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September 30, 2007

Unattractive Vista

Filed under: General, Microsoft, Vista — tim CARMICHAEL @ 11:02 pm

I just got a new laptop for Vic which came pre-loaded with Vista Home premium.  Vic knows as much about computers as I know about drama, but it only took her two hours to ask if she could have XP back like her old laptop… Its a real shame that Vista has turned out the way it has as a visually attratctive but slow and overweight version of XP in drag.

I asked Vic to persist with Vista for a while and give it a chance … but the final straw came when she tried to copy her photos off her usb key  … can you see why ?

Unattractive Vista

I had to agree that it would be somewhat unreasonable to wait nearly 24 years for the copy to complete.  This put the 6 days the DVD burn dialog told me into perspective!

September 29, 2007

Xtended Play

Filed under: Microsoft, Vista, Windows XP — tim CARMICHAEL @ 6:06 pm

I was pleased to see Microsoft actually listened to the many voices asking for Windows XP to remain available until Vista’s successor appears.  Although the extension is only until mid-2008 I expect this will be extended again until a suitable successor appears. 

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