Vista - I don't hate Vista

I don't hate Vista but except for change for its own sake I cannot conceive
why anyone would change from a stable XP desktop or network to Vista.
For all users Vista presents an arbitrary change in interface and an
arbitrary change in the way to perform familiar tasks, not better or worse
but arbitrarily different. For all users the UAC is as useless as an Orange
Terror Threat Alert and for all users hardware performance will be
time-by-watching-paint-dry slower under Vista/VSP1.
If you are running a large network with users of dubious skill then
re-educating people who can barely use XP is a nightmare, not to mention the
seemingly unsolvable networking oddities of Vista and ongoing deficiencies
in peripheral drivers.
Large companies, and I run a small one, can do the math: replacing perfectly
functional boxes just so they can run a different OS to perform the exact
same software tasks makes no economic sense, less so in a recession and
doubly less so if you are moving to web based applications. Why replace
boxes just to run a different OS when the hardware demands of your business
software do not require the upgrade?
I suggest that Microsoft push out a new version of XP that has the aero
interface if desired (Windows Live on XP has see through tops), allows users
to retain any interface features they like about Vista (if any) and call it
Vista SP2.

Why are you ranting here if you are using something else?

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"Nogginsaked" <fac_187@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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That would be OK id Vista was just XP with Aero, but it isn't..

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Nogginsaked wrote:YOU may not notice an improvement, but WE will in that it's harder for your
machines to get infected with trojans and the like.

Likewise, we WE (the rest of the planet) move to Vista, YOU will reap the
benefits of a safer computing experience.

It's time to be a good steward of the earth's resources: Implement Vista and
encourage others to do the same and don't kill otters for no reason.

You have opened a can of worms. Beware all who dislike/don't use Vista. I
got Vista with a new machine and it works ok. However, I have another
machine with XP and that is the most stable PC I have ever owned. NEVER (I
kid you not!) crashed yet. New one has a few times ....
Anyway, still like Vista.
Cheers
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I enjoy the added security!

"Nogginsaked" <fac_187@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uXQEAVQqIHA.2492@xxxxxxYou mean you got malware with XP?

ss.

That is what you thought when you were having Windows 98 on your machine and Windows XP was released. Don't you like your XP now?

Anyway, never had any problems with Vista on any of my machines, be it at work or at home. Everything runs smooth. Installed Vista on a customized machine, never asked for any drivers, Although I do prefer using the manufacturer provided drivers.
XP will be extinct in a few months anyway

"hitu" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:d918675d057d98507700dd60cca6a585@xxxxxx-gateway.com...I was using Win2000 as soon as it came out, actually. You can see for
yourself by checking my posts on Google Groups in the Win2000 newsgroups. I
remember reading Bill Gates saying how excited he was about NT5 and Windows
Neptune, in 1999, and I thought I had to get it as soon as possible.

And what is what I thought? What are you asking about anyway?
Fascinating...

ss.