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More Vista venting
Posted by Michael Klassen on November 22, 2006 in Soapbox
Every new Windows operating system is supposed to improve the experience of what we've had before. Supposed to...but never does.
This post about how something as simple as TURNING OFF your computer is anything but illustrates how the evolution of computing has stalled.
We don't need a new OS for running PCs. We need something to replace PCs, that:
- Doesn't waste energy when not being used
- Doesn't pollute our environment with toxic metals when retired
- Doesn't take up so much space
- Doesn't become repositories for dust and sources of heat and noise
- Doesn't become obsolete within 12 months
- Can function at a basic level at little or zero cost
I'm certainly not the first one to propose any of the above. Maybe by being a bloated monster Windows Vista will, unintentionally, be the catalyst we need to change the paradigm of personal computing.
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« Grace under pressure | Home | RSS Feeds as 'Social Glue': Jeffrey Veen »
Gotta agree with you on the shutdown stupidity. Here's the other one that I was looking for recently:
The "Switch Between Windows" control. Sorta neat. Very pretty. Been done before? Sure. My complaint? What's the freakin' HOT KEY for this nifty new feature?
Oh, and Cisco's VPN 4.8.01.0590 is having problems on some of our IBM laptops. Somewhat important that VPN work on things like, y'know, portable devices.
Overall, I'm still feeling a little "What do we need this for, other than being able to see more than 3GB of RAM?"