Cyber Drops

So, Microsoft is really working hard to dispel the attitudes that people have about Windows Vista. It is fascinating to me that they have to work so hard at it. They have sites dedicated to telling people how good they are vista boxlike the Mojave Experiment. They did the same with another site but it wouldn't work because of their stupid Silverlight technology. They have even resorted to spam to accomplish the telling.

If it was half as good as Microsoft claimed, they wouldn't have such a hard time getting people to upgrade. The consumer would spread the word for them.

The fact is, you can do so many things with Vista. You can do all that you did before... you just have to do it differently. In many cases, it is much more difficult.

Here are some observations that I made a year ago that still seem to be an issue... even with the much touted SP1. Some are getting better, but still not there.

1. The interface is pretty cool; it is better than XP, but you can have the same (or better) interface with Mac OS X in a more stable environment.
2. My digital camera was very hard to connect.
3. My battery life was terrible.
4. Microsoft claims greater security, but at the cost of convenience and efficiency.
5. There are plenty printing problems.
6. Plenty of program / OS compatibility issues… even with Microsoft applications.

Well, let's add another to the list.

I have been going nuts trying to figure out why the new MP3 player in my car won't work. music mp3It is the kind that you have to burn disks for. I have burned a number of disks with my Vista OS and every time I put a disk in to the car, it doesn't work.

Finally, I tried with my Mac... which I should have done from the beginning.

First try... no problems.

Oh, I am sure there is a way to do on Windows Vista, but it shouldn't be that hard. It should work right, out of the box, with standards that have been around for 10 years.

And here is the way I look at it. If I, who have an IT Degree, work on my computer 14 hours per day, build web sites, understand multimedia and love to figure out how to make new things work, can't figure it out, then it probably isn't easy enough.