dragonpool Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 So many popup windows and right corner task bar messages keep distracting me from work. To luanch a program from start menu is also becoming more inconvenient. A number of clicks and some scrolls are needed to launch a program hidden in a submenu of start menu. What do you think? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macwanabe Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I agree fully, was part of the beta program and decided I no longer work on Windows have switched completely to MAC now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Vista makes me sick Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Bah, the only think I like about vista is Direct X 10 (Direct X X?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sHARD>> Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 So many popup windows and right corner task bar messages keep distracting me from work. To luanch a program from start menu is also becoming more inconvenient. A number of clicks and some scrolls are needed to launch a program hidden in a submenu of start menu. What do you think? That's what the clone of Spotlight is for. Do you seriously narrow down through the terribly clunky Applications folder on OS X? No, you use Spotlight. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quixos Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 i've already informed my family that i will not be supporting Vista. no way, no how. changes for change sake, more restrictions on what a person can do with their own computer, absurd security scheme. pffff! i will be very supportive of any other OS they choose, of course. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorosh Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 So many popup windows and right corner task bar messages keep distracting me from work. To luanch a program from start menu is also becoming more inconvenient. A number of clicks and some scrolls are needed to launch a program hidden in a submenu of start menu. What do you think? Vista has it downfalls, but those you mentioned really aren't issues at all. You should be launching apps another way anyway, and you can turn of unwanted messages / popups i settings. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Windows Vista= Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Yeah... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 heh.... just ordered my copy (free of course... dont pm me asking me how ether.... its called "express upgrade") although i am probobly going to agree with you, why not get my copy.... although i hope your wrong.... at least in vista there are x64 versions of all except the basic (<3 x64.... especially if someone comes out with a program that uses it ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 That's what the clone of Spotlight is for. Do you seriously narrow down through the terribly clunky Applications folder on OS X? No, you use Spotlight. dont forget the dock. one click and boom, you've opened an app. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-279936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Why does a normal user have to turn off the unwanted messages. I even hate the New Search in XP, I have to manually turn it off. In OSX the search is easy enough for a newbie, but streamlined enough for a normal user. But seriously, I have read atleast 5 Bad reviews of Vista. Are there no good reviews of Vista??? Someone must like it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliss Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 vista is a 13 GB big mess. i use nlite to make my windows xp install less then 400 MB and theres all in, that i need. id rather buy a console before i have to switch to vista because of direct x 10 and my next computer will defenetly be a MAC! the pc hase no more future and time will come you have to use vista Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJY9 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 So many popup windows and right corner task bar messages keep distracting me from work. To luanch a program from start menu is also becoming more inconvenient. A number of clicks and some scrolls are needed to launch a program hidden in a submenu of start menu. What do you think? It's sooo tough launching a program in Vista, that they even came up for something to help the inept like y'all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 (edited) Ahem, desktop icons (start menu search works great too)...I don't think launching a program in Vista is any worse than in OSX. But yeah, I agree that some of the popups are annoying, "Detected USB Device" (no $h!t, i just plugged one in!). And to anyone getting Windows just for gaming, get a console (the 360 is great). They're less expensive than a new PC and less frustrating. Edited January 20, 2007 by rollcage Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orea Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I'm using vista atm, and to be honest its not bad, but not brilliant. I have a constant graphics problem, which the whole computer haults, monitors turns off, returns, and then with a pop windows pops up saying "Gah! you have a problem, and I can't be botherd to help you, ring someone" I don't like the setup of it. My Opinion: Windows XP with Windows Blinds. BaYlisS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I like Vista. It seems more reliable than XP... and a tad bit quicker too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 No offense, but a lot of people on this board aren't exactly what you'd called unbiased. This is a Mac-dominant forum, after all. I think Vista is definitely better than XP once you disable all those annoying security prompts. The only thing that constantly annoys me is the new start menu interface. I rather have a big menu of my programs like XP had than need to scroll through a very small windowed list of apps. Usually, I find myself clicking into the search bar, typing the first few letters of the program name, hitting enter, and getting the program I need quickly. However, for browsing available programs, I'd still like the old XP interface. The "classic" menu option is too Windows 98-ish. Vista doesn't feel terribly ground-breaking compared to XP, but it is an improvement. Then again, it hasn't been officially released. Using an unreleased OS tends to feel awkward. I remember when I was using OS X 10.4.1... uck. (I realize Vista is final, but still - there's a lack of 3rd party support and a lot of features can't really be used to their full potential yet.) