"ceed" confessed...
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> Hi,
>
> As an Internet and computer geezer I am not easily impressed. It seems
> like two things I should be concerned about these days, according to
> all the bloggers and press, is to love the iPhone and hate Vista. I
> tried to do both. It didn't work. I like the iPhone, but I do not love
> it. I do not hate Vista, in fact I do not even like it. I love Vista!
> Ooooh, felt good to finally say that! 
>
> In my opinion this is the best Microsoft has ever done. On my new HP
> dv2550se laptop (another device I'm currently in love with) Vista runs
> like a charm. After I got rid of all the stuff HP put on there, and
> then all the stuff Microsoft has cluttered Vista with I am left with a
> rock solid beautifully looking (without being an Apple rip) user
> interface. The only problems I have had has been with a couple of
> drivers that didn't like Vista. I got those replaced and everything
> was fine again.
>
> For me Vista simply works great. Even the error detection when I had
> those pesky driver issues worked. Vista told me what was wrong and
> where to go to get it fixed. How cool is that? And this time it isn't
> Microsoft telling me how it should work. It actually works for real!
>
> I have been on Windows (and other OS's) since the 80s. Finally I am in
> a situation where I do not feel the need to dual-boot my laptop with
> Linux, QNX, OS/2 etc. I simply do not need it at this point. That's a
> first for me!
>
> And don't even get me started on Office 2007. Also an innovative good
> looking office package that seems to work beautifully. Expensive
> though! Very expensive. Going to create a lot of thieves.
>
> If you could look me up and see where and what I have posted about
> operating systems in the past you would be shocked over what I am
> saying here. This is a big deal for me: I love an OS for Microsoft!
>
> My only question is: Why are everyone having so much against something
> that seems to be very good? Do they trust the press and all those who
> just enjoys trashing things without even trying it? I do not get it.
> But who cares. I love my new OS and are currently busy tweaking the
> little details which makes it all mine, and Vista hums along nicely in
> that process also.
>
> //ceed-o-rama
> Ignoring the knot heads that just need to whine to get attention, I think
most of the problems are either older hardware with driver issues,
incompatible third party software, or PEBKAC.
BTW, what "stuff Microsoft has cluttered Vista with" did you remove? My PC
runs very nice but there is always room for improvement. ;-)