Comments on: Without actually trying out Vista http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/ I'm a mere, tiny, insignificant cog in a whole clockwork of stupidity. I'm the tiny cog that wants to break free. Seriously. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:39:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: vista sucks period! http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-3632 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:52:13 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-3632 based on my personal experience, simple is better vista is not simple its too crappy and heavy. its sucks! based on my personal experience, simple is better vista is not simple its too crappy and heavy. its sucks!

]]> by: Greg http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-3158 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:10:03 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-3158 The author mentions he hasn't had any compatibility problems... Which leads me to ask - have tried installing anything other than the operating system on your Vista install? The true costs of Vista may not be in buying the operating system, but in having to purchase upgrades or alternatives to programs that work beautifully on XP... So far my AV software (59.95), my graphics management and manipulation software (695.00), my audio mixing software (68.50) and my Vidoe manipulation and compression software (175.00) have all had to be upgraded or replaced because Vista just somehow can't seem to manage to run it.. Upgrading to Vista has cost me almost a 1000 dollars BEFORE I paid a penny for the OS itself, not to mention that there are a number of other things the I can't do - like my online games - that I can't afford to replace yet due to the unreasonable costs of "upgrading".. I would recommend that you not upgrade to Vista until you are dragged into it kicking and screaming - or until MS fixes the the plethora of problems that are intrinsic to Vista. While having a slightly more modern design to the desktop is a nice improvement - this OS does nothing that you can't do as easy or easier with XP and some well chosen (and usually free) addons. The author mentions he hasn’t had any compatibility problems…

Which leads me to ask - have tried installing anything other than the operating system on your Vista install? The true costs of Vista may not be in buying the operating system, but in having to purchase upgrades or alternatives to programs that work beautifully on XP…

So far my AV software (59.95), my graphics management and manipulation software (695.00), my audio mixing software (68.50) and my Vidoe manipulation and compression software (175.00) have all had to be upgraded or replaced because Vista just somehow can’t seem to manage to run it..

Upgrading to Vista has cost me almost a 1000 dollars BEFORE I paid a penny for the OS itself, not to mention that there are a number of other things the I can’t do - like my online games - that I can’t afford to replace yet due to the unreasonable costs of “upgrading”..

I would recommend that you not upgrade to Vista until you are dragged into it kicking and screaming - or until MS fixes the the plethora of problems that are intrinsic to Vista.

While having a slightly more modern design to the desktop is a nice improvement - this OS does nothing that you can’t do as easy or easier with XP and some well chosen (and usually free) addons.

]]> by: G Master http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2784 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:19:13 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2784 reasons why you should get a mac!! 1:less viruses. 2:faster. starting my macbook takes less time then my vista too log someone off. 3:The dock beats the toolbar thing anyday. 4:easy to get to the recycle bin. 5:less time to move stuff around. 6:easly launch your fav. programs from the dock. 7:expose is better then flip3D, easier to get to the program you want, and flip3D is just a rubbish copy of it 8:spotlight is faster and better then the windows search, windows search in the start menu is just a copy. 9:no un-wanted programs 10:hasnt broken down once, my vista has crashed 4/5 times since january, and you cant have two people logged on without crashing it. 11:run windows faster then the windows machine. no problems, unlike my sisters acer laptop, which cant play music, and needs spy-bot and another program to run photoshop. much less updates becuase you don't need them reasons why you should get a mac!!
1:less viruses.
2:faster. starting my macbook takes less time then my vista too log someone off.
3:The dock beats the toolbar thing anyday.
4:easy to get to the recycle bin.
5:less time to move stuff around.
6:easly launch your fav. programs from the dock.
7:expose is better then flip3D, easier to get to the program you want, and flip3D is just a rubbish copy of it
8:spotlight is faster and better then the windows search, windows search in the start menu is just a copy.
9:no un-wanted programs
10:hasnt broken down once, my vista has crashed 4/5 times since january, and you cant have two people logged on without crashing it.
11:run windows faster then the windows machine.
no problems, unlike my sisters acer laptop, which cant play music, and needs spy-bot and another program to run photoshop.
much less updates becuase you don’t need them

]]> by: rolf http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2379 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:04:57 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2379 You must be working for microsoft. No real IT person would use your arguments. I use this test to check the "real world" commonsense of IT workers. The test is, "What do you think of Vista?" YOU FAILED!!! miserably You must be working for microsoft.
No real IT person would use your arguments.
I use this test to check the “real world” commonsense of IT workers.
The test is, “What do you think of Vista?” YOU FAILED!!!
miserably

