year old. There's no way I'm going to upgrade in the near future.

Probably all the good shit required even more memory. *headesk*

[raisintorte.livejournal.com]

Andy just built a new computer and he's going to put Vista on it, so I'll let you know what he thinks. Right now it has no operating system on it, so he doesn't have to deal with the upgrades and crap like that.

It could be very cool, or it could be very bad. He's going to give it a try and then go back to XP if he doesn't like it. :-)

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I'll await your verdict. :D

[inkscribe.livejournal.com]

Sweeeeet - I never thought about using parental controls to hide one's own porn! Heh heh. Good idea. ;-)

But this sounds like typical Microsoft bloatware. Which, yes, you can make run on a Mac if you really really want, but really, why would you? ;-)

I maintain a license only for MS Word, and only because of certain things that I must be able to use in native file-format. However, it is still buggy as all get out and I can get the application to crash - consistently - using standard features in less than two minutes. I think the last time I used a stable Mac release of MS Word was in the 1990s -- MS Word 5.1. Everything since then has been an absolute nightmare.

Besides, now that the new Macs are running on a Unix kernal, we can access all sorts of Open Source software -- all of which is free, and all of which is far more stable (so far, completely stable!) than anything I've ever purchased from Microsoft.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I never thought about using parental controls to hide one's own porn!
Hehe! The single gal thinks of such impositions children might bring. Actually that's what I thought the bit on my friend's new computer was for - the bit that needed a fingerprint and a code to open it - *cough* She looked at me funny!

Yeup, microsoft stuff sucks, but it's hard to keep any other system if you want to communicate with people using it, which is almost everyone of course. *facepalm* Good for you for managing it.

[inkscribe.livejournal.com]

Well, Microsoft claims their stuff is cross-platform, and in all honesty, I haven't had any problems porting their stuff to/from PCs/Macs -- it's just the using the bloatware that tends to become problematic.

I've worked on enough platforms to feel confident that the problem isn't just a Mac one -- MS Word is buggy in very different (yet consistent) ways on Windows, on NT, etc. Other than their Office package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), I have never had cause to find out what else they make, so perhaps they are far less platform-compatible on other applications, but if you're only 'communicating' with stuff like MS Word then it isn't a major problem.

I really only have the MS Word to double-check that the document has ported correctly when I pull it into something like AbiWord or NeoOffice -- both Open Source apps that are very stable and can open/save in MS Word-native format. Again, though, if I don't absolutely have to, I avoid it -- the other apps are stable and saving in their own format isn't a problem if I'm the only one opening it.

And stuff like spreadsheet applications? Most (all?) should/could/will/can export/import CSV files, so it is easy enough to port over if you prefer a certain application over another.

Around here, it seems to me that the biggest single reason people stick with PCs is to operate video games. Maybe I'm not a big enough geek, but honestly, after spending all day on the computer, I'm just not interested in using it for playing games.

I definitely know that being on the Mac side for so many years has been a godsend when it comes to avoiding Internet viruses -- never once had a problem in thousands and thousands of hours of Internet use. :-D

[pavaneofstars.livejournal.com]

They are claiming "it's the biggest computer revolution since the start of the internet"

lol :rollseyes: @ Microsoft. I don't know what all the hype is about. My PC is 2 years old and does everything I want it to.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Mine is only a year old and I am so not upgrading until I'm forced to. Where do these people get their money to run in and buy it at midnight and upgrade their computers?? O_o