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Originally Posted by Michael Hill
See...this is what I find funny about non-windows users. Microsoft comes out with a product that works quickly, but doesn't look the best. People call it ugly. Microsoft hears this and decides to make it look good. People call it a waste. What gives? Shut up and deal with it or get a computer that works. It's not that hard people.
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Hey!
I never complained about the look of Program Manager in Windows 1/3.... I never complained about the look of 95, 98, or 2k. Yes I did complain about XP (although grew used to it) due to all of the excessive under-the-hood-processes, which have now been dwarfed by Vista. A fresh install of XP had about 31 processes running on start-up... I don't even want to THINK about Vista!
Vista's look is not only excessive / resource-hogging / unnecessary, but I personally find it unattractive. I feel like I'm going to be cut on every corner of every window. It's too much sharp-looking detail that the wow-factor wears off quickly. It's also sad that you need 512MB of RAM to simply run your OPERATING SYSTEM.... Man, I thought the operating system was simply a platform for launching other programs!
I personally think that Microsoft missed the mark on Vista. It requires too new of a computer, is not compatible with enough things (yeah yeah I know, it will be in time, but still. Not being able to use my BRAND NEW tuner card really irks me...), costs too much, and no noticable new features. We didn't get the kernal that we were *promised* (not really promised, but this was supposed to be the newest feature of Vista), we got a copy of Windows Media Center that doesn't work fully, and a driver handler that doesn't accept most old XP drivers... Not to mention the cost (what consumer wants to pay THAT?) Did you guys see the article on Dell's 100 dollar computer that ran Linux (never released), until Microsoft slapped them silly and made them get rid of it, when the price of the same machine running their OS went up more than a hundred dollars....
http://news.com.com/Did+Microsoft+wa...3-6153904.html
"We should whack them, we should make sure they understand our value," wrote Paul Flessner, a senior vice president in Microsoft's server applications unit.
And I am a Windows user. I don't despise Windows or Microsoft, I just find it aggravating that all of the M$-Fanboys (no-one in particular, I just work with some people like this) are all like *bow* Microsoft *bow*... There are other viable solutions out there that are
potentially better than Microsoft products. I just don't think we should stay attached to one corporation, as we have done for more than 20 years now.
DISCLAIMER (I can hear it already...): This was not intended to get anyone angry or upset; Just expressing my views on Microsoft and Vista.
Jacob