Posted on 04/11/2008 6:50:11 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Bloatware. Silly how much activity goes on in that OS even for the simplest things.
Its a humorous story. To be honest...Windows XP has pretty much maxed out whatever you wanted it to do...and I think the mass of users really don’t have any huge expectations anymore. The geek squad might....but most of us see no reason to buy into the next round.
Even if we discuss Office 97...most of us with copies of this...will agree that upgrading to Office 2003 or Office 2007...is really not necessary. Office 97 does what ninety percent of us want.
I admit being a humble daily user of Microsoft products and certainly not a Geek...but if you asked me...saying that Windows is just about “finished”...would be a joke.
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Seems that the main focus of this article is corporate adoption, which is historically slow for any new OS, Windows included. Chock this article up to a big yawn from me.
I supported OS/2 warp until 2006 on a network because it worked for the need.
Couldn’t agree more. I have Vista on two different laptops, and the system ‘think time’ is absolutely over the top. It once took nearly 10 minutes to come out of hibernation.
If Microsoft came out with Windows Lite, that was guaranteed to contain no legacy code and was lean and mean, I would pay extra for it. I want something that can run basic software efficiently, and want all the rest of it to just go away.
Nowadays, to get the same thing, I get it for free from open sources. But that is a hassle I could do without.
Tech list PING!
(Your computer out of hibernation in Houston yet??)
Maybe so, but I am not happy with Vista, and I don’t intend to buy a Vista machine anytime soon (really, how many non-corporate users upgrade an OS on their existing machines).
Vista is too hardware intensive for me. I don’t want a “pretty” desktop. On my work and home PCs I’ve turned off most of the Windows visual enhancements, because I don’t care about them, and I’d rather be able to keep a browser window, a Word document, and 4 spreadsheets open than have animated window opennings.
At home, I used to like to play games on my computer, but I gave up due to my unwillingness to upgrade my hardware frequently enough. Looking at a Vista PC, I don’t want to have to have a graphics card just to run the OS, which is where this is heading. Give me an updated, but not upgraded Windows 2000.
Open Office will do 99% of what people want. But that 1% makes all the difference, especially to a programmer creating an application needed by a client.
don’t forget the MS snoopware to “authenticate you”
The multitude of “versions”
Downward compatability is a MAJOR issue for my business as I do not want to be buying new 3rd party EVERYTHING just because the OS upgraded.
What I really want is a basic software suite, word processing, web browsing, photo editing, book-keeping, media player and a few standard games. I want that all to run off of a non-writable platform, like a CD perhaps or maybe BIOS, so that it could not be effected by malware, and if it was, it could be reloaded easily. The only thing I want to write to the hard drive is data files, that I could back up.
Then if the thing blows up, it is easy to fix. Such a system would do 99.9% of what I want it to do.
Thus completing the Windows Vista / Windows ME analogies.
ah, Windows. The OS for stupid people...
I am buying 4 gig of RAM for a new box for $70. The video card is built into the motherboard (ATI 3400) and will more than adequately handle Vista. You can upgrade a box to do Vista for next to nothing.
And what will be replacing Windows in stores tomorrow?
Right here.
You want Ubuntu Linux. It’s free.
Win OS is running the vast majority of corp systems, and home systems. I run Win OS on my servers and rarely have a problem. I suggest that if you can do better, then do it.
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