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Originally posted by krygny
Ridiculous? You need to look up the meaning of "compelling". Name one single thing that you can do with Vista that you absolutely cannot do with XP. Not something you can only do a little easier, or a little faster, or a little better, or looks a little "cooler", etc. Aaaand, have a legitimate need to do it. That's compelling.
If you're one of those people who stands on line outside CompUSA for Midnight Madness every time Microsoft or Apple comes out with a new OS or upgrade because you absolutely have to have the newest thing, that's not compelling. That's compulsion.
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Here is my 2 cents on this one. I dont necessarily like MS any more than the next person, and sure they make new products to stimulate sales, that is their revenue stream, but so does Apple and everyone else. Vista may not do much more functionaly than say XP, but then XP didnt do much more than Windows 2000 did... are there features that have been added to this new product line to make it more "sellable" sure. XP does not build the dynamic look up for its search function that they put into Vista, so searching inside of your email for items is really cool, and that cannot be done in XP. While not necessary for everyone it has sure saved my rear end several times.
I have always believed that Macs have a great interface but that PCs can get more of a broader scope of work done. This is another thread I know, but its my opinion that having a more Mac like interface will be appealing to more people and for folks that are hard core developers, mainframe types it will never appeal to them. Its funny to me that a friend of mine in the tech business for 20 + years puts Vista down but has an order in for an IPhone... go figure as its the interface that he likes.
It takes a LOT of hardware horsepower to drive Vista Ultimate, but memory et all is inexpensive and for people getting new machines I think it's a great idea. I am not sure that upgrading older machines is, which is why my older PCs and gaming machines all still run XP. It think both have a place.