by What-A-Coincidence 21 Replies latest social current
TopDesk is a quick and easy way to switch between applications. With a single key press, you can instantly view thumbnails of all open windows, display thumbnails of windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows to quickly access the desktop.
There goes any reason I had for getting VISTA. I only wanted it for the 3D feature but if I can get for XP why bother.
I HATE vista. I've had it since January and I'm ready to go back to XP.
I got it in January and this is my rants and raves:
1/ got it 'free' as part of my MS partner package (and no I would not have bought it - way to expensive).Yay.
2/ Broke my geforce mobile graphics card. Had to fix it the other day with the help of some techy bloggers.Grrr.
3/ Looks gorgeous.Yay.
4/ Searching is a dream come true (as you type it starts matching and then partially categorises the results.Yay
5/ Not familiar with some of the places of stuff.Grr.
6/ No deterioration of speed. Yay.
7/ Uninstall routines for many non-working programs cannot be accessed! Grrr.
8/ Patches for aforementioned programs are either not coming or are not there yet. Grrr.
9/ Webcam disabled. Grrr.
10/ Very annoying security pop ups have to be bypassed to do anything. Good for security though. Cautious Yay.
Would I go back to XP - it all hangs on one crucial point which I haven't tested yet. Does it support dual monitors. Would I upgrade again - not on your nelly.
Installed it at 9:36am, and it was uninstalled by 9:38am. Complete rubbish. But then I dont have a graphics card, I guess that doesn't help. Might be a good program for other people.
I'm not going to bother with Vista, I thought about it, but then, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Some say it is just a glorified version of Windows XP it costs too much for what it has to offer. Plus it is not advisable to buy any microsoft software as soon as it comes out, they usually have a lot of bugs and security holes. I wonder if office vista can work with windows xp.
Ah apart from the worshippers of the Penguin (chosen as a logo because Linux users and Penguins have identical sex lives) we will all sup from the Devil's latest OS sooner-or-later.
I remember the Win 3.11 Luddites up in arms over Win 95. They all moved to Win 95 then 98. Then there were the Win 98 Luddites up in arms over XP. They now all use XP. Now XP, normally the whipping boy of frustrations and anger, becomes the fields of Ellysium in comparison to Vista, yet, guess what we will all be using in three years time? Vista.
Which part of 'you cannot beat Satan' don't we all get?
Of course, Steve Jesus, I mean Jobs, can save us. I think it would be a frightful wheeze if Mac released a version of their OS for non-Mac hardware. It would be very simple now both Win and Mac use Intel as it just requires removing a hardware check, and has already been done by hackers.
The people could install Mac OS X on their Windows boxes with 'Bootcamp' (a dual boot program allowing you to boot to Windows or Mac). With the right hardware (virtual machines) and software modficiations you could even have a Windows window open in Mac OS X or a Mac window open in Windows. It would give full compatability and choice.
Having used both OS's I think most people with such a set-up would end up using the Windows environment only when there was no possibility of using the software they needed in a Mac environment.
Thanks for the heads-up on Vista and Top Desk W-A-C
Top Desk looks interesting.
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Good points Abaddon. Funny how people forget pc history at times. Sure, my old DOS 3.0 box booted in about 15 seconds and didn't have many stringent hardware requirements...but I don't really want to go back to the DOS days.
Considering how "crap and slow" many say that Vista is, I find this part amusing from the requirements section of the first post:
The recommended system requirements for TopDesk are:
- Windows XP Service Pack 2.
- 2.0 GHz CPU or higher.
- 1 GB RAM or higher.
- ATI 9800 level, nVidia 6800 level, or higher graphics card
Know what happens if you give Vista the same hardware listed there for Top Desk and not try to short change it? It runs very well.
Funny that.
