Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 21st Jan 2007 17:42 UTC, submitted by danwarne
"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." Update: I have written a rebuttal on my weblog. Update II: Another rebuttal.
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2005-11-10
Yup, one of the best of such lists I've seen. Very real, very on target. The author is sharp to point out that Vista does nothing more (at this early stage) than what you already have. Upgrading would literally be throwing money away just for the sake of some fancy graphics and being an early adopter.
edit: To elaborate:
* Gadgets on Vista - Yahoo Widget Engine on XP (free), Opera Widgets (free), Dashboard on Mac (included)
* Skin on Vista - WindowsBlinds on XP ($) + Vista Skin http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40338929/ , or patched UXTheme.dll (free) and skin http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45964754/
* System Wide Search on Vista - Google Desktop on XP (free), MSN Live Desktop on XP (free), Spotlight on Mac (included)
and so on...
Edited 2007-01-21 18:02