Well, Vista is available to most of us with an unlimited internet connection...so out curiosity i got myself a copy of Vista Enterprise edition to see what all the hype was about.
First, i used vlite and removed a lot of cr@p (abt 3GB), then went on to install Vista.
Installation was smooth,and much quicker than XP. Soon Vista booted for the first time on my ill-fated computer
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The interface was good looking,i was very happy to see the change from the same XP theme for abt 4 years. I turned on "the much discussed" AERO theme....and liked the transitions,glowy buttons,and transparent borders.
after browsing for a while, i decided to install some software, and by chance of fate, my adobe acrobat 8 installation got stuck midway, so i had to terminate it. Now, acrobat wont install until i deleted the files of previous installation. And then i faced the worst time of my PC browsing history. In order to enhace security, Vista has a User account Control , which gives permissions for each group of users (M$ go that one of Linux, anyways, root>system) And thats where i realised what sh!t Vista is. Stupid thing, it took me an hour to understand wtf this permission is..and even then i couldnt manage to alter the permission in order to delete the files which i wanted to. I just couldnt get the folder to save my preferences...always got an error flashing on the screen. I gave up for the day but the same story was to repeat next day.I tried turning USer Acc Control off, but that was useless. Everytime i run a program(or a windows service)i get an annoying msg that i click without asking for confirmation which i dismiss without seeing (this one is really irritating)
and oh wtf, my memory usage was almost double than that in XP.
And then i came across reading security flaws in IE7 and Vista itself. Now whats the damn use? XP is better, cleaner and easier to use. By trying to make it look better and easier to access, M$ have made it overcomplicated and confusing. Only thing that i found cool were the looks, but modded XP looks much better anyday.:no:
-Here's the summary-
+'s
1)Seriously speaking,none,specially for a development env.
2)Better security(maybe) but at the cost of user friendliness and ease of use.
-'s
First, i used vlite and removed a lot of cr@p (abt 3GB), then went on to install Vista.
Installation was smooth,and much quicker than XP. Soon Vista booted for the first time on my ill-fated computer
. The interface was good looking,i was very happy to see the change from the same XP theme for abt 4 years. I turned on "the much discussed" AERO theme....and liked the transitions,glowy buttons,and transparent borders.
after browsing for a while, i decided to install some software, and by chance of fate, my adobe acrobat 8 installation got stuck midway, so i had to terminate it. Now, acrobat wont install until i deleted the files of previous installation. And then i faced the worst time of my PC browsing history. In order to enhace security, Vista has a User account Control , which gives permissions for each group of users (M$ go that one of Linux, anyways, root>system) And thats where i realised what sh!t Vista is. Stupid thing, it took me an hour to understand wtf this permission is..and even then i couldnt manage to alter the permission in order to delete the files which i wanted to. I just couldnt get the folder to save my preferences...always got an error flashing on the screen. I gave up for the day but the same story was to repeat next day.I tried turning USer Acc Control off, but that was useless. Everytime i run a program(or a windows service)i get an annoying msg that i click without asking for confirmation which i dismiss without seeing (this one is really irritating)
and oh wtf, my memory usage was almost double than that in XP.
And then i came across reading security flaws in IE7 and Vista itself. Now whats the damn use? XP is better, cleaner and easier to use. By trying to make it look better and easier to access, M$ have made it overcomplicated and confusing. Only thing that i found cool were the looks, but modded XP looks much better anyday.:no:
-Here's the summary-
+'s
1)Seriously speaking,none,specially for a development env.
2)Better security(maybe) but at the cost of user friendliness and ease of use.
-'s
1)Over complicated
2)Looks secure but in the end, you know it isnt.
3)Nothing which makes it look like its been worked arnd for 5 years
4)Too many to list here
In the end, my rating for Vista = 2/5
Do try it, and then you'll love XP again :tongue:
PS:These are MY views based upon my EXPERIENCE, you ppl may be having very different views (i hope you do, its sad to see something good come to a bad climax).Plz do share them here
2)Looks secure but in the end, you know it isnt.
3)Nothing which makes it look like its been worked arnd for 5 years
4)Too many to list here
In the end, my rating for Vista = 2/5
Do try it, and then you'll love XP again :tongue:
PS:These are MY views based upon my EXPERIENCE, you ppl may be having very different views (i hope you do, its sad to see something good come to a bad climax).Plz do share them here
