Posted on 03/26/2006 4:49:30 AM PST by twntaipan
Nope. It makes you what us techies call an "end user".
Seriously, end users shouldn't need to know much about their OS -- just enough to know what applications will run on their machine. My favorite analogy is relating it to a car -- the typical car owner isn't a mechanic and isn't expected to do more than simple maintenance. Naturally, some subset of car owners do like tinkering around under the hood, but they're a small percentage -- most people just want to be able to drive the doggone thing.
Why should a computer be so terribly different? 99% of the poeple who use one just want the thing to boot up, log them in (if appropriate), and run their applications.
I've been building, fixing, selling, upgrading, pirating, configuring, debugging, trading, testing, and yelling at 'end-users" since the days of DOS 5, so that end-user argument is out the window.
I still hate OSs! :-)
Oh, that's different... you hate them from sheer experience. :)
Bingo! :-)
And at home, my new MacBook Pro feels awfully nice... ;)
Unable to point at aything specific? I can run Fedora on less Ram than is required for video alone on vista...
Oh, a nOObie...
Never gonna happen.
Sure...Bill and Hillary! ~rimshot~
Braggart!
;O)
And a sharp dresser! :-)
The marketing director of a key Microsoft partner has confirmed that key elements of Windows Vista are currently being re written.
Mr Raymond Vardanega, the Marketing Director, of Acer Australia has confirmed independently of SmartHouse Magazine that Microsoft is having major problems with its Vista operating system. He said "The decision to delay Vista into the consumer market will have an impact on hardware sales particularly in the Media Centre market. We have been told that Microsoft has bought in programmers from the Xbox team to work on the problems. We have also been told that up to 60% of the code will have some form of re writing or changes made. We are told that Microsoft is concerned at the impact that the delay will have on hardware manufacturers. We have raised our concerns directly with Microsoft".
A major problem for Microsoft is that the current version of Media Centre (MCE) is clumsy and prone to crashing. It contains code which is not productive in delivering an entertainment experience for consumers. While on one hand custom installers want an MCE server type environment to load and operate home automation applications consumers simply want a bullet proof system that allows them to download movies, play games, and manage entertainment and family content. They do not want to combine application computing with their media centre which in most cases is strategically located close to a large screen or music system.
What SmartHouse is told is that Microsoft is working on Vista modular structure that allows a consumer to install only what they want in a specific environment. They are also working on Vista better interfacing with the new Viiv hardware environment spanning Hi-Fi, Wireless for portable audio distribution right the way through to a new generation of Viiv compliant hardware such as LCD TV's that will come with a 350GB hard drive wireless and the ability to load the Vista operating system directly into the Viiv compliant TV. The TV will then be used for gaming, downloading movies, music and TV shows. It will also interface with a Hi Fi or music system either over an IP based cable system or via wireless.
We are told that current testing of the consumer version of Windows Vista for consumers still needs a lot of work to cohesively pull these elements together so that the next version actually meets consumer expectations.
We are also told that Microsoft is concerned that Apple could release a media centre solution built on the Viiv platform. They know that Apple's iPod strength, iTunes sites and relationship with content providers and vendors who are now delivering home entertainment accessories built around the Apple's 17pin iPod connector will have an impact that could well stop Microsoft gaining a dominant position in the home with Vista.
"Apple has a lean development group of roughly 350 programmers and fewer than 100 software testers"
450 people is "lean"??? Windows NT was built using 35 people.
And I got the BIG one, too - 2.16GHz, 2GB of RAM. ;)
It's mostly for music production, since I got tired of driver incompatibilities on the Windows platform, but I'm sure now that I'll eventually stop using Windows at home altogether.
I believe the kernel team was about that size. Kernel teams are always small.
As soon as Microsoft releases their source code, I'll tell you. Since I'm not a Chinese communist, I haven't seen it yet.
Media Center ships independently of Vista. What a clueless n00b.
That's exactly the point: MS SHOULD outsource its kernel, and finally set aside that pot of linguini they're using now.
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