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| NYT: Vista Wins on Looks. As for Lacks... |
| 2006-12-14 |
| After five years of starts, stops, executive shuffling, feature rethinks and delays, Windows Vista is finally complete. It’s available to corporations already, and starting Jan. 30, it’s what you’ll get on any new PC. Its programmers, who probably haven’t seen their families in months, will have an especially merry Christmas this year. So after five years, how is Windows Vista? Microsoft’s description, which you’ll soon be seeing in millions of dollars’ worth of advertising, is “Clear, Confident, Connected.” But a more truthful motto would be “Looks, Locks, Lacks.” Looks Windows Vista is beautiful. Microsoft has never taken elegance so seriously before. Discreet eye candy is partly responsible. Windows and menus cast subtle shadows. A new typeface gives the whole affair a fresh, modern feeling. Subtle animations liven up the proceedings. If the description so far makes Vista sound a lot like the Macintosh, well, you’re right. You get the feeling that Microsoft’s managers put Mac OS X on an easel and told the programmers, “Copy that.” Microsoft Vista = Mac OS X 10.1 |
| Posted by:.com |
| #7 Today I had lunch with consultant and I told him about how a guy (who has ledft MS for Gogle) had to work for whole year on the power off menu of Vista. Doéens of meetings were the only thig who was decided was meet the next wek, red tape. And I told him how different in Bill Gates times: Joel Spolsji in Joel on software tells how hen he was junior designer the number 2 or 3 of the company tried to step on his work and he was overuled by Gates: when you were in charge you were in charge no matter how junior and nobody was allowzeed to micromanage you. That is where my (French) consultant told: "That is very American" and I replied "Today, MS is no longer American, it is a Soviet companty." |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-12-14 15:40 |
| #6 What's that smacking sound? Oh, somebody's kissing MS's ass again. Never mind. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-12-14 10:16 |
| #5 I'm going to change only when I have to change and then to Mac. The Mini-Mac will do exactly what I need in a machine. So why put up being a beta tester for those many darker, less visited corners werenÂ’t visited by the Microsoft Makeover fairy at all. The entry ports for hackers. No thanks. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2006-12-14 08:51 |
| #4 I have been using OS X as my main OS for 3 years ow and it is, by far, so superior to XP that I chuckle when I must use my old PC. |
| Posted by: Brett 2006-12-14 08:30 |
| #3 I'm very happy, for the both of you... ROFLMAO! heh don't do that bad, my sides hurt! /bill gates is gay |
| Posted by: RD 2006-12-14 06:04 |
| #2 I've been using Vista for about a month and I love it. It's more stable than XP and seems smoother. I'll never go back to XP now! I'm very happy, for the both of you... |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-12-14 04:55 |
| #1 I've been using Vista for about a month and I love it. It's more stable than XP and seems smoother. I'll never go back to XP now! |
| Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-12-14 01:35 |