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totoaus
Aug 16, 2008 10:38 PM
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Isn't Vista bad enough?
Why make it worse?
All they ever had to do was fix a decent version of Windows (Win 3.1, or Win 98 come to mind).
Comment made about the PC Authority article:
Microsoft opens up on Windows 7?
New blog points to WinHec and PDC as key dates for revealing more details on
Vista successor.
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vjay
Aug 17, 2008 10:43 AM
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You think Windows 3.1 or Win98 are decent?
You do realise there is more to building an OS other than making a fancy GUI right?
The main reason for it all other than making it easier for the end user to use an operating system with newer versions is all about security and you thinking that messing around with an outdated system to 'improve' it is naive at the very least.
Any system where you can put a password on it which can be bypassed by pressing the Esc key is pretty much useless.(Windows 98 anyone?)
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
Aug 17, 2008 12:11 PM
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Vista is pretty good if you actually do the research and see how it works. |
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bgl
Aug 17, 2008 12:57 PM
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I like Vista, but at times it is a right royal pain in the arse. I have a dual screen setup at home, works most days fine, then some days it just decides to mirror the desktops, occasionally it will decide it must drop back to Vista Basic interface. I do hope Windows 7 can have more time spent on fixing the annoyances of Vista to complement its good features.
I would love to see:
- Fix the GUI problems
- Speed up the search feature... slower than OS X
- If I want to do some administrative stuff I should be able to do so far more easily than is currently possible from a standard account. When I say run as Administrator via right click it should do so. I've got the odd program that just says bollocks to that. Annoying!
- Speed the bloody OS up. It's far less responsive than XP and fast hardware
- Lets find a new way to handle apps launching. I don't think OS X's dock is the solution, and I don't like the start menu. Perhaps mice could include a launch button or something?
- Can we cut the tray icons. What use are they, really? Surely we can put into a popup list if we need to access them
- Would be nice to have a working tv guide component for countries outside the US. How much better would Media Center!
I think the best thing for Microsoft to do would be to start from scratch as Apple was forced to do with it's OS. Windows as it stands today is just too much cludge. Build a new OS whose first release includes an emulation layer to support older apps. Subsequent releases not including that layer. |
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Jim.Dude
Aug 17, 2008 1:00 PM
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bgl wrote:I like Vista, but at times it is a right royal pain in the arse. I have a dual screen setup at home, works most days fine, then some days it just decides to mirror the desktops, occasionally it will decide it must drop back to Vista Basic interface. I do hope Windows 7 can have more time spent on fixing the annoyances of Vista to complement its good features.
I would love to see:
- Fix the GUI problems
- Speed up the search feature... slower than OS X
- If I want to do some administrative stuff I should be able to do so far more easily than is currently possible from a standard account. When I say run as Administrator via right click it should do so. I've got the odd program that just says bollocks to that. Annoying!
- Speed the bloody OS up. It's far less responsive than XP and fast hardware
- Lets find a new way to handle apps launching. I don't think OS X's dock is the solution, and I don't like the start menu. Perhaps mice could include a launch button or something?
- Can we cut the tray icons. What use are they, really? Surely we can put into a popup list if we need to access them
- Would be nice to have a working tv guide component for countries outside the US. How much better would Media Center!
I think the best thing for Microsoft to do would be to start from scratch as Apple was forced to do with it's OS. Windows as it stands today is just too much cludge. Build a new OS whose first release includes an emulation layer to support older apps. Subsequent releases not including that layer.
Meh, I don't know if they could even do that now. It seems like the patterns of thinking are too set. Even the other operating systems are only the way they are because of the way Microsoft has set itself up...where did all the innovation go? |
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Slatts
Aug 17, 2008 3:07 PM
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Jim.Dude wrote:...where did all the innovation go?
Er.. into Linux?:lol: ;) |
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jeffriesa
Aug 18, 2008 11:34 AM
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Vista has better security but at what cost? usability?
Speed is a issue with Vista, if Windows 7 has any hope of breaking into the corp market and making companies move away from XP then it needs to be fast and have a smaller foot-print
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
Aug 18, 2008 1:44 PM
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Jim.Dude wrote:...where did all the innovation go?
I remember hearing a saying in the software industry - "Innovators don't make money."
Probably because users are scared of change. |
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bbjai
Aug 18, 2008 1:55 PM
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innovation is extremely hard for a user base this big i reckon. I wonder how long the ribbon interface was tested for in Office 2008 |
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jellyfish0000
Aug 18, 2008 3:45 PM
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i reckon XP is the best OS that Microsoft has ever released. |
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AllanRR
Aug 19, 2008 8:36 AM
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What can I say. I hope the new OS is better than the hype for Vista. A previous comment is also right take Vista, strip it down, optomise it, and it may be OK. |
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Alistor
Aug 20, 2008 4:21 PM
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I quite enjoy using Vista :) It runs smooth on my machine, and all the applications and games from XP that I use work without any problems. Anybody that doesn't Vista won't like Windows 7. |