The keyword is "demo". Of course their not going to be able to show them in-depth features such as a networking or audio stack and new multi-task management in 10 minutes.
If it takes 10 minutes to boot, that's adequate enough to rate it. If it take 30 seconds to boot and over 9 minutes to ask permission to open one program, that's also adequate.
I recently went from 32bit to 64bit and happened to notice how long it took to install. Took another 20 minutes to do a complete restore of all my automatic backups.
I love Vista TOO :) I can't stand the morons that have never used it or try to run it on a $400 budget comp that really would only run win98 well tell me that it's a "TOTAL FAILURE". How dumb.
Why would 10 minutes be inadequate? Apple fan boys are able to rate everything ever produced by Apple as absolutely perfect and without flaws before they are ever released and just a glimmer in The Jobs (PBUH) glorious mind. They are also able to determine that everything else is utter crap before it is released and without even trying it.
So why is it a stretch to say "Hey, this is not bad" in only 10 minutes?
No kidding! This is the stupidest BS I've ever seen. The problems with Vista are not READILY APPARENT! Now, go buy a retail copy and try to install it on a 2 year old PC and get it working with all your old hardware and software!
On a new decent-spec PC, Vista runs just fine. Is it worth the ~$200 to upgrade from XP Pro? Not to me! There are just not enough features to justify it. All the primary "new" features of Vista are already available (and better most of the time) from third party software. Software and hardware compatibility have no doubt gotten better since it's launch, but it still can be a nightmare upgrading an old PC.
Also, For me at least, XP just feels a lot faster and lighter.
So the other day, I dug out an old Win98 laptop I hadn't touched in four years. It's been through it's fair share of wear and tear -- keyboard falling apart, spyware, etc.
Amazingly though, it just felt fast. Responsive. More so than XP, Vista, or even OS X or Ubuntu. Old version of MS Word booted up quickly, the menus popped open quickly, and web browser launched in record time.
Of course, it crashed really fast as well, but I was more than a little surprised that an old OS could feel that zippy. Makes you wonder how fast these next-gen OSes could be if you just turned off everything you didn't need.
Also a Windows Vista Ultimate x64 user since it was released. Rock solid stable. I'm starting to be annoyed by the Vista bashers because: 1. They never used it before for more than 1 day 2. They listen to all the "other" people that bashes Vista. 3. They complain and blame Vista if there is ANY slight problem that has nothing to do with Microsoft at all.
And UAC is NOT annoying, it is annoying because you keep doing something that changes the system directly or indirectly, which in why in first place you are not supposed to doing that. (I mean who the hell clicks on device manager, copies files into the system directories, rename files in system directories & start menu, etc ALL the time?)
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10 minutes to rate an OS?
inadequate me thinks.
First impressions are important.
The keyword is "demo". Of course their not going to be able to show them in-depth features such as a networking or audio stack and new multi-task management in 10 minutes.
It just serves as a "demo".
If it takes 10 minutes to boot, that's adequate enough to rate it. If it take 30 seconds to boot and over 9 minutes to ask permission to open one program, that's also adequate.
Vista takes 10 minutes to fresh install and be at the desktop vs the 45minutes to an hour on XP
How often do you fresh install, John? You must do it often if you're worried so much about the time it takes.
I recently went from 32bit to 64bit and happened to notice how long it took to install. Took another 20 minutes to do a complete restore of all my automatic backups.
BigD(some numbers): It takes 30 seconds to turn off UAC.
I love Vista TOO :) I can't stand the morons that have never used it or try to run it on a $400 budget comp that really would only run win98 well tell me that it's a "TOTAL FAILURE". How dumb.
Why would 10 minutes be inadequate? Apple fan boys are able to rate everything ever produced by Apple as absolutely perfect and without flaws before they are ever released and just a glimmer in The Jobs (PBUH) glorious mind. They are also able to determine that everything else is utter crap before it is released and without even trying it.
So why is it a stretch to say "Hey, this is not bad" in only 10 minutes?
"First impressions are important."
Agreed. Which is why the world looks at Vista how it does, with a scornful sideways glance... "Who farted?"
... and no actors with scripts.
No kidding! This is the stupidest BS I've ever seen. The problems with Vista are not READILY APPARENT! Now, go buy a retail copy and try to install it on a 2 year old PC and get it working with all your old hardware and software!
On a new decent-spec PC, Vista runs just fine. Is it worth the ~$200 to upgrade from XP Pro? Not to me! There are just not enough features to justify it. All the primary "new" features of Vista are already available (and better most of the time) from third party software. Software and hardware compatibility have no doubt gotten better since it's launch, but it still can be a nightmare upgrading an old PC.
Also, For me at least, XP just feels a lot faster and lighter.
So the other day, I dug out an old Win98 laptop I hadn't touched in four years. It's been through it's fair share of wear and tear -- keyboard falling apart, spyware, etc.
Amazingly though, it just felt fast. Responsive. More so than XP, Vista, or even OS X or Ubuntu. Old version of MS Word booted up quickly, the menus popped open quickly, and web browser launched in record time.
Of course, it crashed really fast as well, but I was more than a little surprised that an old OS could feel that zippy. Makes you wonder how fast these next-gen OSes could be if you just turned off everything you didn't need.
Also a Windows Vista Ultimate x64 user since it was released. Rock solid stable. I'm starting to be annoyed by the Vista bashers because:
1. They never used it before for more than 1 day
2. They listen to all the "other" people that bashes Vista.
3. They complain and blame Vista if there is ANY slight problem that has nothing to do with Microsoft at all.
And UAC is NOT annoying, it is annoying because you keep doing something that changes the system directly or indirectly, which in why in first place you are not supposed to doing that. (I mean who the hell clicks on device manager, copies files into the system directories, rename files in system directories & start menu, etc ALL the time?)