Windows 7 as good as Vista (M$)

Started by viper37, October 21, 2009, 12:44:14 PM

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viper37

October 21, 2009, 12:44:14 PM
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4180

Actually, Ballmer says that if Vista wasn't good, it's because beta testers didn't report the flaws in Vista.  And he says Windows 7 has as much good comments from the beta testers than Vista had.

That's scary :D

I should get my copy sometime next week, btw.  I'll tell you more once it's installed.
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Caliga

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October 21, 2009, 12:47:22 PM
I don't understand the level of hatred for Vista, really.  I mean, UAC is annoying as fuck, as is Superfetch, but both are easy to turn off.  I guess I would say they should not have been enabled by default.
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MadBurgerMaker

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October 21, 2009, 01:02:43 PM Last Edit: October 21, 2009, 01:20:41 PM by MadBurgerMaker
Vista is good, so if 7 is good too, then...alright.

Edit:  And people are really weird about UAC, I've noticed.  I don't know what you're using your computer for Cal, like if you're using various work programs that require elevations, etcetcetc, but for most people, UAC shouldn't be popping up very much at all when you're just doing "normal" type things.  Really makes me wonder about what the fuck these people are doing when they're "only trying to surf the net or play a game," and they're saying UAC is freaking the fuck out.  Probably just something that goes along with my job, and is probably why I want to burn the goddamn building down a half hour into the day, but whatever.

Edit2:  And whenever some dickhead breaks their goddamn Mac (or the piece of shit takes a dump on it's own), then wants me to fix the thing, it makes me want to kill myself.  Just works, my ass.

I'm just going to keep editing in whiny bitchiness here, so I don't shit up some other forum, or some other thread on this forum.   :P

viper37

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October 21, 2009, 01:05:17 PM
Quote from: Caliga on October 21, 2009, 12:47:22 PM
I don't understand the level of hatred for Vista, really.  I mean, UAC is annoying as fuck, as is Superfetch, but both are easy to turn off.  I guess I would say they should not have been enabled by default.
I do not hate Vista.
I did not like, nearly hated Vista on release, for nearly a year, until they released SP#1, and until we had sufficient Vista drivers out there.
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Barrister

#4
October 21, 2009, 01:11:34 PM
I hate Vista.

I don't hate XP.
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Berkut

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October 21, 2009, 01:24:46 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 21, 2009, 01:11:34 PM
I hate Vista.

I don't hate XP.

Yeah, but that is only because of those Mac vs. PC commercials.

Drink some more kool-aid.
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Barrister

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October 21, 2009, 01:28:19 PM
Quote from: Berkut on October 21, 2009, 01:24:46 PM
Yeah, but that is only because of those Mac vs. PC commercials.

Drink some more kool-aid.

Give me some credit Berk.  We have 3 computers in the Barrister house - one dual-booting OS X and XP, one with Vista, another with XP.  I've used them all, and have always been dissatisfied with Vista.  It's part of why I went Mac in the first place.
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Caliga

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October 21, 2009, 01:30:45 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 21, 2009, 01:28:19 PM
  It's part of why I went Mac in the first place.
No it's not.  We all know you went Mac because you have a Brokeback Mountain fantasy crush on that hipster fag in the commercials.
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Barrister

#8
October 21, 2009, 01:31:51 PM
Quote from: Caliga on October 21, 2009, 01:30:45 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 21, 2009, 01:28:19 PM
  It's part of why I went Mac in the first place.
No it's not.  We all know you went Mac because you have a Brokeback Mountain fantasy crush on that hipster fag in the commercials.

:huh:

The best part of those commercials (which I do like) is the guy that plays the PC.  He gets all the good lines.
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Ed Anger

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October 21, 2009, 01:34:25 PM
Quote from: Caliga on October 21, 2009, 01:30:45 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 21, 2009, 01:28:19 PM
  It's part of why I went Mac in the first place.
No it's not.  We all know you went Mac because you have a Brokeback Mountain fantasy crush on that hipster fag in the commercials.

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Josephus

#10
October 21, 2009, 01:37:21 PM
I like Vista. have been using it since it came out. It's not without its quarks (like putting game saves in bizarre places), but all in all it works fine and I'm in no rush to get $even.
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DontSayBanana

#11
October 21, 2009, 01:38:07 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on October 21, 2009, 01:02:43 PM
Vista is good, so if 7 is good too, then...alright.

Edit:  And people are really weird about UAC, I've noticed.  I don't know what you're using your computer for Cal, like if you're using various work programs that require elevations, etcetcetc, but for most people, UAC shouldn't be popping up very much at all when you're just doing "normal" type things.  Really makes me wonder about what the fuck these people are doing when they're "only trying to surf the net or play a game," and they're saying UAC is freaking the fuck out.  Probably just something that goes along with my job, and is probably why I want to burn the goddamn building down a half hour into the day, but whatever.

Edit2:  And whenever some dickhead breaks their goddamn Mac (or the piece of shit takes a dump on it's own), then wants me to fix the thing, it makes me want to kill myself.  Just works, my ass.

I'm just going to keep editing in whiny bitchiness here, so I don't shit up some other forum, or some other thread on this forum.   :P

For me, elevation is necessary for control panel and command-line operations (pretty infrequently), copying files into Program Files (pretty frequently- I could write a script to do it, but that'd have to be elevated as well, so there's no point), and also for using Inkscape (the pasting method they implemented requires administrator access or it crashes for some reason).
Experience bij!

derspiess

#12
October 21, 2009, 03:23:50 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 21, 2009, 01:34:25 PM
I watch Dodgeball every now and then to watch him take a dodgeball to the nuts.

Even better, he gets kneecapped in the latest Die Hard movie.  I thought it was a horrible movie up to that point, but seeing him take a bullet in the knee was worth 2 stars in & of itself.
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Barrister

#13
October 21, 2009, 05:51:00 PM
Perhaps Zindows 7 *is* as good as Vista.

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Windows 7 is shaping up to be a huge leap over Vista, but it doesn't do much for smartphone owners yet. In theory, Windows 7's Device Stage is supposed to look nicer than Windows Mobile Device Center, sync more data types, and support many different phone platforms.

That would be great, if it worked. But for now, almost no mobile vendors are supporting Device Stage. Not even Microsoft! To test Device Stage, I hooked up 13 different cell phones to a Lenovo ThinkPad T400s running the retail version of Windows 7. I tested representative devices from all major smartphone OSes and included several Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5 smartphones for good measure.

Exactly zero worked with Device Stage.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354491,00.asp
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Neil

#14
October 21, 2009, 07:27:42 PM
Smartphone owners should be purged.
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