When I "upgraded" my desktop computer by trading it in for an HP laptop, I never expected to be so disappointed. You see, Windows Vista was just coming out onto the market, and it near was impossible to get XP on a new laptop. So, I shrugged it off, figuring that Vista couldn't be that bad.
Insert sarcastic snort or throat clearing sound coupled with an almost incoherent "bull s#@%" here please.
Vista, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft's inability to make decent products have left me wanting something more. So, I'm holding a bake sale for my Mac Fund. I will be accepting donations, and in exchange I will bake you a cake, cookies, brownies, or whatever :o)
Oh, and ironically enough... Right as I was about to post this very blog yesterday, my computer knowing shutdown on me for no apparent reason. I think it knows I'm trying to replace it. Shhhh....
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Oldies but Goodies!
My expression is hilarious - Sept 2007
Virginia Beach
I <3 the Grand Canyon
This is what happens when you give me a fisheye camera
Gunner, Me & The Jilly - My Bday/Halloween Celebration 2007
My other car is a cannon - Naptown 2008
Vegas, baby!
Jill couldn't stop hugging me!
Becki & I at the Ravens game - Nov 2007
Heather & I at Rams Head Live - 2007
Yes, I am wearing a motorcycle helmet in the car.
The Girls at Trapeze - 2008
Becki and I - Summer 2007
11 comments:
Oh yeah - gotta get a Mac before you're declared wealthy and taxed into poverty by the new administration. :p
I like that Mac commercial, I haven't seen that one yet. Luckily my PC hasn't caused me too many problems, but I don't have Vista. I do long for a Mac though and have no excuse to buy one...yet!
P.S. Like the new look.
Be careful what you wish for. I find it very ironic that the exact things those MAC commercials make fun of are what they do. How many commercial are for Apple versus Microsoft. Alot more for apple.
As for the "secure" and bug free OS X operating system, Well its simple isn't true take a look at this quote on the comparison last ysar, and then tell me:
More recently, Zero Day has done a similar initiative, counting all the vulnerabilities that have affected Mac OS X, Windows Vista and Windows XP in 2007, through statistics provided by Secunia. In a single year, XP was impacted by 34 vulnerabilities, Vista by 20, while Mac OS X had no less than 243, or five times as many as Vista and XP put together. On top of this, XP accounted for 19 highly critical security flaws, Vista for just 12, whereas OS X takes the trophy with 234.
Sure the Apple is cute and come is neon colors but is it better... simple put NO jsut the users that swear by MAC are less advance users.
Anonymous: What is the source for your quote? Have you ever used Vista? If you haven’t, you can’t even speak to it’s worth (or, in my opinion, lack thereof). Talk to me when you’re staring at the blue screen of death for an undisclosed amount of time, or when your computer simply refuses to turn on.
There are plenty here is the one I quoted. Just google it you will see. Apple didn't have as many exploits cause they were less then 10% of the market share. Basically hackers didn't care to spend time on them. Now they have some market share hackers start to look at them and what do you know they are over 10 times worst then Microsoft. Its like if Canada said they haven't been invaded so they must have a better aarmy then anyone in the world. No they haven't been invaded cause no one waste their time with the POS country. But here is the link
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-vs-Mac-OS-X-74529.shtml
As long as we're quoting year old articles... Here's one. Oh, and you still haven't answered as to whether you've ever used Vista. Have you ever used a Mac?
10 reasons not to get Vista
Ashton Mills21 January 2007, 11:52 AM
It's all too easy to get caught up in the million dollar marketing engine as we approach the consumer release of Windows Vista, so lets not forget that it isn't the second coming, and by all counts is an upgrade you can do without.
It's all too easy to get caught up in the million dollar marketing engine as we approach the consumer release of Windows Vista, so lets not forget that it isn't the second coming, and by all counts is an upgrade you can do without.
There are many lists out there on why to get Vista, so here's ours on why not to.
1. You don't actually need it -- No, think about this. Vista doesn't do anything you can't already do with XP. About the only significant shift requiring Vista is DirextX10, but as no titles support it yet and, according to John Carmack (the godfather of modern gaming) there's no need to yet either.
2. Cost $$ -- It's so blindingly obvious, most people will be blinded to it. You already have XP, and alternatives like Linux are free. If you really want to throw money away, go give it to a local charity.
3. On that note, it's outrageously overpriced -- at least in Australia. As revealed in the current APC, even after taking into account the profit margin Microsoft Australia previously applied to XP (as well as exchange rates, as you would expect), Australians are paying hundreds of dollars more for their copies than in the US. In fact, it's cheaper for Australians to buy Vista direct by mail order from the States. If you think Microsoft Australia is reaming us, vote with your wallet.
4. Upgrading hardware -- XP was demanding at release, but Vista more so. If you have an older machine that struggles with XP at the best of times, Vista is out of your ballpark unless you spend even more money to upgrade. If this is you, see point 1.
