Comments on: To Vista or not to Vista http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/ analyzing the business and technology of the web Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Andy Brudtkuhl http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-18126 Andy Brudtkuhl Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:23:39 +0000 http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-18126 Let me clear up some things from our anonymous commenter (??????)... First off Vista is not $500. Secondly it does not block music and movie downloading. I am still able to use P2P services like bit torrent. By the way ???????, if you are using morpheus you probably NEED vista's extra security so your computer doesn't blow up as morpheus infects your PC with virii. Let me clear up some things from our anonymous commenter (??????)…

First off Vista is not $500.

Secondly it does not block music and movie downloading. I am still able to use P2P services like bit torrent.

By the way ???????, if you are using morpheus you probably NEED vista’s extra security so your computer doesn’t blow up as morpheus infects your PC with virii.

]]> By: ??????? http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-17970 ??????? Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:18:31 +0000 http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-17970 Before you waste $500 on VISTA ask yourself this, do i download music, movies or pictures for FREE? if you answered yes than i recommend that you dont get sucked into vista. it is exactly the same as XP accept it looks cooler AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO BLOCK MUSIC AND MOVIE DOWNLOADING. think about it hundreds, thousands of bands trying to make money and everybody downloads thier songs off limewire or morpheus or where ever they can. and what about multimillionare movies, most people like you and i just download them. VISTA has come to gether with an idea, to block all websites that offer FREE DOWNLOADING, to block all P2P software. the other day i decided to upgrade my morpheus and to my surprise anything that i wanted to download would be blocked, i typed in a song, tried to download it and it says, THIS IS A COPY RIGHTED VERSION. they are taking over our entertainment. in 5 years vista will be installed on every computer in the world. go to your daily harvey norman or WOW catalogue and what do you see, every single laptop, pc, now comes with vista. vista only came out like a month ago they would have to be mad to offer it already installed. maybe if you listen to the song DOWNLOAD THIS SONG by MC LARS you will understand. pass this on. tell everybody you know, about VISTA. just amagin, teenagers of the future having to pay for their music and movies. everywhere you look there is freakin vista. we have no choice they are forcing us to upgrade, thats why all the new computers and laptops are coming out with vista, and then you have to go and buy xp because your not happy with vista. it sucks Before you waste $500 on VISTA ask yourself this, do i download music, movies or pictures for FREE? if you answered yes than i recommend that you dont get sucked into vista. it is exactly the same as XP accept it looks cooler AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO BLOCK MUSIC AND MOVIE DOWNLOADING. think about it hundreds, thousands of bands trying to make money and everybody downloads thier songs off limewire or morpheus or where ever they can. and what about multimillionare movies, most people like you and i just download them. VISTA has come to gether with an idea, to block all websites that offer FREE DOWNLOADING, to block all P2P software. the other day i decided to upgrade my morpheus and to my surprise anything that i wanted to download would be blocked, i typed in a song, tried to download it and it says, THIS IS A COPY RIGHTED VERSION. they are taking over our entertainment. in 5 years vista will be installed on every computer in the world. go to your daily harvey norman or WOW catalogue and what do you see, every single laptop, pc, now comes with vista. vista only came out like a month ago they would have to be mad to offer it already installed. maybe if you listen to the song DOWNLOAD THIS SONG by MC LARS you will understand. pass this on. tell everybody you know, about VISTA. just amagin, teenagers of the future having to pay for their music and movies.
everywhere you look there is freakin vista. we have no choice they are forcing us to upgrade, thats why all the new computers and laptops are coming out with vista, and then you have to go and buy xp because your not happy with vista. it sucks

]]> By: Andy Brudtkuhl http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-16235 Andy Brudtkuhl Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:31:21 +0000 http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-16235 John - Thanks for your comment. File menus are still accessible but are hidden. You can make them visible by using the ALT key. I am also a non-mouse guy and do everything by keyboard, including using the run command to launch applications. All this functionality still exists in Vista. The run command is no longer in the Start Menu. But all window commands (window key->r for run, window key->e for explorer) still work exactly the same. There is a common misconception of hardware compatibilities with Vista. Vista will run on pretty much any system from which XP will run. But some of the bonus features, like the AERO windows and other graphical elements, will not work as well. All these graphical UI enhancements can be turned off. I am running Vista on my old Windows XP machine (a DELL Dimension 8400) that is about 3 years old. I had to do no hardware upgrades. Vista performs better than XP on the same hardware. Are you familiar with ALT-TAB to flip through windows? That helps me speed up transitioning between applications. Again, thanks for your comment. - Andy John -

Thanks for your comment.

