Sorry Vista, you gotta go
I’ve been using Vista Ultimate or over 3 weeks as my primary OS, as it preloaded with this new laptop. And after giving it that much time, I plan on switching back to good old Windows XP. My questions for Vista:
- Why did you have to change my directory browsing behavior? The ‘up directory’ arrow, which I could use in XP to easily traverse my entire harddrive from wherever I was, is gone. If I open the ‘My Documents’ folder, I’ve got to carefully click the tiny ‘>’ breadcrumb divider, then move the cursor down to select ‘Computer’. Not intuitive.
- Why does Adobe Acrobat crash 5+ times a day? Note this holds true whether I’m viewing Acrobat files in Firefox, in IE, or just by themselves.
- Why have I had to a hard power-down three times today because Windows Explorer chose to completely freeze (no task manager and Ctrl+Alt+Delete unresponsive)? If I had 30+ windows open and trying to defragment my harddrive at the same time while encoding a DVD and burning a CD I might understand…but when I’m just trying to open iTunes? When I’m just trying to open my mail client? Unacceptable.
- I like the option of your Sidebar, but is it so restrictive?
Yeah, the visual facelift is a nice touch. The searchable start menu is good, the volume adjustments are more specific, and there is a nice media center mode too. But instability and frequent program/OS crashes is something I cannot tolerate. I’ve had more of these problems in these past 3 weeks than I had with my Windows XP in a year.
Unacceptable. Nice try though.
Greg Said,
November 15, 2007 @ 1:37 am
Mac OS X.
Or at least ditch Acrobat for Foxit Reader, it is faster has more features, and doesn’t freeze up every two days with an update window that has a habit of getting stuck behind other windows so you don’t know its there. Really? PDF has been around so long, I shouldn’t need to update their crappy, overblown software.
Saket Said,
November 15, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
Yeah, one of my friends recommended Foxit last week and I’ve been using it. It’s much better.
I’ve heard you can put OS X on a thinkpad…but you gotta jump through some hoops first.
Ben Said,
November 16, 2007 @ 5:38 am
Greg lauding Mac? impossible.
Saket Said,
November 16, 2007 @ 8:46 pm
he’s a total mac fanboy now
i was with some friends on university avenue here going to dinner when we passed the apple store. there was a line of people going around the store waiting outside. i’m asked “what the hell?” and a friend said that Leopard is being released tonight. What? Mac fanboys are lining up for an OS?!
Donny Katz Said,
November 18, 2007 @ 2:27 am
“my computer’s breath smells like 0’s and 1’s” - ralph wiggum