Ten Things I Love About Windows Vista

at its core (by any stretch of the imagination). If all of your hardware and software are fully baked, you’re good to go – but that’s not the world I live in. I will continue to recommend Windows Vista for some users, mind you. I wish I could take the best parts of Vista and bring them back with me to XP. I’m still more than willing to help Microsoft improve Windows and get the message out to users, but I simply can’t sacrifice my own time and productivity without benefits in clear sight. I

at its core (by any stretch of the imagination). If all of your hardware and software are fully baked, you’re good to go – but that’s not the world I live in. I will continue to recommend Windows Vista for some users, mind you. I wish I could take the best parts of Vista

at its core (by any stretch of the imagination). If all of your hardware and software are fully baked, you’re good to go – but that’s not the world I live in. I will continue to recommend Windows Vista for some users, mind you. I wish I could take the best parts of Vista and bring them back with me to XP. I’m still more than willing to help Microsoft improve Windows and get the message out to users, but I simply can’t sacrifice my own time and productivity without benefits in clear sight.

at its core (by any stretch of the imagination). If all of your hardware and software are fully baked, you’re good to go – but that’s not the world I live in. I will continue to recommend Windows Vista for some users, mind you. I wish I could take the best parts of Vista and bring them back with me to XP. I’m still more than willing to help Microsoft improve Windows and get the message out to users, but I simply can’t sacrifice my own time and productivity without benefits in clear sight.

that Vista is “an overhyped, late, and pointless update to XP.” In that sentence, he proves how painfully ignorant he is. If, after reading that, you need a refreshing reminder of how wonderful Vista is, check out Chris Pirillo’s top ten list here.

Ten Things I Love About Windows Vista

at its core (by any stretch of the imagination). If all of your hardware and software are fully baked, you’re good to go – but that’s not the world I live in. I will continue to recommend Windows Vista for some users, mind you. I wish I could take the best parts of Vista and bring them back with me to XP. I’m still more than willing to help Microsoft improve Windows and get the message out to users, but I simply can’t sacrifice my own time and productivity without benefits in clear sight. I’m begging Microsoft and all

Ten Things I Love About Windows Vista ~ Chris Pirillo: “ReadyBoost. This feature really does make Vista infinitely more responsive.”

that Vista is “an overhyped, late, and pointless update to XP.” In that sentence, he proves how painfully ignorant he is. If, after reading that, you need a refreshing reminder of how wonderful Vista is, check out Chris Pirillo’s top ten list here.

I like all that you said. But for me since i don’t have a good graphics card, I like the new basic UI. Makes you feel close to the Aero glass Interface.

Future Fix Notifications.

It is actually going to give a version, or just *say* it will be fixed? This is going to make people happy?

We look forward to future Microsoft enhancements, such as the new Error Message module that announces that your computer has been compromised by spyware, but they’re working on a fix, then offers condolences because you need to reformat.

Can notebook/desktop computer manufacturers just build in a couple gigs of Flash on the motherboard to use for ReadyBoost? the USB stick seems like a stopgap. (Of course, given how long Vista has been in development, maybe Dell, etc. have it already ready to go?)

That last paragraph was hilarious. So does this voice recognition feature exists or were you kidding. If it does and is reasonably good, hopefully it will save me from another episode of deQuervain’s tendonitis.

Waited 6 years for that?

[...] Chris Pirillo notes exciting things about Vista. For example, you’ll need a fast 2 gig memory stick in addition to a new computer to run it at any decent speed. While some might be taken aback by this, Microsoft clearly believes that, for the privilege of running Vista, buying a new computer is hardly too much to ask. [...]

Not only is ReadyBoost a pretty dumb idea for multiple reasons (USB bus requires CPU intervention, Flash memory has a limited amount of write operations before it dies, writing cache to an external device is just dumb, etc.) he goes even further by recommending a crappy off-brand like Apacer that’s more expensive than buying an OCZ Rally2 which is dual channel and has an all aluminum casing so that it sheds heat better, it’s like $30 on Newegg right now for a 2GB after a rebate, otherwise it’s the same price. Beyond that, I don’t think Chris Pirillo has advanced beyond the basic user stage if he’s wowed by poorly implemented features ripped off from OS X and original features that don’t work as advertised. When I messed around with the Release Candidate I was definitely not impressed. Vista won’t be touching any computer I have control over for a very very long time (at least not till after SP1 comes out for it).

Here is an idea. Would MS dare open up an old version of Windows, perhaps Win 2000, to the open source community? I want to see what a community of developers could make of inheriting a pre-existing standard (rather than having to try to build one from scratch). It would help bring MS products to developing countries legally…and encourage the sale of other MS software (such as office, etc).

Alternately, with Mac OS coming to life on Intel processors, they should consider offering the OS for free as a MS alternative, and concentrate of selling additional hardware (ipods, etc) and software to a suddenly much wider array of Mac users. The possibilities down that road are amazing – exciting.

I am looking forward to the next two years of OS developments. A critical time for all players and I am waiting for someone to do something extraordinary.