]]> by: lxh http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2318 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:42:24 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2318 Ok, I see your point. So let me summarise what you've just said. Why we should use Vista: 1. Because it has a photo organiser that suks. 2. Because it has many "new" features that we can get for free on XP (either through 3rd party software or microsoft updates) 3. We are forced to because of OEM. 4. Because it doesn't requires so much more system resources that we think it will. 5. Because it has gone through "massive internal restructuring". 6. Because its security systems still got problems. 7. Because its UAC is not that annoying. In conclusion, only the point 3 on my list is valid. Next time, please put more thinking into it before you post any rebuttal. Ok, I see your point. So let me summarise what you’ve just said.
Why we should use Vista:
1. Because it has a photo organiser that suks.
2. Because it has many “new” features that we can get for free on XP (either through 3rd party software or microsoft updates)
3. We are forced to because of OEM.
4. Because it doesn’t requires so much more system resources that we think it will.
5. Because it has gone through “massive internal restructuring”.
6. Because its security systems still got problems.
7. Because its UAC is not that annoying.

In conclusion, only the point 3 on my list is valid. Next time, please put more thinking into it before you post any rebuttal.

]]> by: alertipo http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2297 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:19:44 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2297 this is one of THE WORST rebutals on ANY SUBJECT I've ever came across... your arguments are either wrong, inrelevent, or actually agrees with the original article -- I am curious, are you actually an undercover anti-microsoft fan? If so, kudos to you, as you definitively convinced me to stay with XP (or for as long as I can). this is one of THE WORST rebutals on ANY SUBJECT I’ve ever came across…

your arguments are either wrong, inrelevent, or actually agrees with the original article — I am curious, are you actually an undercover anti-microsoft fan?

If so, kudos to you, as you definitively convinced me to stay with XP (or for as long as I can).

]]> by: Ed http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2106 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:04:33 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-2106 What about for corporate use? The technical aspects you all are talking about are completely irrelevant, not one is interested and is such a complete waste of everyones time What about for corporate use? The technical aspects you all are talking about are completely irrelevant, not one is interested and is such a complete waste of everyones time

]]> by: serge http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-1866 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:12:42 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-1866 my last message said that the EULA says you can only have one copy and what not and i read somewhere in the comments that it was changed, buy "why on earth" would microsoft post an out of date EULA? on their own site? my last message said that the EULA says you can only have one copy and what not and i read somewhere in the comments that it was changed, buy “why on earth” would microsoft post an out of date EULA? on their own site?

]]> by: serge http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-1865 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:09:00 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-1865 some points our microsoft lobbyist forgot to mention: 1. that aero desktop uses %20 of system resources 2. you can ONLY have ONE copy of windows Vista and ONLY for reinstallation, if you transfer that license you may ONLY transfer it once, and you may NOT keep a copy for yourself. 3. a tech lawyer named Wendy has a short translation of some of the EULA, which our microsoft lobbyist forgot to mention at http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2006/10/19/forbidding_vistas_windows_licensing_disserves_the_user.html one example is "You may not work around any technical limitations in this software", so how exactly do i get that document back? how to i recover that corrupted file? how do i increse the resolution on my movies in the DVD drive? all of this would be "working around" the technical limitations of said software that microsoft no doubt deliberatly put in place some points our microsoft lobbyist forgot to mention:
1. that aero desktop uses %20 of system resources
2. you can ONLY have ONE copy of windows Vista and ONLY for reinstallation, if you transfer that license you may ONLY transfer it once, and you may NOT keep a copy for yourself.
3. a tech lawyer named Wendy has a short translation of some of the EULA, which our microsoft lobbyist forgot to mention at http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2006/10/19/forbidding_vistas_windows_licensing_disserves_the_user.html one example is “You may not work around any technical limitations in this software”, so how exactly do i get that document back? how to i recover that corrupted file? how do i increse the resolution on my movies in the DVD drive? all of this would be “working around” the technical limitations of said software that microsoft no doubt deliberatly put in place

]]> by: Brent http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-1792 Wed, 16 May 2007 13:06:17 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/01/21/538/#comment-1792 Nero worked fine for me with Vista. I could never get it to work well on XP. It would hang with XP and a dual core AMD. I would have to disable one of the cores so it wouldn't hang. Never had this problem with Vista so Nero worked better for me. Nero worked fine for me with Vista. I could never get it to work well on XP. It would hang with XP and a dual core AMD. I would have to disable one of the cores so it wouldn’t hang. Never had this problem with Vista so Nero worked better for me.

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