Comments on: Open Thread: What Do You Think of Vista? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/ Fri, 25 May 2012 07:31:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: LimemiGuamund http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66901 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:14:38 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66901 The response level to national disaster is great but it’s a real shame that so many people take advantage of the sad situations.

I mean everytime there is an earthquake, a flood, an oil spill – there’s always a group of heartless people who rip off tax payers.

This is in response to reading that 4 of Oprah Winfreys “angels” got busted ripping off the system. Shame on them!
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/19/crimesider/entry5251471.shtml

]]> By: ChrisJSIQuit http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66900 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:48:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66900 hi every body I’m new here and got a tiny question about your board.

where could i add a skype chat number to a user page?

thank you in advance

]]> By: Melanie http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66899 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:49:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66899 I’ve only used Windows before and was finally about to make the switch to Apple’s OS but was dissuaded by the high price tag. I can get the same or better specs on a PC laptop for much less. I also was worried about working remotely when I use a PC at work.

So I bought a Sony Vaio with Vista and added Office Professional this Christmas. Vista is not as bad as people made it out to be! It is much more user friendly (albeit with some mental adjusting particularly for Office toolbars) and I love the new filing and searching capabilities. I haven’t had any problems uploading printers or software thus far. I don’t feel so bad about skipping out on the Mac now.

]]> By: NJ Webguy http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66898 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:30:38 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66898 I had the displeasure of doing some work for a friend who was running Vista, and was very unimpressed with what a user gets for the hardware requirements.

It is very nice looking on the surface, but that only gets you so far for so long.

At the end of the day, I’d rather be dedicating that extra RAM and processing power toward running a bunch of programs and having a few browsers open than supporting the OS.

]]> By: Msgadget http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66897 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:15:34 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66897 It isn’t as bad as I’d read and it looks good. Aside from having to figure out the file structure and defaults, my only ongoing issue has been with IE freezing. The thing that rankles most is the premium pricing and version lust marketing for something that, to a basic enduser like me, isn’t too much more than a skin with widgets.

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Archive 8 Web Worker Wishes for 2008 « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66896 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:50:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66896 [...] workers will revolt en masse against Vista and choose Linux instead. Readers tell me Vista ain’t that bad, even though it’s bloated and demands way too much hardware. Still, I’d love to see [...]

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Hands On with Two Ultra-Cheap Linux Systems « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66895 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:01:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66895 [...] keep around the house for occasional web browsing, e-mail and writing. I saw that Anne on this blog recently bought one for her son. I would agree that this a good starter notebook for a young kid, and I can see using it for other [...]

]]> By: Ian http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66894 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:55:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66894 I noticed yesterday that copying files to and from a memory stick on Vista took about four seconds and a dialogue box showed the progress. That’s not long (and it was just a few megabytes copied), but on OS X Tiger, this is done in literally an instant. Honestly!

Windows is set to default settings and it to access the memory stick I need to go through “My Computer” from the start menu as there is icon for it on the desktop. I also find removing the stick one step less on OSX and via the same icon used to open it, instead of a different route (via the taskbar icon) as on Vista.

]]> By: Emil http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66893 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:09:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66893 I am running an Acer Aspire 5100-3825 with 1 GB of RAM and 120 GB HDD. You do not need 2 GB of RAM to make this OS work. I have the Readyboost in use utilizing a 2 GB SD card. This is my setup and I will not go back to XP. There have been a lot of updates and fixes to the OS over the past year. I would suggest using Vista for an extended period of time, instead of trying to microwave results with the system.

]]> By: Christopher Johnston http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66892 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:36:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/18/open-thread-what-do-you-think-of-vista/#comment-66892 I recently purchased a budget laptop (Acer 5570Z) for about $599 at Best Buy and for another $90 I bought 2GB of RAM at NewEgg.com. It runs fine and I haven’t had too many issues. Also students can get a full copy of Microsoft Office Ultimate for 59.00 at http://www.theultimatesteal.com/
Anyway you look at it this is a bargain. They will also mail you a backup DVD for 12.00
This may not seem like a budget deal but I remeber not that long ago a laptop was 1500+ and all this for under $800 is, IMHO, still a deal.

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