{"id":1197,"date":"2009-04-02T23:23:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T07:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2009-04-02T23:38:26","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T07:38:26","slug":"how-do-i-hate-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2009\/04\/02\/how-do-i-hate-vista\/","title":{"rendered":"how do i hate vista?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I cannot even count the ways\u2026<\/p>\n

My laptop died. Not an agonizing death, but a slow, whimpering, desperate kind of death that allowed me to save my files while the patient suffered on life support on the operating room table. It is not dead beyond repair, but the cost to repair would be about half the cost of a new machine.<\/p>\n

So\u2026 new machine it is. I now have a Dell XPS 1530 courtesy of Future Shop. It is apparently last year\u2019s model. I was looking at a Dell model that had 4 GB RAM and a 250 GB HD, for $749 (loonies). They had this other machine on the shelf with a price marked down to 849, I think. The sales guy asked if I would be interested if they could get me a good price\u2026 it has 3GB RAM and a 250 GB HD\u2026 and a fingerprint reader\u2026 and a cool slot for the dvd-rw\u2026 and originally listed at 1098 loonies. So he got the price down to 649 loonies (40% off!!!) and had a deal.<\/p>\n

The machine is very nice.<\/p>\n

But it\u00a0 has vista\u2026 need I say more?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Probably not, but I will. I have been working the last two days to get my programs up and running. A few minor glitches, but I think I am basically back in business.<\/p>\n

What a nightmare Vista is though! There are some improvements and it is smarter than XP in some ways. But man, do I hate the dumbing down they are constantly doing. They are trying to make PCs more like Macs every time they upgrade. What is the point of that? There is a reason most people don\u2019t have Macs.<\/p>\n

I think I finally have come to grips with it and I suppose I will have to get used to it. But it is maddening how difficult it makes it for you to get into the guts of the thing and really tweak it to make it do what you want. I understand the concept of making computers easy for the masses and for marketing purposes, etc, but why do they have to make it tougher for those of us who like to tinker? Why save us from ourselves? Why not let us just crash these things by allowing us to mess with everything?<\/p>\n

Well, I have figured out how to get to most of the things I want, but I still don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

But I won\u2019t upgrade to the new MS Office and its stupid Ribbon for anything. They\u2019ll have to pry the old Office out of my cold dead fingers!<\/p>\n

Ok, if you have made it this far, you should win an award for rant endurance!<\/p>\n

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