Windows Vista: Not Exactly a Revolution
After receiving my spanking new ThinkPad the other day, I decided Windows Vista Ultimate will be the primary operating system. I was quite excited at the wonders of what might await once I was using Vista on a day to day basis.
Uh, yeah...
The most obvious difference is the shiny Aero graphics. While it's nice for the first 10 minutes, it is completely unnecessary. Transparent window headers don't add anything to productivity! Skinning Windows XP wasn't my idea of a brand new innovation to an operating system.
The Windows sidebar is stupid. You can get the same thing with Google Desktop Gadgets, Yahoo! Widgets, and Microsoft Gadgets.
The shutdown icon in the start menu doesn't actually shutdown (that would make too much sense, you see). Instead, it hibernates. Not the best option for a laptop. In order to shutdown, you have to navigate through a submenu. Great innovation!
There is one thing that I enjoy, and that is the search option in the start menu. Just type in a part of the program name and there you go! Worth the $400 price? Hardly.
Uh, yeah...
The most obvious difference is the shiny Aero graphics. While it's nice for the first 10 minutes, it is completely unnecessary. Transparent window headers don't add anything to productivity! Skinning Windows XP wasn't my idea of a brand new innovation to an operating system.
The Windows sidebar is stupid. You can get the same thing with Google Desktop Gadgets, Yahoo! Widgets, and Microsoft Gadgets.
The shutdown icon in the start menu doesn't actually shutdown (that would make too much sense, you see). Instead, it hibernates. Not the best option for a laptop. In order to shutdown, you have to navigate through a submenu. Great innovation!
There is one thing that I enjoy, and that is the search option in the start menu. Just type in a part of the program name and there you go! Worth the $400 price? Hardly.
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