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____/ Terry Porter on Sunday 26 April 2009 13:16 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Rant: Microsoft Windows Out of Box Experience Sucks
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>> | OK, rant mode on. This morning I spent over three hours running Windows
>> | Update on the cool Viliv S5 UMPC I am evaluating. Yes, I realize it runs
>> | the older Windows XP operating system, but even so Microsoft must make
>> | the out of box experience (OOBE) better than this. I have recently
>> | experienced this process with Vista too, and it?s no better than XP.
>> | It?s time that Microsoft fix this absolutely unbearable process.
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>> | The entire Windows Update process resulted in 5 reboots and took almost
>> | 3.5 hours. That is ridiculous in and of itself, but watching it closely
>> | (something you have to do as it requires user input at inopportune
>> | moments) really got me steamed, as I realized that Microsoft could
>> | easily fix this stupid process.
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http://jkontherun.com/2009/04/19/microsoft-windows-out-of-box-experience-sucks/
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> LOL, how STUPID is that ?
>
> Recently dr flatfish stated that MythTV is too complex and time consuming to
> bother with, yet I can install a whole MythTV box from scratch in about 1/2
> an hour.
>
> Here, a 'simple' Windows update takes 5 reboots and took almost
> 3.5 hours, thats 7 times longer than installing MythTV.
>
> Why am I not surprised ?
MythTV is great !! It just needs advertising (for itself, not for the TV).
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~~ Best of wishes
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