What Vista Is Really Like

This waking dream has been making the rounds: what if you woke and found a strange and beautiful woman in your bed, and she was inscrutible, unpredictable, and dangerous... but oh so beautiful? That's Vista for you.

the comparison...

[User 956]

what if you woke and found a strange and beautiful woman in your bed, and she was inscrutible, unpredictable, and dangerous... but oh so beautiful? That's Vista for you.

Yeah, but the problem with women like that is that they're like chocolate. Sweet at first, then increasingly bitter.

A LiveJournal Blog from a Bad Writer?

[smack.addict]

Why?

Are they even trying anymore?

[tomstdenis]

Vanity article about Vista ... again ...

I'm not against Vista [though I am], I'm not for it [truth], I just don't care. Are we not yet over the novelty of Vista yet or what? It's basically Windows XP++, big deal.

Tom

What ??? Vista for me..

[Anonymous Coward]

is like sleeping with a crack ho with no teeth, that you have to pay $1000 each time she feels you're not good enough.

Kinda funny, but utter rubbish

[David Horn]

Mildly funny, but why does the author go on a rant about viewing the screen resolution? For crying out loud, it's only 3 clicks away from the desktop. Ironically, exactly the same as in XP...

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not that pretty

[boxlight]

As a Mac user I'm at risk of sounding like I'm belly-aching, but I really don't think Vista is that good looking.

The default color scheme, that earthy green blending in to pale yellowy blue -- it all looks kind of ... I don't know ... greasy. Like I'm looking through oily antique glass. It doesn't feel fresh and clean to me.

Also, the way that 3d window swapping thing works, with the windows flying by at an 45 degree angle from top the top left. If gives me a kind of motion sickness -- just seems like an unnatural movement somehow.

When XP came out, I thought most of the OS looked second rate, but they really nailed the default desktop background; the rolling green hills and clear blue sky, it was really refreshing to me. But Vista's default is heavy -- like it needs a wash -- not light and airy at all.

Anyway, just my opinion. Maybe it's just me.

Re:Only...

[Cadallin]

Yeah, I'll pass on "Brittany Spears" "beautiful." I prefer something more classically beautiful than trendy white trash thank you very much.

Re:The Information Bar in Internet Explorer

[VertigoAce]

Guess what? Firefox does the exact same thing: "Firefox prevented this site from opening 2 popup windows" in a light yellow bar at the top of the page with an X on the right side to close it. "Only Microsoft" indeed.

I imagine the information bar increases the usability of websites that still require pop-ups for users who wouldn't otherwise know that their browser is blocking these windows. An icon in the status bar at the bottom of the window is too subtle for some users.

Re:Only...

[UnxMully]

Try V for vendetta. Though Alexa Davalos was pretty hot in Riddick, I don't recall the shaven head thing. And before I get modded off topic, only on Slashdot would discussion of two foxy chicks be off topic.

Re:Only...

[Tx]

I'm a overweight computer geek happily engaged in a stable relationship with a marvellous (and believe me, very hot) girlfriend.

Post pics or STFU ;)

Re:Previous versions

[svallarian]

Well, no but at least you're still guaranteed to get screwed.

Re:Oh for sure.

[rbanffy]

I am quite sure no Windows fanboy is waking up with women in their beds, much less beautiful ones.

As for the dangerous ones, there are always desperate guys that may give them a shot.