Mossberg - Vista Is Worthy, Largely Unexciting

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Wall Street Journal tech columnist Walter S. Mossberg says Vista is the best version of Windows yet, but doesn't represent a major step forward: 'Overall, it works pretty much the same way as Windows XP.' More from the review: 'Nearly all of the major, visible new features in Vista are already available in Apple's operating system, called Mac OS X, which came out in 2001 and received its last major upgrade in 2005. ... in my tests, some elements of Vista could be maddeningly slow even on new, well-configured computers. Also, despite Vista's claimed security improvements, you will still have to run, and keep updating, security programs, which can be annoying and burdensome. Microsoft has thrown in one such program free, but you will have to buy at least one more. That means that, while Vista has eased some of the burden on users imposed by the Windows security crisis, it will still force you to spend more time managing the computer than I believe people should have to devote.'"

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You've got it backwards

[Anonymous Coward]

Regarding your sig, I've never seen a liberal spit or call anyone a Nazi. I've never seen a conservative explain anything. I've seen them rant and rave and call people commies and traitors. Think about conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter, they spew the most vile rhetoric I've ever heard. Liberals are the ones who calmly and rationally try to explain their side of things. Think about Al Franken, everything he says is backed up by research, and he never calls people who disagree with him a traitor.

Your statement illustrates the kind of sickness that pervades conservative thought. You deny your own faults while projecting them onto everyone around you.

Re:You've got it backwards

[Overly Critical Guy]

Agree with him or disagree with him, Rush Limbaugh spends four hours every day bloviating about why he thinks the way he does. Just today he played audio clips from prominent Democratic leaders like Pelosi and Clinton voicing support for a troop surge and then changing their minds after Bush brought it up. He provides supporting evidence, you see.

Liberals are the ones who calmly and rationally try to explain their side of things.

Is this when they're throwing pies or rushing college stages? Is it when they're saying "screw them" to dead U.S. soldiers like at Daily Kos? Is it after they refer to everybody they don't like as Nazis and Hitlers, or accusing people of being stupid because they don't believe in abortion or raising taxes?

Think about Al Franken, everything he says is backed up by research, and he never calls people who disagree with him a traitor.

That's not even true. Franken's books have been found to be riddled with falsehoods, and he calls people names all the time.

Newsweek just referred to the popular show 24 as a "neocon sex fantasy" simply because a nuke went off. This is the level of intellectual discourse you get from liberals who are terrified of the idea that someone might disagree with them. They don't know how to argue--they only know how to rely on emotions and call you names.