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[...] Anthony Kinyon continues: I, for one, found Windows 95 to be SOOOO fun / cool at the time because it was ALL NEW. Lots of new options to play with, things to explore and learn and find… and it was smarter than Windows 3.x was. On the other hand, I then, and still, miss DOS. But in a GUI world, 95 was a big step up from 3.x. Right-click anyone? That feature did not exist in Windows 3.x – at least in a normal config without special software. Context menus… it reminds me of a play on a certain phrase. “It’s the features, stupid.” Or “It’s the OS, stupid.” I mean… in 5 years you can’t come up with some all new ideas? Only ‘improve’ on existing items and some new graphics. We can do better than that. I know Windows has the disadvantage of having to run correctly on so many different configs and so much hardware (which is cool that it can do) but they could still have come up with better than they are delivering. I shudder to imagine what will come *after* Vista on the consumer desktop from MS. Linux used to be way behind Windows at compatibility, UI, etc. but it’s sure catching up. (I realize the UI of Linux is usually either a shell or KDE / GNOME, etc. but they are so associated with Linux I sort of speak of them all as the same here).Sheryl Canter: I totally agree with you about the Mac. I’m a diehard PC user. I start with DOS in 1980, and went onto work as a Contributing Editor to PC Magazine for 15 years. (I’m not with PC Magazine anymore. I left when Michael Miller left.) I never even considered switching to a Mac… until a few weeks ago when I bought my first Mac after a nerdy guy I met at J&R wowed me with a demo. When I first booted it up I thought it wasn’t that different or great. It just had a bunch of multimedia apps that I didn’t really need, and it annoyed me that you can only resize windows from the lower right corner. But then I bought a couple of books on using the Mac well, and now I’m completely enchanted.Sheryl Canter continues: Forget iLife – have you taken a look at Spotlight? Windows can take 20 minutes to search my hard disk. Spotlight does it instantly, as you type. You can search far more flexibly using just the graphical UI, but if you’re willing to do some scripting your search criteria can be ANYTHING (this but not that, etc.). On top of all that, you can save your searches as smart folders that dynamically update (for example, all documents modified in the last week). And that’s just one example of the coolness hidden inside a Mac running OS X. The Mac manages to brilliantly combine ease of use with serious power. I didn’t think it was possible. The power is hidden so as not to confuse, so if you’re a PC user booting a Mac for the first time, you might think it’s no big thing. Don’t write it off so fast – buy a book.Ten Things I Love About Windows Vista [...]

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[...] Sheryl Canter continues: Forget iLife – have you taken a look at Spotlight? Windows can take 20 minutes to search my hard disk. Spotlight does it instantly, as you type. You can search far more flexibly using just the graphical UI, but if you’re willing to do some scripting your search criteria can be ANYTHING (this but not that, etc.). On top of all that, you can save your searches as smart folders that dynamically update (for example, all documents modified in the last week). And that’s just one example of the coolness hidden inside a Mac running OS X. The Mac manages to brilliantly combine ease of use with serious power. I didn’t think it was possible. The power is hidden so as not to confuse, so if you’re a PC user booting a Mac for the first time, you might think it’s no big thing. Don’t write it off so fast – buy a book. Ten Things I Love About Windows Vista [...]

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My 10 Things I tweak in Windows Vista:
http://www.techlifeweb.com/vista/2006/09/10-first-tweaks-to-windows-vista-after.html

Handy reference and FAQ for ReadyBoost:
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx

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Lol the funniest thing about this article is that you’re expecting it to crash. I mean come on, that isn’t highlight at all, it shouldn’t be crashing at all. This is yet another time when microsoft shows off how sloppily they put together there operating systems. 4 of these (2,6,9,10) have been on the mac os since the release of os x10. I think the best thing about Windows Vista is the smooth transition from the mac app “Widgets” to “Gadgets”, i bet they thought no one would notice, especially since they are identical.
I think the folling site almost does justicee to it: http://www.qj.net/windows-vista-is-looking-like-mac-/pg/49/aid/55832

[...] Sorry, I… I gave Vista a real chance. I just can’t use it as my primary OS anymore. It’s NOT horrible at its core (by any stretch of the imagination). If all of your hardware and software are fully baked, you’re good to go – but that’s not the world I live in. I will continue to recommend Windows Vista for some users, mind you. I wish I could take the best parts of Vista and bring them back with me to XP. I’m still more than willing to help Microsoft improve Windows and get the message out to users, but I simply can’t sacrifice my own time and productivity without benefits in clear sight. I’m begging Microsoft and all of my hardware and software vendors to make Windows better for me. Until then… [...]

[...] It’s NOT horrible at its core (by any stretch of the imagination). If all of your hardware and software are fully baked, you’re good to go – but that’s not the world I live in. I will continue to recommend Windows Vista for some users, mind you. I wish I could take the best parts of Vista and bring them back with me to XP. I’m still more than willing to help Microsoft improve Windows and get the message out to users, but I simply can’t sacrifice my own time and productivity without benefits in clear sight. [...]

OK, I like too, but…
Start Menu’s Start Search: Search functionality simply does not works. Mos of the times Search does not find the file I’m looking for. The beta version of Desktop search released by August’06 for XP was infinitely most accurate (and fast).
Windows Explorer’s Details Pane: Yes, it’s cool, but many times the info that appears in it is partial and messy, and many times when you click in the Details Pane the window does not become active and you have to click again in the Title bar.
Windows Explorer’s Folders Pane: Favorites pane is cool, but the explorer tree does not works. Many times, when you click in the damned triangle the left pane becomes irresponsible (the right pane works ok, but as the cursor has became the clock one you many pepople does not try it).

[...]  ”Sorry, I… I gave Vista a real chance. I just can’t use it as my primary OS anymore. It’s NOT horrible at its core (by any stretch of the imagination). If all of your hardware and software are fully baked, you’re good to go – but that’s not the world I live in. I will continue to recommend Windows Vista for some users, mind you. I wish I could take the best parts of Vista and bring them back with me to XP. I’m still more than willing to help Microsoft improve Windows and get the message out to users, but I simply can’t sacrifice my own time and productivity without benefits in clear sight. I’m begging Microsoft and all of my hardware and software vendors to make Windows better for me. Until then… [...]

“Future Fix Notifications. […] A crash isn’t so bad if you know it’s going to be fixed.”

One of the top ten features of Vista is psychological help for crash victims!
WOW! Where can I buy that?

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