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David Pogue Takes On Vista

Posted by kdawson on from the vista-with-an-X dept.

guruevi writes to let us know about a review of Microsoft Vista in the NY Times, in the form of an article and a video, by the known Mac-friendly David Pogue. In the article, Pogue recasts Microsoft's marketing mantra for Vista: "Clear, Confident, Connected" becomes "Looks, Locks, Lacks." Pogue writes that Vista is such a brazen rip-off of Mac OS X that "There must be enough steam coming out of Apple executives' ears to power the Polar Express." But the real fun is in the video, in which Pogue attempts to prove that Vista is not simply an OS X clone.

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  1. Re:Trading one evil for another == offtopic, sad by dr_turgeon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apple is as evil as Microsoft. Sooooo sick of this attitude... Give up!

    The unspoken message is Sure, X is 'evil', but you can't get away from evil. So, just use X! because, you know...

    [X being MS, GWB, fossil fuel, blood-letting, etc.]
    --
    "...objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences, subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny." -Gould
  2. Re:Excellent and very true by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Pogue is correct. Vista is a joke and MacOS X the coming leader.

    Just like Chevy is a joke and BMW is the current US sales leader :)

    -b.

  3. Re:Looks Cool... by waferhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bravo, AC, my thoughts exactly ;-)