On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:12:27 -0800, schavemetitz wrote:
> Windows Vista: Bad usability and navigation?
>
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> | This style of button is present on all Vista windows and programs, as
> | far as I have seen. This is a huge loss of usability to the Windows
> | Vista interface.
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> http://www.designerkev.com/blog/technology/windows-vista-bad-usability-and-navigation/
> http://tinyurl.com/2xlkmf
>
> I think I have seen another more scientific article that demonstates
> how
> looks compromised usability, not just system resources. Oh, actually I
> have
> just found it... <
> http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/01/5-sins-of-vista.html >, but
> this
> had already been posted.
>
> Also today:
>
> Hasta la Vista, XP: Switching to Microsoft's new operating system
>
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> | "Windows" is dead, long live Windows. Windows XP, the current
> | dominant operating system, has met its successor. Vista will
> | launch its bid to conquer PCs worldwide under the Microsoft
> | banner starting on January 30. Millions of XP users will
> | supposedly be convinced to make the switch. That may be more
> | difficult than advertised, since there are few compelling
> | reasons for an immediate changeover.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | "Otherwise you need to work with the classic view," says Vahldiek.
> | The easiest way to assure that hardware and the Vista operating
> | system will work together is to buy a computer with the operating
> | system pre-installed. That may be the most affordable solution
> | as well.
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> http://www.playfuls.com/news_05902_Hasta_la_Vista_XP_Switching_to_Microsofts_new_operating_system.html
>
> And the cost of PC's has just gone up, not down, because of Vista's
> hardware
> requirements. This doesn't even account for the editions upgardes
> (software
> fees). References to support this are appended.
>
>
> Related:
>
> Microsoft Vista costs 20% more to build
>
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> | The firm said that an average desktop PC running Windows XP costs
> | PC OEMs just over $500 for the build components. But for Vista,
> | that figure jumps by around 20 per cent to over $600.
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>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36251
>
>
> Acer: Vista Home Basic is a lemon
>
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> | Microsoft is effectively smuggling through a price hike for Windows
> | Vista - by making the entry-level version so poor that no-one will
> | want to use it. So says Jim Wong, senior veep at Acer, the world's
> | number four PC maker, who told UK hack Jon Honeyball: "The new
> | [Vista] experience you hear of, if you get Basic, you won't feel
> | it at all. There's no [Aero] graphics, no Media Center, no
> | remote control."
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>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/acer_slams_vista_home_basic/
>
>
> Vista costs more than a computer in Australia
>
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> | Microsoft has released Australian pricing for Windows Vista,
> revealing
> | that its high-end version of the new operating system will actually
> cost
> | more than a well-configured desktop or as much as a low-end notebook
> | computer.
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>
> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/6154/53/
The article fails to mention where you can get a "well-configured desktop"
computer for less than $AUD 750.
What you can buy is eg AcerPower F6 PD 945 Dual Core 3.4GHz 1GB 250GB
DVD±RW XP Pro for $AUD999 WITH Microsoft Vista Upgrade Guarantee.
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