On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:55:13 am Sithembewena Lloyd Dube wrote: > Richard, I think you may go ahead without trepidation. I am not a > Windows fan at all, I prefer Ubuntu. But I started using Win. 7 at > work about a month ago, and I have to say it hasn't given me cause to > grumble.
I don't think Richard is asking whether Windows 7 is worth using. I think he's asking, is it painful to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7. > Of course, a month is hardly sufficient time to have a strong > opinion, but I can tell you that it works just fine. Apart from: having no default email client (what sort of two-bit operating system doesn't have an email client in 2010?); the automatic upgrades that run silently in the background with no easy way to turn them on or off (always fun when your Internet download cap is completely used up TWO DAYS into the month -- especially when you don't know because you can't read the email from your ISP due to not having an email client, and you can't download one because all the available bandwidth is being consumed by the updates); the gratuitous UI changes (am I missing something, or does Internet Explorer no longer have a menubar?); the use of third-party applications like Adobe Acrobat Reader which have become overloaded with *stupid* security vulnerabilities *by design* (years after Microsoft themselves got burnt, time and time again, by allowing the web-browser and mail client to execute random code found on the internet, somebody at Adobe apparently thought it would be a good idea for the PDF reader to do the same thing *facepalms*); and consequently the proliferation of adware and spyware (even the "legitimate" anti-malware companies fill your browser with ad-laden toolbars and try terrifying the user with "your computer is unprotected" warnings -- no wonder the average user can't tell the difference between legitimate anti-malware and trojan horses). On the other hand, it is quite pretty. (Yes, I am speaking from experience. Everything I have mentioned I have seen with my own eyes.) -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
