Vista is the BEST OS

Why does everyone hate Vista?

I have been running Vista Ultimate on my desktop machine for 6 months and it
is awesome! Super snappy with my system (Core2Duo, 2.4Ghz, 4GB ram - nothing
extreme). Stable - running continuous without a reboot for a month - no
crashes. Sexy user interface. Tons of 3rd party support for applications
and games. Yeah, some security issues but I have never had a virus with
Kaspersky, and Updates are frequenet.

Whats with all the nay-sayers??

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 01:42:02 -0600, "Sabian Smith" <>
wrote:

>Why does everyone hate Vista?

Everyone doesn't.

Em Quinta, 7 de Agosto de 2008 08:42, Sabian Smith escreveu:

>
> Why does everyone hate Vista?
>
> I have been running Vista Ultimate on my desktop machine for 6 months and
> it is awesome! Super snappy with my system (Core2Duo, 2.4Ghz, 4GB ram -
> nothing
> extreme).
a lot of resources to do so little


> Yeah, some security issues but I have never had a virus with
> Kaspersky, and Updates are frequenet.
you need a anti-virus? then it's a crap and you are obviosly mistaken
about "never had a virus", as you sure allready have a few in there...


>
> Whats with all the nay-sayers??
there is much better, for free

"Sabian Smith" <> wrote in message
news:OL%23veEG%...
>
> Why does everyone hate Vista?

That's a false statement couched as a question. Hate is too strong a word
for what most "nay-sayers" feel. (We'll discount the Linux trolls as not
being part of the set. Or, perhaps, that's who you're referring to? Ignore
them. Their *business* is to trash Vista and sell Linux.)

> I have been running Vista Ultimate on my desktop machine for 6 months and
> it is awesome! Super snappy with my system (Core2Duo, 2.4Ghz, 4GB ram -
> nothing extreme). Stable - running continuous without a reboot for a
> month - no crashes. Sexy user interface. Tons of 3rd party support for
> applications and games. Yeah, some security issues but I have never had a
> virus with Kaspersky, and Updates are frequenet.

I haven't yet used Vista as a working machine, though I've done a lot of
fooling around with it, and helping others with setup, file migration, etc.
My primary complaint is that Search is missing. They put in some other app
that "filters" down to the file you're looking for and isn't worth spit for
actually *searching* for a file or folder. I'm not fond of the Networking
interface, either. But I can always get a better Search tool, and
Networking, especially in a mixed-OS network, has *always* been a lot of
problems. It's the nature of the beast, but made more complicated by Vista's
Permissions paradigms (as is practically everything else in Vista. But,
again, that's just something to learn how to do.

Aside from the trolls, I'd say the biggest problem people have with Vista is
that, just like with previous new versions of Windows, people try to pretend
it's basically the same as their previous version, which has never been
true, that they can, and have the RIGHT to, do things the same way they have
"always done them".

And then there's the biggest reason of all -- the tendency that is innate in
all humans except engineers (hmmm... there's an internal inconsistency in
that phrase...) Anyway, most people refuse to read the manual. Want to know
what the most underused feature in any version of Windows is? Start>Help
(and Support). Clients and family call me all the time. "Gary, tell me how
to do such & such." My response, unless I'm getting paid, is invariably a
question: "Have you tried Help?" If so, what did you learn? Where did you
end up? If not, better start reading, or come up with a nice hefty retainer.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 01:18:13 -0700, Gary S. Terhune wrote:

> "Sabian Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:OL%23veEG%...
>>
>> Why does everyone hate Vista?
>
> That's a false statement couched as a question. Hate is too strong a word
> for what most "nay-sayers" feel. (We'll discount the Linux trolls as not
> being part of the set. Or, perhaps, that's who you're referring to? Ignore
> them. Their *business* is to trash Vista and sell Linux.)
>
>> I have been running Vista Ultimate on my desktop machine for 6 months and
>> it is awesome! Super snappy with my system (Core2Duo, 2.4Ghz, 4GB ram -
>> nothing extreme). Stable - running continuous without a reboot for a
>> month - no crashes. Sexy user interface. Tons of 3rd party support for
>> applications and games. Yeah, some security issues but I have never had a
>> virus with Kaspersky, and Updates are frequenet.
>
> I haven't yet used Vista as a working machine, though I've done a lot of
> fooling around with it, and helping others with setup, file migration, etc.
> My primary complaint is that Search is missing. They put in some other app
> that "filters" down to the file you're looking for and isn't worth spit for
> actually *searching* for a file or folder. I'm not fond of the Networking
> interface, either. But I can always get a better Search tool, and
> Networking, especially in a mixed-OS network, has *always* been a lot of
> problems. It's the nature of the beast, but made more complicated by Vista's
> Permissions paradigms (as is practically everything else in Vista. But,
> again, that's just something to learn how to do.
>
Copernic Desktop Search may suit your needs.
Free for non-commercial home use.
Version 2.3 released on February 21, 2008; 5.0MB;
Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000/NT/Me/98 required.
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/.../download.html

THANKS!

