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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. Okay we get it by orin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are we going to get a "someone doesn't like Vista" article every day until the operating system is released to the general public?

  2. Re:To Be Fair .... by pesc · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...if one operating system does something right, should we really criticize another operating system for coding that feature into their own product?
    For instance, when I found out that Mac OS's had the Unix shell I was happy & enthusiastic at the same time...

    The difference is that Apple says up front that it uses tried and tested UNIX technology. They are not acting like they invented the shell.

    I never hear Microsoft say they include technology borrowed from XXX or UI elements modelled after vendor YYY. They present "their" solutions as if they invented it themselves. And Joe Public often believes that.

    That's why Microsoft deserves to be bashed.

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    )9TSS
  3. Is that cherry or lemon lime... by jpellino · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...Kool-Aid they're serving in Redmond?

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    "Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
  4. Re:I Like It! by UglyTool · · Score: 0, Troll
    Thank you!

    I have, for a while, been trying to explain to my wife what astroturfing is.

    Your post is the perfect example that I have been looking for!

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    Skeptical Limericks
  5. Re:What??? by wolfgang_spangler · · Score: 1, Troll

    You should investigate before babbling ignorantly.

    Windows and *nix are functionally equivalent, just minor syntax differences to access the semantics. Except for that whole thing about the registry. You know, that database portion of Windows that gets hosed once about every three seconds, and Windows constantly chokes on? That thing that is next to impossible to gracefully recover from without losing data or settings or creating other odd behavior? That thing that makes a regular workstation crawl to a halt after about 6 months of usage from a normal person.

    There are many other ways in which Windows and *nix differ, but this is the first one that popped out.

    Except for those who use FreeBSD or Gentoo with complete source package installation by compiling everything including the kernel, you're just a binary whore beholden to Red Hat, Novell, etc. instead of Microsoft. Well that is such a line of BS. You can simply yoink the binaries and run that way. But you don't have to. With MS offerings, you do. There is quite a large difference there you know.