Now I'm boggled by your...boggledness. I can't see hardly any interface changes in Vista. None that affect the way I do anything really. I'll have another opinion here soon when my wife moves from xp to vista after four years on xp. Definitely not a power user, I'm sure I'll get her opinion of the new interface.
Picked up a 17" HP dv9000 series laptop with 2 x 120 HD and 4 gigs of ram for 450 bux. Her new machine. Mike On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:32 AM, db <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony B wrote: > >> I gotta agree. The lack of customization options in the Vista >> interface sucks. I installed the third party ObjectDock to get around >> it. http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/ >> >> OTOH, I can't say XP was particularly 'better', as you can always >> change Vista to 'classic' style and get pretty much the same thing. >> >> > I have always used XP in Classic style also. I haven't had the chance to > see how well this works in Vista but I very well know the MS interface > changes in Office 2007, Media Player, IE Explorer etc reek... and from what > I have seen superficially in Vista, the same mind boggingly incomprehensible > design principles are employed. "Too Cool" for me.... > > db > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 4:46 PM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> In what respects exactly if you don't mind? I haven't found any real >>> differences between xp and vista in terms of interface...at least nothing >>> to >>> write home about. Perhaps something I've missed? >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 1:37 PM, db <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Unfortunately I find Vista to be a large step backwards from XP in these >>>> respects also. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> >> >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
