Posted on 08/18/2007 6:28:28 PM PDT by sionnsar
MacNN caught this incredible defection and loss of faith by a former Vista booster, PC Magazine editor-in-chief Jim Louderback, as he steps down from his position.
"I've been a big proponent of the new OS over the past few months, even going so far as loading it onto most of my computers and spending hours tweaking and optimizing it. So why, nine months after launch, am I so frustrated? The litany of what doesn't work and what still frustrates me stretches on endlessly. The upshot is that even after nine months, Vista just ain't cutting it. I definitely gave Microsoft too much of a free pass on this operating system: I expected it to get the kinks worked out more quickly. Boy, was I fooled! If Microsoft can't get Vista working, I might just do the unthinkable: I might move to Linux."
Yup. Kubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” LiveCD ought to do it. *\;-)
“Style”, true - a lot of people do pay for that. Once Apple went with “Microsoft and Intel Inside”, that’s all that was left.
I prefer to “cook” my own, with three or more monitors (one or two of which could show satellite/cable TV feeds) per machine that I put together from cheap “ingredients”. But, as you said, for most people it’s not an option and if the style is what they desire, that’s what they will pay for if they get new Macs.
Well, my son is in San Diego and we’re in NYS with daughter’s laptop, which he sent to us after he finished setting it up. Our other problem is that we don’t have wireless at home, so daughter is either going to have to try this when she gets to college next week, or perhaps husband can take it to work with him. He’s actually a worse “non-geek” than I am, and I’m bad enough! Thanks:)
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