Vista was really a driving motivator in my decision to pick up a Mac a few months ago. I needed a new laptop and it goes against the grain to get a new toy without the shiniest new O/S available on it - but Vista just looked like too much hassle.
I'll run Vista from bootcamp or a virtual environment when it gets a bit more stable - but at the moment, working from a a mac and remote accessing a 2003 server is a really stable and workable solution for me. I'm a microsoft weenie through and through. But Vista desperately needs a 'classic' interface at a top level - a user experience wide toggle that will give microsoft applications an XP style UI - they've scared off a massive number of business people with the hassle of learning where all the buttons are now. And then they need an 'advanced user' toggle - even if it requires editing the registry or doing something equivalently scary to frighten away mom and dad home users - that will turn off all the incredibly annoying idiot proofing they've tried to implement. I also really have to wonder how long it's going to remain worth the effort to keep up IE. Sure their user base is huge - but it's diminishing at a rapidly expanding rate, and it constantly draws fire for being shit. I really wonder if they wouldn't be better off ditching the damn thing, and just getting on board with Firefox. Dale Fraser wrote: > > I must admit that I’m a Microsoft Fan love their work. > > But Vista has been disappointing in several areas. I don’t see how > some of their bad decisions get through to a final release. > > 1. Whoever thought up UAC should be fired (I had to turn it off it’s > so annoying) > > 2. Whoever can’t resolve the Click To Activate in IE should also be fired. > > Both of these things are two steps backwards. I am persisting however > with Vista and IE. > > Regards > > Dale Fraser > > http://learncf.com > > *From:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *On Behalf Of *AJ Mercer > *Sent:* Friday, 26 October 2007 10:18 AM > *To:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [cfaussie] Re: SOT: Some Stats > > There is a thread on the Adobe UG forums saying the CF8 may not run on > leopard - the latest OS from Apple. > > I hope Apple fixes this before the official release. > > > Vista - the best thing that has happened to Apple :-) > > > On 10/26/07, *Dale Fraser* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I had a look at some stats today in light of the announcement that Ben > will be visiting Australia. > > Thought you may be interested, I was particularly interested in the > increased number of FireFox and Mac users compared to stats of other > sites I have. > > I think this is showing a trend for developers mainly, but interesting > still. Also based on this Australia is the second most active country > for ColdFusion, although this could be misleading given the site is in > Australia and I promote it a bit here. What is however accurate is > just how far ahead in terms of use the US is. > > http://learncf.com/stats.cfm > > Enjoy. > > Regards > > Dale Fraser > > http://learncf.com > > > > > -- > > AJ Mercer > Web Log: http://webonix.net > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
