Comments on: Confessions of a Mac User Stuck in Windows World http://www.four-eight-four.org/2008/01/30/confessions-of-a-mac-user-stuck-in-windows-world/ I'm the Ghost of Christmas Past! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jeremy Clifton http://www.four-eight-four.org/2008/01/30/confessions-of-a-mac-user-stuck-in-windows-world/#comment-230 Jeremy Clifton Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:29:03 +0000 http://www.four-eight-four.org/2008/01/30/confessions-of-a-mac-user-stuck-in-windows-world/#comment-230 Oh wow ... I'm partially responsible for somebody choosing Vista? Please don't tell my Mac-owning friends! Both of the machines I have in the office running Vista are 64-bit, but are running the 32-bit version. That's probably a smart move. I suspect that much of the complaining about Vista may start to come to an end once SP1 is released in the next few weeks. I also wonder if part of the complaining about Vista is somewhat related to the fact that MS over-promised on what they were going to include with Longhorn, and then had to really scale back in order to even release *anything* so many years after the release of XP. In essence, it appears that Vista is just XP with new (albeit heavier) UI "clothing." But ... I suspect there is more than meets the eye ... I just haven't had a chance to look much deeper yet. Oh wow … I’m partially responsible for somebody choosing Vista? Please don’t tell my Mac-owning friends!

Both of the machines I have in the office running Vista are 64-bit, but are running the 32-bit version. That’s probably a smart move.

I suspect that much of the complaining about Vista may start to come to an end once SP1 is released in the next few weeks.

I also wonder if part of the complaining about Vista is somewhat related to the fact that MS over-promised on what they were going to include with Longhorn, and then had to really scale back in order to even release anything so many years after the release of XP. In essence, it appears that Vista is just XP with new (albeit heavier) UI “clothing.” But … I suspect there is more than meets the eye … I just haven’t had a chance to look much deeper yet.

]]> By: Scott http://www.four-eight-four.org/2008/01/30/confessions-of-a-mac-user-stuck-in-windows-world/#comment-229 Scott Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:38:17 +0000 http://www.four-eight-four.org/2008/01/30/confessions-of-a-mac-user-stuck-in-windows-world/#comment-229 While I agree with many that Microsoft has made mistakes with Vista -- both technical and business mistakes -- part of me thinks some of the Vista bashing has been over exaggerated (for reasons too numerous to list here). Thanks in part to your article I'm going to order an OEM copy of Vista Home Premium when I build my a box next week. Of course, I'm getting the 32-bit version...still somewhat hesitant to go 64-bit until I am sure the kinks are worked out! ;-) While I agree with many that Microsoft has made mistakes with Vista — both technical and business mistakes — part of me thinks some of the Vista bashing has been over exaggerated (for reasons too numerous to list here). Thanks in part to your article I’m going to order an OEM copy of Vista Home Premium when I build my a box next week. Of course, I’m getting the 32-bit version…still somewhat hesitant to go 64-bit until I am sure the kinks are worked out! ;-)

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