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Story: Windows Vista gets a mixed reception

Posted by: Anonymous (Monday 25 July 2005, 12:04 PM)

I still like the spoof from a few years ago: "taking the compactness of CE, the diverse hardware support of ME and the stability and security of NT, new Windows CEMENT."

As to Vista, didn't they make those tacky, nearly inedible instant meals in the 70's and 80's?

The name has no positive or negative effects on me, sounds like a silly name, but there again, as they are pushing the new graphical bells-and-whistles of the front end, it's probably fitting.

Problem is, the more I read about the restrictions behind the scenes (DRM, crypto etc.) the more it sounds like it is going to be a complete pain in the neck and run like a dog.

And as I've only had bad experiences of Microsoft's signing of media files - like they stop working if you re-install the operating system or upgrade - I'm not really looking forward to Vista.

I think I'll stick with Linux for most of my desktop work, it is faster, easier to use and more flexible than Windows XP and Vista sounds like it is just going to be prettier and slower than what we currently have, whilst trying to play catch up with Mac OS X and Unix/Linux in features and curtailing the users rights even further...