Vista is awful. Everyone knows it, including Microsoft, and now Microsoft's actions have made it clear that Vista is on its way to the Microsoft junkyard
... Vista, even after SP1 arrived, is junk. Using Vista, instead of XP, is just dumb. ... Why not, instead of waiting for 7, which may or may not be any good, try desktop Linux or Mac OS X?
I'd say that using XP instead of GNU/Linux was even dumber than using Vista. GNU/Linux has cost advantages non free software will never be able to match. The sooner you move, the better off you are. Vista and Office 2007 show that the M$ lock in is a dead end. Customer loyalty is rewarded with pointless, work wasting changes."
"It looks like a re-packaged Vista [with] a little bit of eye candy," said Daniel McGloin, a software engineer at Intuit.
Randal Kennedy has some of the harshest criticism, saying it has all the sins of Vista but comes with compatibility problems anyway."
recent glitches in the new iTunes 8 bring an unwelcome blast from the past to Microsoft's latest operating system. Connect an iPhone or iPod, and some Vista PCs either crash with the dreaded Blue Screen of Death or spontaneously restart.
Apple has two solutions. A new iTunes client is the first. If that does not work, you are referred to the usual hours of M$ support and fun. As you stare at the BSoD, remember what Steve Ballmer told you."
The alleged scheme involved the purchase of low-value cards, typically with balances of about $15. Tenenbaum would then exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities in Direct Cash's server to increase the value of the cards. The amount of a single card was inflated to more than $1m
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What's that site running? IIS, of course. This is petty theft next to the current collapse but it's still no way to run a bank.
updates will be made to my journal article."
the signal the product sends that HP doesnt need Microsoft quite so much anymore.
... The HP mini laptops customized look and feel is the labor of the Experience team in HPs Personal Systems Group, which is working to make its products feel simpler and more intuitive than the industry-standard Windows-based PCs.
Crunchgear coos over that interface:
The specs are only half the story as the OS is where it gets interesting.
... This Mobile Internet Experience streamlines most common uses into a custom built homescreen that screams of HPs Touchsmart interface — thats a good thing. ... take note at HPs netbooks, but dont copy em. Instead, hire a design firm and actually produce something that is innovative instead of another EEE clone.
Things will really get interesting when $100 MIPS and ARM netbooks hit the market.
Updates, if any, will be in my journal."
I can now say — with some confidence — that Microsoft has once again dropped the ball.
... Just as slow as Vista. Just as consumer-focused as Vista. ... Just as confusing as Vista. ... Overall, I'm extremely disappointed with Windows 7. Far from atoning for Vista's sins, Windows 7 simply carries them forward, visiting them upon yet another generation.
Looks like Windows 7 is part of the Vista failure but worse. This version dumps media applications that were the core of Vista's "consumer" focus. In related news, people are calling Azure "Hailstone 2.0", remember that?
Updates will be added to my journal entry"
Scientists will study your brain to learn more about your distant cousin, Man.
