Re: Vista reference in Newsweek's article

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Finally! Someone who gets the point as regards the OS. Many users of this group seem to feel that Vista is the greatest thing since sliced bread, and the legions of software packages that won't run properly under Vista are the culprits.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. If an OS won't run the programs I want to use, it's of no earthly use to me. Vista apologists seem to feel that programs should be designed to support the OS, instead of the other way around.

Buddha

"Sinner" <sinner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:YWx7k.2744$1I.1486@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"oscar" <oscar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:78C3EB47-2183-4DAC-B50A-D88AB4EC2D36@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Calling Vista a "disaster" is journalistic hyperbole.

The fact is that Vista is a more complicated OS than XP because Vista does
more. The learning curve for Vista is steeper than for XP and, initially,
more time has to be spent in learning Vista.


The operating system is supposed to be transparent to the user. The whole purpose behind the developement of Windows was to provide a Point & Click interface with the installed productivity software. There shouldn't be a learning curve. And, change for the sake of change, is just pure meanness.




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