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OT - Windows Visa
I have just seen BBC TV's programme on the launch of the new OS. After a few
minutes my brain switched of thanks to over use of "WOW" continuing ad nausea. There was no demonstration of Vista and the whole thing looked like trying to sell me any other piece of consumer ware. "Listen to what I say, no you can't try it out, yes it's perfect, no there are no defects .....". Have you ever tried to buy ANY electrical product without some salesman (sorry salesperson) flashing through the "features" of the product faster than the eye or brain can follow? What is the next piece of bloatware Microsoft are going to inflict on us? What security fixes will the hackers force on MS? Personally, I will not be upgrading to Vista; especially at the vastly inflated price the UK will see (2x the US price). Indeed, if ME had not been pre-installed together with software I deemed worthwhile, I would have installed Win98 on the box I bought some seven years ago. Is there any advantage over 98 that ME, XP and now Vista has? All I want, is to switch on my box and word process, spreadsheet, surf, email and play patience (sorry solitaire) in a completely transparent manner. I would have liked to send faxes from my computer, but one of the "improvements" of ME, was to remove the fax application that was part of Win98. What other facilities have been done away with? I guess this shows me up as a dinosaur but then as a 68 y/o I suppose I am. Until my box crashes completely or the PSU blows up or some other terminal mishap takes place, I will keep on with my ME based outfit. When that time comes, I will have to buy a pre-loaded Vista box. (unless by then the next ultimate improvement has arrived. Is XP shorter lived than its predecessors?) If anybody out there sees this as a rant, I suppose it is. But any comments not too insulting will be welcome. If you just want to flame, then ignore this post. I will ignore your insults. -- Delboy Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. Leonardo Da Vinci |
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Interesting viewpoint, Delboy. "Delboy" wrote in message ... I have just seen BBC TV's programme on the launch of the new OS. After a few minutes my brain switched of thanks to over use of "WOW" continuing ad nausea. There was no demonstration of Vista and the whole thing looked like trying to sell me any other piece of consumer ware. "Listen to what I say, no you can't try it out, yes it's perfect, no there are no defects .....". Have you ever tried to buy ANY electrical product without some salesman (sorry salesperson) flashing through the "features" of the product faster than the eye or brain can follow? What is the next piece of bloatware Microsoft are going to inflict on us? What security fixes will the hackers force on MS? Personally, I will not be upgrading to Vista; especially at the vastly inflated price the UK will see (2x the US price). Indeed, if ME had not been pre-installed together with software I deemed worthwhile, I would have installed Win98 on the box I bought some seven years ago. Is there any advantage over 98 that ME, XP and now Vista has? Supposedly each one tops its predecessor, going down the line. Whether that meets with reality, is another question. Majority opinion seems to have WinXP ahead of the rest. Personally I prefer WinME. You mention the loss of faxing, isn't there a way to circumvent that? All I want, is to switch on my box and word process, spreadsheet, surf, email and play patience (sorry solitaire) in a completely transparent manner. I would have liked to send faxes from my computer, but one of the "improvements" of ME, was to remove the fax application that was part of Win98. What other facilities have been done away with? I guess this shows me up as a dinosaur but then as a 68 y/o I suppose I am. Until my box crashes completely or the PSU blows up or some other terminal mishap takes place, I will keep on with my ME based outfit. When that time comes, I will have to buy a pre-loaded Vista box. (unless by then the next ultimate improvement has arrived. Is XP shorter lived than its predecessors?) If anybody out there sees this as a rant, I suppose it is. But any comments not too insulting will be welcome. If you just want to flame, not even a tiny flicker?? then ignore this post. I will ignore your insults. -- Delboy Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. Leonardo Da Vinci |
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"webster72n" wrote in message ... Interesting viewpoint, Delboy. Yup, I like the Visa hint... :-)) Zee |
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Thanks for being kind to me webster72n & oops!!
If I still had my Win98 CD, I could have installed the fax utility from that, but being a tightwad, didn't want to eBay. BTW Visa was a Freudian or typing finger slip, can't really claim the pun. -- Delboy Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. Leonardo Da Vinci "oops!!" wrote in message ... "webster72n" wrote in message ... Interesting viewpoint, Delboy. Yup, I like the Visa hint... :-)) Zee |
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Sorry folks, forgot to mention MS were very proud that they removed "Start" from the Start icon. Apparently some folks were finding it confusing that to shut down, one had to click Start. -- Delboy Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. Leonardo Da Vinci |
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"Delboy" wrote in message ... snipped Sorry folks, forgot to mention MS were very proud that they removed "Start" from the Start icon. Apparently some folks were finding it confusing that to shut down, one had to click Start. -- Delboy Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. Leonardo Da Vinci They removed Start? What does it say now? Maybe they should just have the Windows symbol there, and call the release "Windows Purple" in honor of Prince. Start was a stupid idea, but they put that in Win95 and stuck with it. Why change now? It would have made more sense to use a word like Action. I guess they desperately wanted to keep it to one syllable. |
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Yes Eric, it's just the Windows Flag in a circular button according to the
BBC programme. No words in the icon -- Delboy Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. Leonardo Da Vinci "Eric" wrote in message ... "Delboy" wrote in message ... snipped Sorry folks, forgot to mention MS were very proud that they removed "Start" from the Start icon. Apparently some folks were finding it confusing that to shut down, one had to click Start. -- Delboy Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. Leonardo Da Vinci They removed Start? What does it say now? Maybe they should just have the Windows symbol there, and call the release "Windows Purple" in honor of Prince. Start was a stupid idea, but they put that in Win95 and stuck with it. Why change now? It would have made more sense to use a word like Action. I guess they desperately wanted to keep it to one syllable. |
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