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Kayman" <> wrote in message
news:%23foWIrG%...
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 01:18:13 -0700, Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>
>> "Sabian Smith" <> wrote in message
>> news:OL%23veEG%...
>>>
>>> Why does everyone hate Vista?
>>
>> That's a false statement couched as a question. Hate is too strong a word
>> for what most "nay-sayers" feel. (We'll discount the Linux trolls as not
>> being part of the set. Or, perhaps, that's who you're referring to?
>> Ignore
>> them. Their *business* is to trash Vista and sell Linux.)
>>
>>> I have been running Vista Ultimate on my desktop machine for 6 months
>>> and
>>> it is awesome! Super snappy with my system (Core2Duo, 2.4Ghz, 4GB ram -
>>> nothing extreme). Stable - running continuous without a reboot for a
>>> month - no crashes. Sexy user interface. Tons of 3rd party support for
>>> applications and games. Yeah, some security issues but I have never had
>>> a
>>> virus with Kaspersky, and Updates are frequenet.
>>
>> I haven't yet used Vista as a working machine, though I've done a lot of
>> fooling around with it, and helping others with setup, file migration,
>> etc.
>> My primary complaint is that Search is missing. They put in some other
>> app
>> that "filters" down to the file you're looking for and isn't worth spit
>> for
>> actually *searching* for a file or folder. I'm not fond of the Networking
>> interface, either. But I can always get a better Search tool, and
>> Networking, especially in a mixed-OS network, has *always* been a lot of
>> problems. It's the nature of the beast, but made more complicated by
>> Vista's
>> Permissions paradigms (as is practically everything else in Vista. But,
>> again, that's just something to learn how to do.
>>
> Copernic Desktop Search may suit your needs.
> Free for non-commercial home use.
> Version 2.3 released on February 21, 2008; 5.0MB;
> Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000/NT/Me/98 required.
> http://www.copernic.com/en/products/.../download.html

Search is not missing. It's just not shown. Google got stroppy about
it or something, and MS had to remove the Search button from the Start
menu.

Just press the WinKey + F et voilà - Search.


--
CreepinJesus

'www.CreepinJesus.net' (http://www.CreepinJesus.net)

So-called "Search" is everywhere in Vista, and the proper configuration
settings will make it part of the Start menu, too. But, as I said, that's
net really "Search", it's "Filter". And it just plain sucks all the way
around. Not a single nice thing can I say about Vista Search.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"CreepinJesus" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Search is not missing. It's just not shown. Google got stroppy about
> it or something, and MS had to remove the Search button from the Start
> menu.
>
> Just press the WinKey + F et voilà - Search.
>
>
> --
> CreepinJesus
>
> 'www.CreepinJesus.net' (http://www.CreepinJesus.net)

So-called "Search" is everywhere in Vista, and the proper configuration
settings will make it part of the Start menu, too. But, as I said, that's
net really "Search", it's "Filter". And it just plain sucks all the way
around. Not a single nice thing can I say about Vista Search.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"CreepinJesus" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Search is not missing. It's just not shown. Google got stroppy about
> it or something, and MS had to remove the Search button from the Start
> menu.
>
> Just press the WinKey + F et voilà - Search.
>
>
> --
> CreepinJesus
>
> 'www.CreepinJesus.net' (http://www.CreepinJesus.net)

Baloney. So-called "Search" is visible everywhere in Vista (checked the
upper right of your folders recently?). It's also a basic part of the
"Vista" style start menu, (look at that bar just above the Start button.
That's a "Search" bar.) "Legacy" style Start menu(s) will show a Search
button that takes you directly to Advanced Search, instead of having to
start with the really stupid part. That's nice, but just barely an
improvement. You still have to start with "Stupid Search" before it will
allow you to access Advanced parameters. But, as I said, that's not really
"Search", it's "Filter". And it just plain sucks all the way around. There's
not a single nice thing can I say about Vista "Filter".

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"CreepinJesus" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Search is not missing. It's just not shown. Google got stroppy about
> it or something, and MS had to remove the Search button from the Start
> menu.
>
> Just press the WinKey + F et voilà - Search.
>
>
> --
> CreepinJesus
>
> 'www.CreepinJesus.net' (http://www.CreepinJesus.net)