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJY9 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 No offense, but a lot of people on this board aren't exactly what you'd called unbiased. This is a Mac-dominant forum, after all. I think Vista is definitely better than XP once you disable all those annoying security prompts. The only thing that constantly annoys me is the new start menu interface. I rather have a big menu of my programs like XP had than need to scroll through a very small windowed list of apps. Usually, I find myself clicking into the search bar, typing the first few letters of the program name, hitting enter, and getting the program I need quickly. However, for browsing available programs, I'd still like the old XP interface. The "classic" menu option is too Windows 98-ish. Vista doesn't feel terribly ground-breaking compared to XP, but it is an improvement. Then again, it hasn't been officially released. Using an unreleased OS tends to feel awkward. I remember when I was using OS X 10.4.1... uck. (I realize Vista is final, but still - there's a lack of 3rd party support and a lot of features can't really be used to their full potential yet.) I can't stand scrolling through a long list of menus either. You can try grouping them like this...less scroll and everything is where it should be. I'm kind of anal when it comes to my file system and start menu...I need to find things fast and they need to be in their place. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_morkey Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I trialled Vista Ultimate for 2 weeks, having upgraded my PC. It took me 3 days to get it working to a level that did not get in my way constantly... I fail to find words that express my utter level of disappointment. Windows Vista is the very essense of the American Stereotype - build it big, build it powerful, to hell with everything else. It's a V12 monster with superchargers, but no tuning, and the switches nicked from junked older models... Horrendous. So, in essence, Vista will get you where you need to go (most of the time), but it sure makes a meal out of it, and you better have some serious cover when it decides to fall over in a heap. It's a shocking state of affairs for Microsoft when people like me (Windows 10 years, OSX 3 months) have now discarded windows entirely in favour of a hacked OS that is not even designed to run on my hardware setup! And I've never been happier. So happy in fact that I'm not even running dual boot. NTFS be gone. Having seen the light, I'm just done with Windows... Perversely, it took a third of the time to setup OSX86 perfectly (including download, learning curve, research and hack location) than it did to get Vista groaning to the start line. Steve Jobs should be backing this project with everything he has. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonpool Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 What UAC (User account control) says to me is "We cannot protect your computer, you protect it yourself.". So what are the fundental improvements of Vista in terms of security and usability? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-280999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_7 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 What UAC (User account control) says to me is "We cannot protect your computer, you protect it yourself.". So what are the fundental improvements of Vista in terms of security and usability? hoho..come on..don't be sceptical on this new os..do you have this os??or use the beta one?... go google about vista new security and usability..you need one then go to www.winsupersite.com .It cover all aspects about vista that you want to know and even give rating to those aspects Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-281033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 (edited) What UAC (User account control) says to me is "We cannot protect your computer, you protect it yourself.". So what are the fundental improvements of Vista in terms of security and usability? UAC checks to make sure that you really want to let a program, file, etc. perform an action. It is similar to the prompt that OSX gives when you try to install an app, or some other administrative action. This keeps malware from being unknowingly installed on your system. So if you're bashing the idea behind Vista's security, you're also bashing OSX for the same thing. In addition, IE7's protected mode runs the browser in a sort of sandbox where IE is not able to modify the system without user consent. These two features should make a huge difference, I know they have for me. In running it since a little before beta 2, I have not had any malware on my system, something I can't say for XP. Vista also comes with Windows Defender, which will help people that don't bother with any other protection keep their systems even more protected from spyware/adware. Edited January 21, 2007 by rollcage Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-281042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 (edited) Oh man, I just got an email from one of my friends and he said he wanted to move to a Mac Pro due to Vista. Three of us (out of 4 friends) got Computer Science BS's and our other friend (engineer) ditched Windows for Linux last year. Now the other comuter science friend wants a new mac laptop. Oh yeah, the mass conversion is beginning! Edited January 21, 2007 by sandmanfvrga Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-281134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard! Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Has anyone used Vista speech recognition? Wov is that running great:D I say vista like the rest of the Bill Gate's products are a peace of {censored}!!!!!!!! ARRRR:D Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39222-vista-makes-me-less-productive/#findComment-281140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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