As Vista launches, I’m in New York thinking back to 1995 when I was attending the Windows 95 launch and imagining what could have been. 1995 was an amazing year. From day one, people were excited about Windows. I remember meeting with Apple and suggesting it really needed to step up its game — only to be told not to worry, Apple users were loyal and would never move. Apple bled a lot of revenue over the next few years, as it discovered not all Apple customers were that loyal.
quote:: I recently realized, since I've been using Vista and Office 2007 for awhile now, that XP and Office 2003 just feel old to me. Moving back and forth isn't horrid, but it's like getting used to heated seats and automatic windows and then driving a car without them. You suddenly realize how much you like things you never even knew you were going to miss. ::quote - I thought for a moment you were describing you experience of moving back to Windows after using Linux. - I've evaluated Windows Vista for the company I work for, and I don't see anything compelling about Windows vista. It's sole reason for existence seems to be to implement Digital Restrictions Management technology at the OS level, which makes it an even more defective system than Windows XP. - All in all it seems to be nothing more than a warmed ove Windows XP with a prettier GUI, provided you have the hardware to utilise it, Security bon by default, and a much greater appetite for high end hardware. - When one compare it to any of the Commercial Linuxes released last year, it simply fails to impress. The 3D desktops on Linux are streets ahead of Windows Vista, and they are true 3D, the security on Linux is better, and Linux is actually a true multi user system, and always has been. Linux has much lower hardware requirements, indeed the full 3D desktop on Linux can be run on a 1Gig Laptop with 768MB of RAM. - Microsoft has merely copied from the best, and implemented the copied ideas poorly. Microsoft has then built into the system Digital Restrictions technology that makes their second rate system truely Defective by Design
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Vista: Changing the World One PC at a Time
Posted by: Rob Enderle January 29, 2007 04:00 AMAs Vista launches, I’m in New York thinking back to 1995 when I was attending the Windows 95 launch and imagining what could have been. 1995 was an amazing year. From day one, people were excited about Windows. I remember meeting with Apple and suggesting it really needed to step up its game — only to be told not to worry, Apple users were loyal and would never move. Apple bled a lot of revenue over the next few years, as it discovered not all Apple customers were that loyal.
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I thought for a moment you were describing you experience of moving back to Windows after using Linux.
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I've evaluated Windows Vista for the company I work for, and I don't see anything compelling about Windows vista. It's sole reason for existence seems to be to implement Digital Restrictions Management technology at the OS level, which makes it an even more defective system than Windows XP.
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All in all it seems to be nothing more than a warmed ove Windows XP with a prettier GUI, provided you have the hardware to utilise it, Security bon by default, and a much greater appetite for high end hardware.
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When one compare it to any of the Commercial Linuxes released last year, it simply fails to impress. The 3D desktops on Linux are streets ahead of Windows Vista, and they are true 3D, the security on Linux is better, and Linux is actually a true multi user system, and always has been. Linux has much lower hardware requirements, indeed the full 3D desktop on Linux can be run on a 1Gig Laptop with 768MB of RAM.
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Microsoft has merely copied from the best, and implemented the copied ideas poorly. Microsoft has then built into the system Digital Restrictions technology that makes their second rate system truely Defective by Design