Vista - is it here to stay?

Maybe I'm just talking to the wrong people, but I haven't seen anyone that
has been pleased with Vista and even MAC has started a PR campaign as to how
poor Vista is.

I've used it myself and have to say, I prefer the more comfortable, familiar
XP.

I wonder if Microsoft is listening and if there will ever be a chance Vista
would go the way of Windows ME? There seems to be to much eye candy in
Vista at the expense of functionality/familiarity.

I like my Vista and have no plans to return to XP.

"(( carmen ))" <> wrote in message
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> Maybe I'm just talking to the wrong people, but I haven't seen anyone that
> has been pleased with Vista and even MAC has started a PR campaign as to
> how poor Vista is.
>
> I've used it myself and have to say, I prefer the more comfortable,
> familiar XP.
>
> I wonder if Microsoft is listening and if there will ever be a chance
> Vista would go the way of Windows ME? There seems to be to much eye candy
> in Vista at the expense of functionality/familiarity.
>
>

My Vista system runs perfectly, and very fast. Perhaps your desire for XP
is just because you don't like to move on, and that's OK. But if you want a
system that will lead the pack, Vista is here to stay. Learn to use it and
you'll see.

EW

"(( carmen ))" <> wrote in message
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> Maybe I'm just talking to the wrong people, but I haven't seen anyone that
> has been pleased with Vista and even MAC has started a PR campaign as to
> how poor Vista is.
>
> I've used it myself and have to say, I prefer the more comfortable,
> familiar XP.
>
> I wonder if Microsoft is listening and if there will ever be a chance
> Vista would go the way of Windows ME? There seems to be to much eye candy
> in Vista at the expense of functionality/familiarity.
>
>

So you haven't seen anyone who is pleased with Vista. Microsoft has sold
millions of copies and in this forum there is a small percentage of those
people who come and bitch about Vista. Yes, Vista isn't the greatest, but
Vista will probably get better over time. With a couple of Service Packs
and upgraded software, Vista just might be OK.

Get that high powered machine to run it on.

I use Vista and all my applications run fine with Vista - Visual Studio 2005
& Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005, Sony Vegas 8, Photoshop CS3, and a
few other applications work well with Vista. I am happy with it so far.


"(( carmen ))" <> wrote in message
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> Maybe I'm just talking to the wrong people, but I haven't seen anyone that
> has been pleased with Vista and even MAC has started a PR campaign as to
> how poor Vista is.
>
> I've used it myself and have to say, I prefer the more comfortable,
> familiar XP.
>
> I wonder if Microsoft is listening and if there will ever be a chance
> Vista would go the way of Windows ME? There seems to be to much eye candy
> in Vista at the expense of functionality/familiarity.
>
>

I'm extremely happy with Vista... I liked XP too but I will not be
changing back.


--
Clevo

Hi,

> I wonder if Microsoft is listening and if there will ever be a chance
> Vista would go the way of Windows ME? There seems to be to much eye candy
> in Vista at the expense of functionality/familiarity.

Don't count on it. Vista is not WinME despite the naysayers (and ME was fine
on hardware designed for it, but Microsoft was already dropping the 9x line
at that point and support for ME was severely lacking). This would be a bad
place to seek good or unbiased opinons on a product, as everyone who comes
here is having problems. There are millions who are not. Vista will not be
going away, it is the direction Windows is headed. Functionality is actually
much improved, the problems are that software vendors and hardware makers
are still dragging behind, most preferring to force users to buy new rather
than spend time upgrading existing programs and supporting driver software.
The changes in the UI are the results of extensive usability studies that
pointed towards the design changes. It takes time for users to become
comfortable with this, and it's nothing compared to the move from CLI
(command line based) to GUI (graphical icon based) some 13-14 years ago.

> I've used it myself and have to say, I prefer the more comfortable,
> familiar XP.

And 6 years ago it was referred to as the cartoonish progeny of the marraige
of Windows' 98 & 2000. Shouts of "never" were heard everywhere.

> Maybe I'm just talking to the wrong people, but I haven't seen anyone that
> has been pleased with Vista and even MAC has started a PR campaign as to
> how poor Vista is.

