Alessandro17 Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/17992/page1/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Kahuna Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Vista makes me want a Mac. honestly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Obrien Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 microsoft should have just went with vistas original name...tiger personally i am going to buy vista home premium the day it comes out Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliss Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 i rather run a hacked original then an original copy... what i men is: i love osx86 and i hate vista.. oh i really hate it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 (edited) Makes sense. Yesterday I was off and went to college with my wife and sat on their high speed wireless with my new iBook and I noticed, I only saw like 3 other laptops that were Windows, and the rest were Macbooks, iBooks, and Macbook Pros. It was hilarious. I think Vista is the end of Windows and Microsoft ruling the computer world. It just seems Vista is not being received well and many just hate it and will not upgrade. If this is the case, then Microsoft can't go forward with their OS dominance. I think more and more will just want a computer that will work and Mac will be the choice. Now I hope viruses and such will not hinder a Mac, but I think with OS X and how it is made, Viruses will not be such a problem, if they are at all, on Macs if they got really popular. Edited January 19, 2007 by sandmanfvrga Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 personally i am going to buy vista home premium the day it comes out I have it already and believe me, it sucks, badly. Of the 4 or 5 OSes installed in my HDs it is the one I use the least. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 Now I hope viruses and such will not hinder a Mac, but I think with OS X and how it is made, Viruses will not be such a problem. They won't. OS X is inherently safe. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vin Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I have it already and believe me, it sucks, badly. Of the 4 or 5 OSes installed in my HDs it is the one I use the least. YA! especially winload.exe DARN it.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Vista's widespread adoption depends on several factors: The takeup by corporate IT departments (including end-user systems); The number of new PCs sold with Vista preinstalled; The requirement by software houses to run their applications on Vista. Right now, Vista is being viewed unfavourably by Corporate IT because the layers of extra security make it difficult for remote management in all its forms, no matter what MS says. It's inevitable that software houses will slowly abandon support for older OS versions, though it probably won't have a big impact in the next year or so. The most significant short-term factor is Joe User buying a PC with Vista and because he doesn't know any better he'll go on using it. To Mac users, Vista seems ungainly. To 'normal' XP users it looks pretty but the features rapidly become uninspiring, as the title of thread suggests. To folks like us who like to 'get under the hood and tinker', Vista is a royal pain. But to the guy buying his first PC, it's wonderful, and that may well drive the market for MS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Being a system administrator and apart of a larger corporation, I have talked to our parent IT department and NOBODY is going vista. To much to deal with. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroz Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Vista's widespread adoption depends on several factors: The takeup by corporate IT departments (including end-user systems); In addition it was reported that the US Gov. said to the school departments not to upgrade to Vista for at least a year. Agree if you are a XP user it might appeal, but as a OSX user, it lacks and took forever to install never mind the pop ups every time you try to do something. Apple has doubled its market share in one year, who knows, they could move to 12% in another year by way of Vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Vista really can't hold a candle to Mac OS. I have it for a few reasons: 1) I like several Windows-only games. Which leads to 2) I use Vista instead of XP because it's prettier, and I'm a cheap SOB (which means I'm NOT getting another copy of XP) and I'd rather have a Windows in which I can crack activation and still get Windows Updates for it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 Vista's widespread adoption depends on several factors: The number of new PCs sold with Vista preinstalled; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...But to the guy buying his first PC, it's wonderful, and that may well drive the market for MS. Exactly, those are the points which really matter, IMO. Apple should license OS X to Dell, HP, Sony, Lenovo *now* This is an historical opportunity to replace the M$ monopoly, and maybe the last one for Apple. Microsoft's monopoly will end eventually, but OS X' opportunity won't last forever. Besides I am convinced that MS Windows will eventually be replaced either by a *nix OS or by something so innovative we can't even conceive now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Being a system administrator and apart of a larger corporation, I have talked to our parent IT department and NOBODY is going vista. To much to deal with. Yup I'm seeing that too. Everytime Microsoft releases a new server OS, and then Client OS it screws everything up. I'm sorry, but upgrading shouldn't be so damn complicated. With every OS Micro{censored} cases fatal migranes to thousands of IT people. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I have heard "wait till at least SP1" and I think that will be where more IT people are going with Vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-279907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackShadowWolf Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I work in the University's computing services department and I discussed Vista with the our lab coordinators, they are having a lot of problems with it, including that the client that is used to have students get online in the residence halls does not work at all with Vista. They will also not be deploying it in the labs til at least Fall 2008, maybe later. Its sad because Vista could have been so much better, but it looks like its not . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-280170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I have heard "wait till at least SP1" and I think that will be where more IT people are going with Vista. I was thinking about that but idk if i can resist.... (well... keep my self from doing it... i beta tested and am fully aware how bad it may or may be) but my dads making me, he swares by windows period, and he went "microsoft release products are {censored}... wait until everyone else has the bugs and they patch them" and then he went on to tell me a random story about a bad windows 3.1 upgrade that messed his system.... i dont know yet, theres always dual boot? and im pritty sure that if i can figure out wait, then the it pros whos job it is to do this type of thing will be at least as anal of bugs... wait until sp1, maybe sp2? maybe never? but im pritty sure that when vista is oem well see the migration start... im upgrading for the x64 (all except home basic come with both.... im not sure about oem or express upgrade..... but i definitely hope so....) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-280213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 We are currently thinking of upgrading our engineering machines and we are pushing 64 bit with them. We are going with 8 gigs ram (the 3d modeling stuff is outrageous in memory demands) and then the quad core Xeons. Plus then we can go to 64 bit Vista if/when it comes. We are going with Dell since they do good and the Vista upgrade is just $10. That scares me, but I added that on cause it was just $10. I think we will still stay FAR away from Vista and for 64 bit, go with Windows x64 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-282737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 We are currently thinking of upgrading our engineering machines ... It would be interesting to see what happens if you "upgrade" one of those power-machines to Vista and compare its performance to an identical machine running XP64. I have a feeling that the Vista machine will be significantly slower. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-283284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hi Metrogirl, I am enjoying your site, especially this page: http://staff.osx86project.org/metrogirl/mgdictnry/funny.html and this one http://staff.osx86project.org/metrogirl/mg...y/probwrd2.html Some gems: Problem Word or Phrase-------------In US this Means-----------In UK this Means Fanny-------------------------------------Buttocks------------------{censored} Public School-----------State school - average quality education--------Private school - high quality education Sod---------------------------------------Turf--------------Unpleasant person (deriv. sodomite) (but you forgot "poor sod" here) Homely------------------------Plain, drab, unattractive---------Comfortable and pleasing ________________________________________________________________________________ Karel Capek, Czech novelist (1890-1938) said: As for the Englishwoman, she carries a mackintosh or a tennis racket. Nature here has a propensity for unusual shagginess...and all kinds of hair; Only the English lawn and the English gentleman are shaved every day... (more) ________________________________________________________________________________ Paul Theroux, American Author (1941- ) said: They wallpaper their ceilings! They put little bobble-hats on their soft-boiled eggs to keep them warm! They don't give you bags in supermarkets! They say sorry when they step on your toes! Their government makes them get a hundred dollar license every year for watching television...They call their houses 'Homleigh' and 'Sparrow View'! They sunbathe in their underwear! They don't say 'You're welcome'...They have amazing names, like Mr. Eatwell, and Lady Inkpen, and Major Twaddle and Miss Tosh! And they think we're funny? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39159-uninspiring-vista/#findComment-283343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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