“I just finished previewing Vista Release Candidate 1 for the Test Center, and I suddenly realized I’m more underwhelmed than I anticipated. A few months ago, in this very column, I used the adjective revolutionary instead of evolutionary. I’m changing my mind,” Oliver Rist reports for Infoworld.
“Aero is slick, no doubt about it. But I have to say that the non-Aero interface, which I used on my anemic Gateway M-255E notebook, is slick enough. If Microsoft was going to deploy loads of programming talent to figure out a specific technical issue, I wish it had done it for WinFS or the full version of the Next Generation Secure Computing Base.,” Rist reports. “Instead, I now have a much slicker-looking version of Windows XP … along with significantly increased hardware requirements.”
Vista “really just adds up to a sexier XP experience. The Sidebar gadget-fest, for example, so far amounts to a power user’s toy store. And it’s nothing I can’t get on XP,” Rist reports. “I feel as though I go through this with every Microsoft OS release: a certain amount of anticipatory excitement when loads of new features are announced, and then a ‘Where’s the beef?’ moment when I actually see it running. I suppose that’s enhanced here somewhat because much of the beef I was hoping for wound up in the butcher’s freezer. As it stands, Vista is a worthy upgrade to Windows XP, but if RC1 is any indication, there’s no need to rush.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Kevin” for the heads up.]
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no, I do know that “now” does not spell “know”
Now I know no one is perfuct.
Sea?
good things from windows:
The Finder gives a small preview in column view, however the free MilkyWay is a really cool add-on to OS X:
<http://www.lny.mine.nu/Pages/MilkyWay/MilkyWay.html>
Only wish there was a UB version.
“As it stands, Vista is a worthy upgrade to Windows XP”
Really? i got a different message from his own article.
Microsoft is the modern day equivalent of the snake oil salesman.
Here’s one pro Vista
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1950686,00.asp
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192700307&subSection=All+Stories
However, recent articles of praise seem to be lacking.
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Well, this much press for a 5 year late beta isn’t so bad after all.
TowerTone: MS could never come up with slogans that original. If they were making a new slogan (it would take 5+ years), they would copy and modify someone else’s.
Microsoft: When You’re Desperate Enough to Buy the Very Worst.
Microsoft: Think Indifferent.
Dead horse, thoroughly beaten. Wake me up when “Microsoft sucks” is actually newsworthy. Right now it’s like headlining that the sky is blue.
@TowerTone: Good topic, I like “Best We Could Steal”
@DistantThunder: Love “Think Indifferent”
Here’s a few:
“Vista: Dismays For Sure.”
“Vista: Delays For Sure.”
“Vista: Ablaze For Sure.” (also good for Dell/Sony)
“Vista: Reappraise For Sure.” (Okay!)
“Vista: What Was Hip Last Year, Available Next Year.”
“Vista: If It’s Good Enough To Ship.”
“Vista: Donate Your Old Hardware To A Third-World Country.”
“In Vista, No One Can Hear You Scream.”
“Vista: Not Quite People-Ready.”
“Vista: Powering Nuclear Subs The World Over” (there’s a scary thought)
“Vista: Throw Enough Shit Against The Wall…”
“Microsoft: How Would You Like To Suck Today?”
And one of my favorites:
“Microsoft: Marching Backwards Proudly Into The Future.”
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MW does — “does” this qualify as extra credit?
Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers.
I
LOVE
THIS
COMPANY.
No academy award?
Not heralded @ Sundance?
C’mon. This guy is a THESPIAN.
Joe said:
“bootcamp is awesome.. now I can just run windows Vista which is nicer looking than OS X and run it on a beautifull white mac…”
Like I say with any Windows user, there’s just no accountability for taste. Widows Vista looks like an eplosion at a Fisher Price factory. OSX’ look is simple yet elegent. Some people actually prefer McDonalds to In n Out (you non-west coasters are missing out, big time). Strange.
I thought only gay women could be one…
Never mind never mind chaps. The next version of Windows -called Windows Faroff- will be revolutionary. Slated for 2012.