Vista
Sat Oct 04 17:26:42 PDT 2008
Agreed betting my arse on it would be "Kalos". What would your contribution be?
- Vista Cabal
"the granter of sina" <granter@yan.sina> wrote in message
news:48e804a9$5@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> The Greeks had one word for it "Kalos" beauty in all aspects
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> this would include every aspect of an OS to be as good as possible.
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> Holistic design... that's smart, beautiful, intuitive, versatile, efficient in
> all ways, and with a price that would let more people use it
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> Could I help microsoft design such a thing YOU CAN BET YOUR ARSE I COULD!
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> "Vista Cabal" <vista_cabal@msnews.grp> wrote in message
> news:OeefntnJJHA.5972@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
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>> Yes please do go on, and tell us what constitues a good design.
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>> - Vista Cabal
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>> "the granter of sina" <granter@yan.sina> wrote in message
>> news:48e7fbdf@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>>> It doesn't have a stupid design, it's design is cutting edge. It's
>>>> sleeker, more user friendly and safe than XP.
>>>
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>>> Nice little icons and transparent windows does not substitute good design.
>>>
>>> Toolbars that cannot be configured, bread crumbs that are non intuitive for
>>> the layman, recycle bins that can me deleted,
>>> windows that forget the size of their columns and general settings, a search
>>> that cant search zit, personal options with choices instead of tabs leading
>>> you to more and more widows making everything non centralized, bad way to
>>> control the system restore points,
>>> totally destroyed interface (or lack of) defragmenter, UAC that is so annoying
>>> that people end up either turning it off or pressing OK each time without
>>> reading the message, the turn off button that is just an arrow with an idiotic
>>> pop up menu (for crying out loud!), Hidden menu toolbars, the inability to add
>>> a delete button and up button right on the toolbar, the FOLDER PANE of Windows
>>> explorer that moves right and left on its own with no horizontal scroll bar
>>> (this is zuper duper stupid), only ONE theme, fonts and colors that look
>>> horrible on older CRT monitors straining the eyes and confusing people,
>>> complex network center with options here and there that a newbie will feel
>>> lost in...
>>>
>>> should I go on?????
>>>
>>> THIS IS NOT BAD DESIGN... ITS HORRIBLE DESIGN! PATHETIC!
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>>> "wind0ws_g33k" <wind0ws_g33k.3gs2rd@winvistaclub.com> wrote in message
>>> news:wind0ws_g33k.3gs2rd@winvistaclub.com...
>>>>
>>>> 1) First of all its expensive, in some countries vista ulitmate costs
>>>> 700 us
>>>> dollars!
>>>> 2) it needs a new fast computer for it to run well enough to use
>>>> . . Hmmmm. . . You don't need a new "fast" computer, you need a new
>>>> computer, even bottom line. Vista, to run smoothly, needs 1GB of RAM,
>>>> every computer now-a-days, new, has that standard.
>>>>
>>>> 3) you often need to throw away perfectly functioning peripherals
>>>> because
>>>> stupid vista cant use the XP drivers
>>>> and then you have to buy new ones
>>>> That would be because of the hardware manufacturers, not Windows Vista.
>>>> Microsoft has many universal drivers that will work with most hardware,
>>>> although they may not be made by the manfacturer.
>>>>
>>>> 4) you often need to throw away perfectly functioning software because
>>>> vista-crapista is no longer compatible with them.
>>>> See, I think you're using the wrong version on this issue. for your
>>>> software to work, you need to make sure you have Windows Vista SP1
>>>> installed, and that should work with all MODERN software.
>>>>
>>>> 5) you lost valuable time and energy just to get stupid vista to work
>>>> If you managed to get XP to work, I'm pretty sure Vista is no harder in
>>>> my experience.
>>>>
>>>> 6) it then takes up more energy for it to function thrashing the disks
>>>> all
>>>> the time, needing 3d accelerated graphic cards for aero that gobble up
>>>> the
>>>> watts
>>>> and making the cpus work harder (yes the more the cpu works the more
>>>> energy
>>>> it uses). The PSU (power supply units) have jumped from 250-350 watts
>>>> to 500
>>>> watts or more for a stupid computer than can run vista.
>>>> So turn 3d accelerated graphics off. Then you'll have the same type of
>>>> desktop as XP and you'll save energy. Microsoft has more services added
>>>> to Vista, so all the new tools and gadgets work. To get rid of these
>>>> extra CPU spikes, you need to disable all the services that you don't
>>>> need and fix the startup items. Also, power management needs to be
>>>> configured.
>>>>
>>>> 7) Having all that crap in an era where people are out of jobs, the
>>>> economy
>>>> is in a crisis and credit is harder to get....
>>>> having all that vista-energy waste when global warming threatens to
>>>> destroy
>>>> civilization is a crime to humanity.
>>>> Computers have always costed the same, if anything, dropped in price
>>>> over the years. Without computers, you wouldn't know squat about global
>>>> warming, which has to evident proof of existence.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Vista is a dinosaur product. It should be canceled and buried and
>>>> forgotten.
>>>> Its also incredibly stupid design and made and loved by retarded
>>>> monkeys
>>>> ONLY!
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't have a stupid design, it's design is cutting edge. It's
>>>> sleeker, more user friendly and safe than XP.
>>>>
>>>>
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