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July 27, 2005

Windows Vista

From a Slashdot article, I collected a list of the features that will be included in Vista (as opposed to the extremely long list of features that got left out of Longhorn):

Among the key features of Vista as it currently stands are: security enhancements, a new searching mechanism, lots of new laptop features, parental controls and better home networking. There will also be visual changes, thanks to Avalon, ranging from shiny translucent windows to icons that are tiny representations of a document itself. On the business side, Microsoft said Vista will be easier for businesses to deploy on multiple PCs and will also save costs by reducing the number of times computers will have to be rebooted.

Let's check those fantastic features one by one:
  • security enhancements = the previous implementation sucked = BUG FIX

  • new searching mechanism = the previous implementation sucked = BUG FIX

  • lots of new laptop features = we didn't guess how popular laptops would be = FEATURE (you can put Windows to sleep and it might wake up again)

  • parental controls = the previous implementation sucked = BUG FIX

  • better home networking = the previous implementation sucked = BUG FIX

  • visual changes = eye candy to fool the consumers = PAINT JOB

  • easier for businesses to deploy = the previous implementation sucked = BUG FIX

  • reducing the number of times computers will have to be rebooted = this bug has been around since Windows 3.0 = BUG FIX

I sometimes forget how good it is on the Mac side of the fence. What was that old line? Windows 95 = Macintosh 88. Now we have Windows Vista = MacOS X Beta (but with more bugs).

Posted by Peskie at July 27, 2005 12:00 PM

Comments

See, I knew you could still bag Microsoft if you got a round TUIT.

Posted by: Rofl at July 28, 2005 10:42 AM