5. Driver support -- Key hardware like video and sound is crippled at the moment -- while Nvidia is working furiously to get a stable driver for the 8800 out by the 30th, there's still no SLI support for any of the Nvidia range. And thanks to the removal of hardware accelerated 3D sound in Vista, Creative's popular DirectSound based EAX no longer works at all, muting this feature for just about all gaming titles on the market today. Creative is in the process of coding a layer for its drivers to translate EAX calls to the OpenAL API which is seperate from Vista, but going by past experience with Creative drivers we won't see these any time soon.
6. Applications that don't work -- there's been plenty of coverage about applications that won't work without a vendor update. These include anti-virus, backup and security software such as those from Symantec, Sophos and ilk; CD and DVD burning tools like the suite from Nero need updated versions to work; and even basic disk management and partitioning tools such as Paragon's Hard Disk Manager are awaiting an update for Vista to be compatible. How many more will fail as Vista enters mainstream? Even Firefox has issues with Vista.
7. It's a big fat target -- with a new and untested in the global wild architecture, virus and malware authors are going to work overtime exploiting the holes Microsoft missed. In fact it's already happening. Loath though I am to use the word 'security' and 'Windows' in the same sentence, Windows XP has at least been patched to the hilt and can be used with a plethora of reasonably effective security tools that work now, without waiting for an update down the track.
8. UAC -- Oh yes, the Microsoft solution for an operating system where mutli-user was an afterthought. Sure, you can disable it, but the OS then makes it clear then that the onus is on the user for any damaging programs that got to run with permissions, rather than with Windows in the first place. If you do have it on, it is going to annoy the hell out of you. It pops up far too frequently, and even on a fast PC, the UAC screen takes too long to come up and disappear.
9. DRM -- And to a lesser degree TPM -- were made for the RIAAs and MPAAs of this world, and the even tighter integration of copy protection mechanisms and 'Windows Rights Management' into vista are nothing more than a liability to you, the user. This ComputerWorld piece says is succinctly: 'it's hard to sing the praises of technology designed to make life harder for its users.' As for TPM, this short animated video shows just how far the rabbit hole goes. And to think you pay for the privilege of having the use of media you purchased and own dictated by third parties, even on your own system.
10. The draconian license -- somehow, Microsoft has forgotten that it built its business from products that empowered its customers, not hampered them. Of course, we forget that Microsoft's customers aren't you and I, afterall (see point 9). Aside from the backward thinking that is licensing, and not actually owning, your software new terms with Vista include being able to transfer the license only once; half the limit compared to XP for Home Basic and Premium on how many machines can connect to yours for sharing, printing and accessing the Internet; limits on the number of devices that can use Vista's Media Center features; activation and validation governing your ability to upgrade hardware and use Windows itself; and outlawing the use of Home Basic and Premium with virtualisation software, and Ultimate only if DRM enabled content and applications aren't used. But then again, who reads these anyway?
Here are some other links:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9000829
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1242296,00.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistasecurity/archive/2008/01/23/windows-vista-security-one-year-later.aspx
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070530-windows-vista-no-more-secure-than-xp-report.html
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/11/03/1103microsoft.html
When Vista went on sale in January 2007, more than two years later than planned, customers found that the operating system ran slowly and crashed.
PS I recognize I am not the most technologically savvy person. However, I am definitely not the least. I know enough to recognize when something isn't working well, and I have been increasingly unimpressed with Microsoft--in large part to Vista, but also with IE.
If people like Vista, then good on them. I'm still ultimately converting to a Mac.
I'm also, not by any measure, a "cute neon colors" girl. Cute doesn't cut the mustard for me; I prefer black or silver.
Anonymous is right. Just because it's a Mac doesn't mean it is secure. Linux format had an article on a hacker contest where a Vista, OS X, and Linux box were put on the net with a prize given to the person who could hack each one 1st. The first one to be compromised was the Mac. They got in through the Safari browser. The PC was second, and no one got into the Linux box.
If you hate vista, why don't you just dump it and put XP on it like everyone else is doing?
Tim: Chuck Norris uses a Mac though.
So...Anonymous seems to have a bug up his/her ass...Vista is a POS...and in the long run no operating system will ever be safe from hackers or Internet fraud unless it belongs to the Federal Government...and even then remember what one stupid person did to the Social Security Administration...and the Veteran's Administration...and the FBI...need I go on?
Plus, I've never met a single person in government who thought Vista was worth the pain and torment. Most of them have home laptops (some have MACs - insert gasp of shock and awe here, Mr./Ms. Anonymous) with XP on them that they use instead of their office computers.
MACs are easier to use and, quite honestly, if you were a 'cute neon colors girl' I'd disown you in favor of someone who liked black and gray.
Thank goodness you're not.
:D
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