Comments on: Who’s Giving Vista a Pass and Waiting for Windows 7? http://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: raymond_uhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36568 raymond_u Fri, 23 May 2008 15:19:53 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36568 @Wayne Schulz - So do you actually still use a Windows rig for work, or is Mac OS your all-rounder? @Christopher - Whatever happened to your MBP? I thought you were a Mac convert? @Wayne Schulz – So do you actually still use a Windows rig for work, or is Mac OS your all-rounder?

@Christopher – Whatever happened to your MBP? I thought you were a Mac convert?

]]> By: Christopher Sperahttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36567 Christopher Spera Fri, 23 May 2008 15:14:28 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36567 Vista’s biggest UI problem is that it is so COMPLETELY different from XP. Most user complaints I've hard have been centered around Vista's differences from XP. Microsoft completely changed where things are; and didn't leave any breadcrumbs for us to follow. As such, most users get lost easily, and spend a heck of a lot more time searching for stuff than doing stuff. Its a huge productivity problem. I HAD to move to Vista, as one of my main freelancing gigs requires me to have the latest and greatest MS operating system. However, I agree that Leopard is so much easier, and just works, as most every user would expect it to. I also plan to send Steve Jobs more of my money (planning an iPhone purchase, and perhaps a Mac Mini purchase) later this year. While its nice that Mac OS and hardware work so well together, it majorly sucks that they cost so much! I'd have more Apple stuff now if it weren't for the prohibitive downstroke needed to get things going. Vista’s biggest UI problem is that it is so COMPLETELY different from XP. Most user complaints I’ve hard have been centered around Vista’s differences from XP. Microsoft completely changed where things are; and didn’t leave any breadcrumbs for us to follow. As such, most users get lost easily, and spend a heck of a lot more time searching for stuff than doing stuff. Its a huge productivity problem.

I HAD to move to Vista, as one of my main freelancing gigs requires me to have the latest and greatest MS operating system. However, I agree that Leopard is so much easier, and just works, as most every user would expect it to.

I also plan to send Steve Jobs more of my money (planning an iPhone purchase, and perhaps a Mac Mini purchase) later this year. While its nice that Mac OS and hardware work so well together, it majorly sucks that they cost so much! I’d have more Apple stuff now if it weren’t for the prohibitive downstroke needed to get things going.

]]> By: reidmehttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36526 reidme Thu, 22 May 2008 13:29:42 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36526 I agree Wayne. At this time last year our family had four XP PCs: a desktop and laptop for me, desktop for the kids, and laptop for my wife. The amount of time I spent fixing stuff that should never have been broke and installing "updates" that never improved anything was staggering. We now have four Macs: an iMac 24" and MacBook Air for me, an iMac 20" for the kids, and a MacBook for my wife. I know it's a cliche, but 99.9% of the time they "just work" and the family loves them! My mom is next on the list. :-) I've sent a lot of cash to Cupertino the past year, but frankly, they've earned it. I can sum up my opinion of Microsoft's capabilities, quality control, and attitude towards it's customers in one word: ActiveSync. I agree Wayne. At this time last year our family had four XP PCs: a desktop and laptop for me, desktop for the kids, and laptop for my wife. The amount of time I spent fixing stuff that should never have been broke and installing “updates” that never improved anything was staggering. We now have four Macs: an iMac 24″ and MacBook Air for me, an iMac 20″ for the kids, and a MacBook for my wife. I know it’s a cliche, but 99.9% of the time they “just work” and the family loves them! My mom is next on the list. :-)

I’ve sent a lot of cash to Cupertino the past year, but frankly, they’ve earned it. I can sum up my opinion of Microsoft’s capabilities, quality control, and attitude towards it’s customers in one word: ActiveSync.

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36522 Wayne Schulz Thu, 22 May 2008 10:22:56 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36522 My day job is consulting with mid-sized companies (typically 1 to $200 million in size) regarding their accounting systems. I can't think of a single one that has made a switch to Vista. Most of their IT guys shake at the thought. Recently rather than buy a PC with VISTA for my Mom, I bought a refurb iMac. I just did not want to deal with the hassle of becoming the support department for an OS which I think will ultimately be a footnote in the history of Microsoft. At home I made the Mac plunge as well. That was largely provoked by my lack of motivation to analyze the umpteen VISTA versions that Microsoft offered to see what I'd be missing if I chose one version over another. Microsoft's biggest problem was they came out with too many "flavors" and didn't offer a compelling reason to upgrade. My day job is consulting with mid-sized companies (typically 1 to $200 million in size) regarding their accounting systems.

I can’t think of a single one that has made a switch to Vista. Most of their IT guys shake at the thought.

Recently rather than buy a PC with VISTA for my Mom, I bought a refurb iMac. I just did not want to deal with the hassle of becoming the support department for an OS which I think will ultimately be a footnote in the history of Microsoft.

At home I made the Mac plunge as well. That was largely provoked by my lack of motivation to analyze the umpteen VISTA versions that Microsoft offered
to see what I’d be missing if I chose one version over another.

Microsoft’s biggest problem was they came out with too many “flavors” and didn’t offer a compelling reason to upgrade.

]]> By: alesehttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36515 alese Thu, 22 May 2008 06:03:28 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36515 At home I'm quite happy with my XP and have no intention to change that. At work standard is still XP and I doubt we'll change that anytime soon, there is just no particular reason to do it. Since I work in IT, I could if I wanted to, replace XP with Vista, but again why. So long story short, no Vista for me, I'll wait until Windows 7. The only way Microsoft could make me reconsider this would be if it would take too long for Windows 7 to be released or if it would turn out to be another dud (I don't think even Microsoft would dare to afford that) and in that case I would probably go with either Linux or OSX - at least at home. At home I’m quite happy with my XP and have no intention to change that.
At work standard is still XP and I doubt we’ll change that anytime soon, there is just no particular reason to do it. Since I work in IT, I could if I wanted to, replace XP with Vista, but again why.
So long story short, no Vista for me, I’ll wait until Windows 7. The only way Microsoft could make me reconsider this would be if it would take too long for Windows 7 to be released or if it would turn out to be another dud (I don’t think even Microsoft would dare to afford that) and in that case I would probably go with either Linux or OSX – at least at home.

]]> By: raymond_uhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36513 raymond_u Thu, 22 May 2008 05:06:08 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/21/whos-giving-vista-a-miss-and-waiting-for-windows-7/#comment-36513 I've been without Windows for 7 years, so I'll pass on Vista... AND Windows 7... I’ve been without Windows for 7 years, so I’ll pass on Vista… AND Windows 7…

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