Albuquerque, it sounds like you like Vista primarily for its ease of mass distribution and management in a large IT setting. And from the standpoint of MS support being paramount. Not necessarily it's actual functionality as an OS.
As an OS used individually, it has an awful lot of quirks and controversial areas right now. Especially for gamers. There certainly are very few reasons for a consumer to jump on it right now, especially if purchased at retail as an "upgrade" where it is not exactly priced aggressively.
Seriously, the only real advantage I've found so far is with the built-in photo manipulation's new features. It is great for quick on the fly adjustment of photos we do at work. It couldn't be simpler than it is, and that is why it works. We work with hundreds per day and being able to tweak brightness/contrast without complex 3rd party software (that only I would really be capable of using) or taking the photos again is a major time saver.
The people using the Vista comp are not enthusiasts in any way. They think the sidebar is rather is gimmicky for the most part. The shiny UI and flippin' Windows isn't something that is going to convince them that it was worth the cash. They will never notice minor kernel tweaks, security features (other than the new nuisance), DX10, the fancy audio subsystem (WMP works just like before), or that the Core 2 Duo may be being utilized slightly better. I notice that 1 gig of RAM isn't really sufficient as the system will swap an awful lot with the number of apps we run at a time (just office stuff), but that XP MCE05 was working very smooth with this RAM amount and the same apps.
They can't say enough about the photo manipulation tho, that's for sure. The new hotness of the UI and MS's "get with it" sorta fad-like mind share I think has dulled the cash outlay that has so far only been proven valuable by a simple little photo app.
As an OS used individually, it has an awful lot of quirks and controversial areas right now. Especially for gamers. There certainly are very few reasons for a consumer to jump on it right now, especially if purchased at retail as an "upgrade" where it is not exactly priced aggressively.
Seriously, the only real advantage I've found so far is with the built-in photo manipulation's new features. It is great for quick on the fly adjustment of photos we do at work. It couldn't be simpler than it is, and that is why it works. We work with hundreds per day and being able to tweak brightness/contrast without complex 3rd party software (that only I would really be capable of using) or taking the photos again is a major time saver.
The people using the Vista comp are not enthusiasts in any way. They think the sidebar is rather is gimmicky for the most part. The shiny UI and flippin' Windows isn't something that is going to convince them that it was worth the cash. They will never notice minor kernel tweaks, security features (other than the new nuisance), DX10, the fancy audio subsystem (WMP works just like before), or that the Core 2 Duo may be being utilized slightly better. I notice that 1 gig of RAM isn't really sufficient as the system will swap an awful lot with the number of apps we run at a time (just office stuff), but that XP MCE05 was working very smooth with this RAM amount and the same apps.
They can't say enough about the photo manipulation tho, that's for sure. The new hotness of the UI and MS's "get with it" sorta fad-like mind share I think has dulled the cash outlay that has so far only been proven valuable by a simple little photo app.
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