File menus are still accessible but are hidden. You can make them visible by using the ALT key. I am also a non-mouse guy and do everything by keyboard, including using the run command to launch applications. All this functionality still exists in Vista. The run command is no longer in the Start Menu. But all window commands (window key->r for run, window key->e for explorer) still work exactly the same.

There is a common misconception of hardware compatibilities with Vista. Vista will run on pretty much any system from which XP will run. But some of the bonus features, like the AERO windows and other graphical elements, will not work as well. All these graphical UI enhancements can be turned off. I am running Vista on my old Windows XP machine (a DELL Dimension 8400) that is about 3 years old. I had to do no hardware upgrades. Vista performs better than XP on the same hardware.

Are you familiar with ALT-TAB to flip through windows? That helps me speed up transitioning between applications.

Again, thanks for your comment.

- Andy

]]> By: John http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-16233 John Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:01:42 +0000 http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-16233 Thanks for the recommendations. I just purchased 2 new computers from Dell with the $10 upgrade available to Vista. I have a small CPA firm, and am tied to Windows XP. As soon as Vista is available, and the computers can handle it, I will upgrade, but not for now per your recommendations. Also, I heard menus are gone. I do almost everything by keystroke (a mouse is too slow) Am I going to lose the ability to do a lot of functions by keystroke (save, copy, print, exit, etc)? If so, Vista is a loser. It takes me longer to input tax data now than it did 20 years ago due to the fact I have to use a mouse to move from screen to screen. Thanks for your comments. John Brozowski Thanks for the recommendations.

I just purchased 2 new computers from Dell with the $10 upgrade available to Vista.

I have a small CPA firm, and am tied to Windows XP.

As soon as Vista is available, and the computers can handle it, I will upgrade, but not for now per your recommendations.

Also, I heard menus are gone. I do almost everything by keystroke (a mouse is too slow) Am I going to lose the ability to do a lot of functions by keystroke (save, copy, print, exit, etc)? If so, Vista is a loser. It takes me longer to input tax data now than it did 20 years ago due to the fact I have to use a mouse to move from screen to screen.

Thanks for your comments.

John Brozowski

]]> By: Get A New Browser » Blog Archive » Windows Vista Test Drive http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-15711 Get A New Browser » Blog Archive » Windows Vista Test Drive Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:03:23 +0000 http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-15711 [...] And yes, I’m still lovin it. [...] [...] And yes, I’m still lovin it. [...]

]]> By: Get A New Browser » Blog Archive » More on the iPhone http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-13742 Get A New Browser » Blog Archive » More on the iPhone Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:44:19 +0000 http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-13742 [...] You may not of heard about the other major announcement by Apple since the iPhone has taken over the tech news wire. Apple TV is Apple’s response to the Living Room War. They want to bring iTunes and digital content to your living room. I’m not too excited about this. For the money - go buy an XBOX 360. It does the same and much, much more. (Especially once you buy Vista). [...] [...] You may not of heard about the other major announcement by Apple since the iPhone has taken over the tech news wire. Apple TV is Apple’s response to the Living Room War. They want to bring iTunes and digital content to your living room. I’m not too excited about this. For the money - go buy an XBOX 360. It does the same and much, much more. (Especially once you buy Vista). [...]

]]> By: Andy Brudtkuhl http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-6471 Andy Brudtkuhl Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:55:17 +0000 http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-6471 Yes it is a must for mediaphiles (did I make that word up?). It's the future of home entertainment - pure and simple. Yes it is a must for mediaphiles (did I make that word up?).

It’s the future of home entertainment - pure and simple.

]]> By: Nick http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-6420 Nick Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:36:35 +0000 http://getanewbrowser.com/2006/12/to-vista-or-not-to-vista/#comment-6420 And let's not forget DirectX 10. That, combined with Xbox 360 support, are the two main reasons I'm getting Vista. As for businesses, I agree - they do not need to upgrade for some time. Most businesses didn't upgrade from Win2k to WinXP for a long time. And let’s not forget DirectX 10. That, combined with Xbox 360 support, are the two main reasons I’m getting Vista.

As for businesses, I agree - they do not need to upgrade for some time. Most businesses didn’t upgrade from Win2k to WinXP for a long time.

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