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Old 24-07-2008, 10:25 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Re: MS tricks die-hard XP users into liking Vista

Originally Posted by rickworden View Post
What? - who thinks VISTA is OK - It's ****.
I don't know about anyone else, but that's me convinced. Brilliant argument.

Originally Posted by rickworden View Post
Is it faster?? ---no!
Yes.

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is it easier to operate ---no!
Subjective, but generally, yes.

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Is it more robust?? ---no!
Yes, by design.

Originally Posted by rickworden View Post
Does it actually improve anything compared to XP --- NO!!
Yes, there's significant improvements to Vista across the board, just because you didn't bother to research, doesn't mean they don't exist. As with any binary only operating system, you only see what's on the surface, not what drives it.

Originally Posted by rickworden View Post
Quick test to all out there - tell me how to implement HARDWARE PROFILES in VISTA. A successful answer and I will eat my hat
Elaborate, but I'm almost certain that you will need to get the salt and ketchup out to start eating your hat.

Further more, Vista is a significant technology shift for Microsoft compared to 2000->XP which was just a tarted up UI with some minor kernel modifications. And Vista's Gold Master came out a *LOT* more polished off than XP's, which took 2 service packs to bring it up to 'usable' status.

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