Saran,
Good points. The only problem with going back to XP Pro (and I have a ton
of unused copies here) is that it is no longer supported. If you stay with
XP Pro, 2-3 years down the road you are going to find yourself in a major
hurt trying to get caught up. Plus, you can't buy a computer anymore with
anything but VISTA on it.
That's why I thought MAC. The compatibility with Windows software is better
than ever, and the OS is still vaguely UNIX based so keeping up and data
compatibility shouldn't be an issue. Honestly, I am so disappointed in MS
I'm going to liquidate all my stock holdings. VISTA is a huge slap in the
face to anyone that just wants a clean reliable OS to work with. To me an
OS is like a football field or even gas for your car. It is a tool that lets
you get done what you want to get done. I don't want my gas tank dictating
to me how I should drive or where I should go. It just ain't right.
"Saran" wrote:
> flylake wrote:
> > OK, I'm an old fart and I've used Windows since 1983 (v1 beta). I've
> > always been a Windows fan, until now. While there are some things I
> > like about VISTA there are a ton that I just cannot stand. For
> > example:
>
> Welcome to the club. You are member # 1,678,429,531
>
> > 1. Outlook (now Windows mail) no longer supports multiple user
> > accounts. I need to be able to see 5 different email accounts - 2
> > for work, my personal account, an account I use to be the
> > administrator of a friend's web site, and the account I use to
> > monitor my kid's online activity. Windows Mail doesn't support this
> > so now I need to look for a 3rd party program to do what I need it to
> > do. I'm not going to set up a separate user account for each email.
> > What a stupid move.
>
> If this is true, they've completely crippled what used to be OE. Another
> great reason not to up (err, down) grade.
>
> > 2. Photo capture is a royal pain in the arse. It used to be real
> > easy. Plug in the camera, turn it on and capture my photos. Now the
> > new directory structure with tagging is so complex it is ridiculous.
> > I copied 10 pictures over from my camera and VISTA returned a page
> > long directory structure when I was done. I couldn't begin to find
> > my pictures after I closed the preveiw screen until I closed
> > everything and used Explorer.
>
> Why am I not suprised.
>
> > And, geez, you guys have even ruined explorer. You've taken
> > a lean directory searching machine and turned
> > it into a fat slob of a program. Give us people that know how to use
> > a directory the ability to bypass all this baloney.
>
> That's one of the first things most people notice. All this extra stuff
> in Explorer and no way to turn it off. (IE, that extra side panel.)
>
> > 3. IE 7 is also a pain to use. You took all the feartures of IE6 and
> > stripped them off the main page, putting them in drop down menus.
> > IE6 was so much simpler to navigate and use. Give us back menu
> > buttons at the top of the screen. Having to navigate drop down
> > menues for everything is a royal pain.
>
> If you want ot use the IE rendering engine with a sane, very
> configurable interface that keeps ads at bay, try out Maxthon
> www.maxthon.com, I've used it for years and love it.
>
> Otherwise, www.mozilla.com and take a look at FireFox.
>
> > In trying to copy the MAC OS you guys are creating such a complex file
> > structure system where we are forced to use the built in directory
> > tools, which are very complex, slow and add in a ton of garbage 99%
> > of the people on this planet will never need or use. You took
> > effective tools and reduced them to garbage. Your new add-ons are so
> > cumbersome to use I'm finding for the first time in 10 years, I have
> > to replace all the built in Microsoft applications with 3rd party
> > software. The potential for disaster regarding future file
> > compatibility and portability is enormous. Plus the expense is
> > enormous. Why'd you have to go and mess everything up like that?
>
> Even more reason to stick with XP (Pro) or even 2000.
>
> > If the functionality of Windows XP Pro and IE6 were a 9, I'd have to
> > rate VISTA and IE7 a 4 or 5 at best.
>
> I'd say you were holding back 
>
> > I hate to say it, but you guys are almost forcing me to switch
> > to a MAC.
>
> Or stick with XP. Either way is better than sticking with Vista IMHO.
>
> > If you're going to go the "point and click" route, then
> > do it right. The new VISTA and IE7 are like a fat man.
> > Tons of features, but all of them are slow, cumbersome
> > and very un-clear
>
> It's like trying to drive an air-craft carrier through Venice... what
> results is a lot of crashing, a visual mess, and a lot of headaches.
>
> > Windows 2000 was great, XP even better, but with VISTA you've added a
> > bunch of cool features encumbered by 1000lbs of useless fat.
>
> That pretty much sums it up.
>
> >
> > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ista.gen eral
>
> Gah, even the websites that are based on Vista themery are hard on the
> eyes. Have they even previewed this? Good grief.
>
> -Saran
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