Getting A Handle On Vista

visination.com wrote to mention a news.com article which runs down some of the basics on MS's new Operating System. From the article: "Among the key features of Vista as it currently stands are: security enhancements, a new searching mechanism, lots of new laptop features, parental controls and better home networking. There will also be visual changes, thanks to Avalon, ranging from shiny translucent windows to icons that are tiny representations of a document itself. On the business side, Microsoft said Vista will be easier for businesses to deploy on multiple PCs and will also save costs by reducing the number of times computers will have to be rebooted."

Comments

Darn!

[Average_Joe_Sixpack]

"... Microsoft said Vista will be easier for businesses to deploy on multiple PCs and will also save costs by reducing the number of times computers will have to be rebooted."

Reboot = Coffee Break

Re:Darn!

[Ignominious Cow Herd]

All they really had to do was add a disclaimer to the standard installer message telling you to reboot:

"Disclaimer: You don't REALLY have to reboot, but we're too lame to tell all the developers to stop putting up this dialog box after their installation script is done. You really haven't HAD to reboot after installing things for years. It's just the damn Developers, Developers, Developers who can't get with the program. Oh, and you're too dumb to figure this out for yourselves."

Re:Darn!

[Anonymous Coward]

Warning: assignment in conditional statement

Re:Darn!

[Aeiri]

if(reboot = true) potty_break();

So, you are always on a potty break?

(Note: this is NOT a jab at Windows, reread his syntax, if you are a programmer, you should be able to notice the syntax error)

Re:i am hoping, but will it happen

[electrichamster]

I hear that IE has spelling and grammar checking in forms now!

Fewer reboots...we've heard that before

[chevybowtie]

Windows 2000 was advertised before it's release as only having 7 events that would necessitate a reboot.

Re:Fewer reboots...we've heard that before

[Hungus]

it does only have seven events that necessitate a reboot:
1) Installing anything
2) Uninstalling anything
3) Being connected to a network
4) Not being connected to a network
5) Running an application
6) Not running an application
7) Starting up

You know what I would really like to see?

[PocketPick]

A Windows OS that terminates an application when I tell it to do so. Why should I have to press 'End Process' 5 times and click on 2 dozen 'End Task' dialogs in order for the app to shutdown (if it even does). Is Windows second guessing me?

Only after the 27th time Windows XP does finally say 'You know... I think you might like me to close that process for you. Here you go peasant. No, you don't have to thank me! :)".

BSOD frequency vs. time

[Mr. Underbridge]

Or are you in the camp that still claims BSODs are as common now as they were in 98?

Nobody says that. BSOD in 98 was as common as the clap in a sorority.

That said, following the same analogy, I still wouldn't do XP without wrapping it up first.

Re:i am hoping, but will it happen

[Master of Transhuman]

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