Adios Vista! Windows 7 On The Horizon - Page 4

Moonliner · 10-30-2008, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Its not me: I wanted a server a long time ago.

Permission is for L OSERS! Just do it. It'll be a month before anyone even notices they have stopped crashing and by then.....

(Or you could just stop downloading all that porn on your vista PC)

Ghoulish Delight · 10-30-2008, 09:42 AM

Whereas I use Vista as my file server at home and the only time it's ever rebooted is after a system update.

innerSpaceman · 10-30-2008, 09:44 AM

Anecdotal or not .... I glad it's going. The sum of anecdotal I've been exposed to, whether or not it represents any accuracy, has led me to a distrust and disdain of Vista.

Kevy Baby · 10-30-2008, 09:52 AM

Vista is everything I had come to expect from Microsoft and its years of experience.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-30-2008, 09:55 AM

I like that one of Moonie's knocks on Vista is that it "requires training" for prior XP users, but then he suggest switching to Unbuntu.

Moonliner · 10-30-2008, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I like that one of Moonie's knocks on Vista is that it "requires training" for prior XP users, but then he suggest switching to Unbuntu.

I'm giving Kevy credit for being above average in that area. Perhaps I misspoke.

Also, I did not suggest an across the board switch to Ubuntu. It just fits this specific issue, how to get a stable file sharing PC on the cheap.

alphabassettgrrl · 10-30-2008, 10:03 AM

I think the university here runs Vista. It's a system I'm not used to, anyway, and it's a form of Windows. It's the most annoying thing I've seen. I frequently can't find basic functions in Word and Excel, the things I most use.

Ok, sure, it's got a zillion features, but none of those are usable for me. And all the extra carp gets in the way of me finding the things I actually want. I'm not impressed.

Alex · 10-30-2008, 10:05 AM

I wouldn't have paid to upgrade to Vista since XP is perfectly fine. But it came with a new computer and I've had no issues with it.

As for things I like in Vista, the preview pop up when you hover over an item in the taskbar is great. I use it all of the time to track progress of things in other collapsed windows. I'm sure you'll point out a dozen alternatives with XP and I wouldn't argue, but I hadn't experienced it before, it is there, and I like it.

The built in photo importing with tagging, filenaming, and directory structuring is good. The search functionality. WoW looks better with it. The built in voice recognition software worked pretty well for me though I quickly found that interacting with your computer verbally simply sucks balls.

Are any of these reasons in themself for an OS upgrade? No, I wouldn't have paid to do so. But they are things I like and so far I haven't run into anything I don't like. The only software problem I've run into is that the help files in my very old copy of PhotoImpact no longer work. Every other piece of pre-Vista software I moved over worked fine.

I'm sure, though, that you'll try to convince me that I really hate it and just don't know yet. Yes, it is bloated, all MS stuff is. Yes, it is technically inefficient, that goes with bloat. But it worked fine out of the box required no tweaking by me and makes Justin Long (in my own anecdotal experience) look like a liar.

10-30-2008, 09:42 AM	#2
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Whereas I use Vista as my file server at home and the only time it's ever rebooted is after a system update. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Anecdotal or not .... I glad it's going. The sum of anecdotal I've been exposed to, whether or not it represents any accuracy, has led me to a distrust and disdain of Vista.
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Vista is everything I had come to expect from Microsoft and its years of experience. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I like that one of Moonie's knocks on Vista is that it "requires training" for prior XP users, but then he suggest switching to Unbuntu. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I think the university here runs Vista. It's a system I'm not used to, anyway, and it's a form of Windows. It's the most annoying thing I've seen. I frequently can't find basic functions in Word and Excel, the things I most use. Ok, sure, it's got a zillion features, but none of those are usable for me. And all the extra carp gets in the way of me finding the things I actually want. I'm not impressed. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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10-30-2008, 10:05 AM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I wouldn't have paid to upgrade to Vista since XP is perfectly fine. But it came with a new computer and I've had no issues with it. As for things I like in Vista, the preview pop up when you hover over an item in the taskbar is great. I use it all of the time to track progress of things in other collapsed windows. I'm sure you'll point out a dozen alternatives with XP and I wouldn't argue, but I hadn't experienced it before, it is there, and I like it. The built in photo importing with tagging, filenaming, and directory structuring is good. The search functionality. WoW looks better with it. The built in voice recognition software worked pretty well for me though I quickly found that interacting with your computer verbally simply sucks balls. Are any of these reasons in themself for an OS upgrade? No, I wouldn't have paid to do so. But they are things I like and so far I haven't run into anything I don't like. The only software problem I've run into is that the help files in my very old copy of PhotoImpact no longer work. Every other piece of pre-Vista software I moved over worked fine. I'm sure, though, that you'll try to convince me that I really hate it and just don't know yet. Yes, it is bloated, all MS stuff is. Yes, it is technically inefficient, that goes with bloat. But it worked fine out of the box required no tweaking by me and makes Justin Long (in my own anecdotal experience) look like a liar.
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