Forbes takes a look at Vista, and writes: "More than five years in the making, more than 50 million lines of code. The result? A vista slightly more inspiring than the one over the town dump. The new slogan is: 'The Wow Starts Now', and Microsoft touts new features, many filched shamelessly from Apple's Macintosh. But as with every previous version, there's no wow here, not even in ironic quotes. Vista is at best mildly annoying and at worst makes you want to rush to Redmond, Wash. and rip somebody's liver out." They also look at Office 2007.
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Member since:2006-02-04
Sure Forbes is highly regarded, but come on. This is yet another trendy Vista trashsing "review." I won't suggest that the author was incorrect in any of his assesments (I have not used Vista) but for once I would like to see an objective review of Vista without the word "Mac" anywhere in it.
I really don't care if Macs have had this or Linux/Unix/BSD has that. I know what they do. I want to hear about how good or bad Vista is based on its own merits, not others.
Member since:2005-07-10
Forbes is a magazine targeting a market audience that are business types. Especially those who are in charge of making major financial decisions when it comes to purchasing new systems or upgrading current ones in medium to large networks. I actually prefer to know not only how a software or hardware works but also how it compares to a competitor product or a previous version/model. Obviously the author has more familiarity with OSX than with Linux which is a good reason for not comparing Windows Vista with RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) or SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop), both which are used in Enterprise networks.
Since I've tested Windows Vista I do agree with Stephen Manes, comments which list several key reasons for consumers to reconsider upgrading or purchasing new systems with Windows Vista installed.
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2005-07-28
Since Forbes is highly regarded ... ouch!