Vista Questions - What CNET has to say
Since the release of Vista I’ve received many private e-mails regarding the new OS. Unfortunately I haven’t tried it out yet. So yesterday I was doing a little research to see if I wanted to upgrade the HP that travels with me.
I’d seen the Vista OS available at Best Buy back in Las Cruces. The price ranged from $200 - $400. Pretty steep for a single user license of a new OS. So I held off.
While researching yesterday I checked CNET.com, as they always have good reviews. Well, the first thing I came across was a quick video on the Top 5 Reasons to not get Vista yet! I’ve linked it for you as well. Guess I’ll hold off on testing the platform for the moment.
So, no direct response for those asking about Vista. And for the short term, I won’t be trying it myself. If you give it a whirl let me know how it works out for you.
As an after thought, check out CNET’s query on Vista User’s Opinions. 5.6 out of 10 so far…..
It would be interesting to see if anyone can point to any useful or unique feature of Vista that isn’t done better and earlier on any old Apple Mac sold over the last 4 or 5 years. Compare the number of versions of Vista (many with various attributes) versus the versions of Mac OS (one that has all the attributes). In this case, one size fits all (Apple) so customers can get on with what they want to do and not feel shortchanged just because their budget or computer isn’t up to the challenge.
Comment on February 20, 2007 @ 4:48 pm
Mike,
I agree completely. I was interested in seeing what Vista held in store, but it seems from most of my reading the past few days that folks upgrading to it might be disappointed. And that’s what CNET’s little video pointed to as well.
I still use an XP system as well as my Mac. But honestly, the Mac gets 90% of the computer time at this point. For a person who started his career as a Windows NT Admin, Mac is now the winning system for me personally.
Comment on February 20, 2007 @ 5:57 pm
Technology Review has a good article on Vista, and responses regarding OSX. One of their reviewers who checked out Vista was happier with OSX. Another review was written as well, and all items are linked in the article. Many interesting comments as well.
Comment on February 20, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18154/
Link didn’t make it in the last comment. Whoops
Comment on February 20, 2007 @ 6:30 pm