Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Mon Aug 4 12:13:34 CDT 2008
I like Vista so I'm one. If I can't find something I use the HELP function I think it is and the search and it finds it every time and quick. But I'm only running it on one of 7 systems I use regularly. I did buy another copy for a second machine but have yet to load it onto it. The delay is just due to lack of time though. The added security things do get irritating sometimes when it askes me if I want to let an installation program run. But I haven't tried to turn them off either, preferring the safety net it is providing. Other than the start button being ROUND instead of rectangular and the Control Panel functions being switched around I don't really notice much of a difference between Vista and Xp to tell the truth. I switch between several systems and don't have to do stuff differently on the Vista box. So I am really kind of mystifyed at what people are not liking so much. I do remember having similar feelings when I was first getting that system going though I guess. Either I've gotten used to the irritations or they were things that only applied during the initial set up. There is one thing that does tick me off - it won't let me open my DOCUMENTS folder directly trough Windows Explorer. I have to go through the "Documents" shortcut at the top of the screen or it gives me a "not authorized" message. Now I have been beaten into submission on it though and I just do that right off the bat. I had some issues with IE7 - the Memory Leak that people talk about being the biggest. So now I use Firefox for some things. Still use IE for other sites where the leak doesn't reach out and bite me though. I guess it's not so much that I LIKE it so much. I DON'T DISLIKE it. It's an Operating System. I don't really feel that strongly about it one way or the other. It is what it is and I just deal with it. It is supposed to manage TV Recording better than XP is why I am planning to update the second system to it. I don't have any plans to update any of the others though. GK On 8/4/08, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote: > I just want to know who they polled! ;) I don't know anyone that really > likes Vista. Now, some of that can be attributed to the learning curve, but > Kate's system is running it and I don't like it -- I can't find squat > although the marketing hype says the Vista experience is just the opposite. > However, I am trying to locate things in Vista via the traditional Windows > means, and of course, it just doesn't work that way. > > Susan H. > > > > Did you know... > > "71% of Windows Vista customers liked it better than their last operating > > system. " > > > > !! > > > > "People who are familiar with Windows Vista are two to three times more > > likely to have a favorable impression." > > > > Well, which is it - 2 or 3? > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com