John Dvorak On Vista's Launch

An anonymous reader writes "John is at it again, this time with his take on the launch of Microsoft's Vista operating system. John covers the reality from a market perspective, looking at whether the release will affect PC sales, peripherals ... or even Microsoft." From the article: "While there is no way that Vista will be a flop, since all new computers will come with Vista pre-installed, there seems to be no excitement level at all. And there does not seem to be any compelling reason for people to upgrade to Vista. In fact, the observers I chat with who follow corporate licensing do not see any large installations of Windows-based computers upgrading anytime soon. The word I keep hearing is 'stagnation.' Industry manufacturers are not too thrilled either. One CEO who supplies a critical component for all computers says he sees a normal fourth quarter then nothing special in the first quarter for the segment. Dullsville."

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Dvorak... Reality... ???

[Kelson]

John covers the reality from...

Is this the same Dvorak we've all come to know and love? Who thinks Microsoft should buy Opera, that CSS doesn't work because he couldn't figure out what "cascading" meant, and admits to trolling Mac users?

Oh, wait, he's making disparaging remarks about Microsoft! I'm sorry I ever doubted you, John!

Re:Dvorak... Reality... ???

[Anonymous Coward]

So...? Why shouldn't Microsoft buy Opera? They could use an updated, standards-based rendering engine... and CSS could use a lot of fixing and the use of the word cascading is somewhat ambiguous when you live next to the Cascade mountains. At least he invented a kick ass keyboard. Give the guy some credit.

Re:Dvorak... Reality... ???

[PhrostyMcByte]

Don't forget, the System Idle Process is out to get him.

Re:Dvorak... Reality... ???

[lawpoop]

In that very like that you gave above, Dvorak claims that a WinXP patch causes traceroute to die after three hops:

"TRACEROUTE NOT WORKING. Traceroute, or TRACERT on my machine, now goes three hops and times out. I can't trace anything."

This guy is like a tech support troll. "That patch you installed killed my mouse! Get down here and fix it!"

PS

[Mateo_LeFou]

Firefox prevented this site from opening 3 popup windows.

Microsoft needs a better marketing strategy...

[__aaclcg7560]

Windows Vista Premium with a free high-end computer to run it on.

Im not so sure

[also-rr]

All the pointy hair types I meet seem to know all about it. Was there a massive golf and martini day I wasn't told about somewhere in the UK? Has there been one day recently when *all* of your senior management - and everyone else's - went missing?

I'd call it brainwashing but that isn't very plausible considering the target audience ;)

Re:Let me guess...

[CodeArtisan]

Last week Dvorak was an idiot, but today he's the best tech columnist in the world.Even a broken watch is right twice a day.

Re:BJ's. Lots of BJ's

[Anonymous Coward]

How does Dvorak talk when Bill Gates' dick is in his mouth?

      Because Dvorak has a very big mouth, and Bill has a very small dick.

Viewer Friendly Interface

[Kelson]

Vista -- the operating system that Hollywood and the music industry designed.

Does this mean we'll finally get one of those nifty GUIs where the fonts are fixed at 36-point and above, all text appears one letter at a time, applications are always maximized, and the search function flashes thumbnails of every file that doesn't match as it goes through the index?

Re:Viewer Friendly Interface

[esmrg]

Don't forget the incessant beeping and whirring for searching and scrolling.

Re:"there seems to be no excitement level at all"

[PitaBred]

So you're saying that car analogies drive you up the wall?

Re:Let me guess...

[ElephanTS]

Try telling that to my Casio. I'm still waiting for 88:88ampm to come round.

Re:It's all relative

[Anonymous Coward]

new name: Dvork