[AccessD] Interesting Laptop / Vista commentary

Yes, Drew, we get the picture. You're a devout anachronist!  LOL

Charlotte Foust

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 9:24 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Interesting Laptop / Vista commentary

Microsoft needs to do a paradigm shift.  If we were to rate their OSes
on a scale from 1 to 10 as far as improvements on previous OSes, here
would be my list:

Windows 95 - 8
Windows NT 4.0 - 9
Windows 98 - 3
Windows Me - -1 (yes, negative one)
Windows 2000 - 10
Windows XP - 3
Windows 2003 - 3
Windows Vista - 2

95 was a tremendous paradigm shift in how we use a computer.  It's
interface is still in use in Windows Vista.  Though it's much
snazzier... but the core functionality of how a window works is there.

NT 4, get's a 9, because it brought stability...

98....let's face it, the only real improvement was FAT32.... though
there were a few more OS features (like sfc)

Me... 98 with less features....

2000, Microsoft's best product...EVER. (Tied with Microsoft Access 97,
in my book).  Rock solid, feature packed, user friendly, dynamic disks,
Active Directory, the list goes on.

XP, in my opinion, XP has two redeeming qualities.  One, it takes the
stability of 2000, and makes it look more consumer friendly like Windows
9x.  Two, from a technical standpoint, the only feature I found handy in
XP is than in Computer Management, you can select multiple file
connections and close them at the same time...

2003, some nice new features, but still just building on the solid 2000
core.

Vista.....what XP was to 2000, Vista is to XP...unimpressive.

Drew