You don't really expect Apple to say anything nice about Microsoft now do
you?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"(( carmen ))" <> wrote in message
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"(( carmen ))" <> wrote in message
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> Maybe I'm just talking to the wrong people, but I haven't seen anyone that
> has been pleased with Vista and even MAC has started a PR campaign as to
> how poor Vista is.
>
> I've used it myself and have to say, I prefer the more comfortable,
> familiar XP.
>
> I wonder if Microsoft is listening and if there will ever be a chance
> Vista would go the way of Windows ME? There seems to be to much eye candy
> in Vista at the expense of functionality/familiarity.
>
>

Yes it is here to stay. It is a little bloated has a few wrinkles to be
ironed out. But it has a good future. Don't believe what some people at
Microsoft are saying. Don't give up yet and don't go out and buy a Mac like
some ex Microsoft employees have so stupidly done.
http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2007/02/03/3667

Keith

Well, Windows XP is on its way out (June 2008) and the Company is not in the
interest of discussing the next desktop client release just yet. Much of the
effort is focused on getting people to realize the value in Windows Vista
today and in the future. So yes, Vista is here to stay and I find it insane
to compare to Windows ME which is a completely different code base, Windows
Vista's built in rich functionality, security, organization, management,
collaboration and search easily surpasses Windows 9x releases of Windows.

The fact that Microsoft has really focused on core areas of Windows in Vista
that end users complained about in XP such as performance and security make
it worthy enough upgrade already.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"(( carmen ))" <> wrote in message
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> Maybe I'm just talking to the wrong people, but I haven't seen anyone that
> has been pleased with Vista and even MAC has started a PR campaign as to
> how poor Vista is.
>
> I've used it myself and have to say, I prefer the more comfortable,
> familiar XP.
>
> I wonder if Microsoft is listening and if there will ever be a chance
> Vista would go the way of Windows ME? There seems to be to much eye candy
> in Vista at the expense of functionality/familiarity.
>
>

> and even MAC has started a PR campaign as to how poor Vista is.

Of course they have!! Apple are the little guy - of course they're going to
take pot shots. Microsoft is such an easy target. On the other hand, they
are extremely successful. Look at their market share.....

I've been running Vista continuously for almost a year. There were a number
of minor bugs, most of which have since been ironed out. In due course
there'll be a service pack and no doubt continuous improvement for the
forseeable future.

I've had great service from Vista - not a single crash or significant
problem whatsoever.

It has one major disadvantage - development was abandoned after three years,
and the whole thing was done over after Bill Gates saw the light (at last)
about the importance of security. So Vista was developed over a relatively
short time (only a couple of years) and it shows. As a result it really
isn't that much different or better than XP for the average user. The user
interface is somewhat improved, but really it is only what XP should have
been in the first place. All the other changes are under the hood - very
substantial, but not very obvious to the user.

> There seems to be to much eye candy in Vista at the expense of
> functionality/familiarity.

The eye candy in XP is dreadful - do you really like the hideous Fisher
Price colour scheme? The stupid fanfare and giggling children sound
effects? The patronising "My" in front of everything?

In comparison Vista is subtle and sophisticated.

> I've used it myself and have to say, I prefer the more comfortable,
> familiar XP.

Well, if that's the case you should stick with XP, obviously. Others, such
as myself, prefer to move on.

SteveT

"(( carmen ))" <> wrote in message
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> Maybe I'm just talking to the wrong people, but I haven't seen anyone that
> has been pleased with Vista and even MAC has started a PR campaign as to
> how poor Vista is.
> ably I've used it myself and have to say, I prefer the more comfortable,
> familiar XP.
>
> I wonder if Microsoft is listening and if there will ever be a chance
> Vista would go the way of Windows ME? There seems to be to much eye candy
> in Vista at the expense of functionality/familiarity.
>
>


No, it won't last long. The plan is to introduce a new version of client
Windows [referred to as Windows 7] in 2010 (although they probably will
delay it to 2011), so Vista gets a service pack or two and then it's gone.

Saucy