Charlie Tame wrote:[color=blue]
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> wrote:[color=green]
>> Charlie Tame wrote:
>> <snips>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> No, non Vista drivers don't work, tried lots when I had problems with
>>> numerous brands / models, Vista is almost totally inflexible, and
>>> even some "Vista" drivers don't work properly so it's a lottery.[/color]
>>
>> You got that right! I'm really not impressed with Vista so far myself.
>>[/color]
>
> Well I think they applied a lot of ingenuity with XP, and for that[/color]

Agreed. For all the problems XP had, it also had some worthwhile features.
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> matter W2003 server which you'd expect to be more "Rigid" was the same,[/color]

I love the fact that the server boots into a classic look and feel. I
also like the volume shadow copy feature.
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> but Vista nitpicks everything (I suppose in the name of "Security) but[/color]

IMO, with vista it seems like they are trying to hoist all of the
responsibility for security on the user instead of trying to actually
fix the problems. It's like they are using the wrong kind of bandaid
fix for it.
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> in reality is suffering from much the same vulnerabilities... they
> should have broken the incestuous relationship between the core and IE,
> the core and WMP and come up with totally new products which are
> independent leaving their browser and player to develop their own
> security. Was time for a different set of products with the same "Look
> and feel", instead we got the same old products with a different look
> and feel.[/color]

Totally. While I am a bit of a skeptic, I think that Vista was a dud
and they could still do much better with vienna. Time will tell.

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