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Vista Worse For User Efficiency Than XP
erikvlie writes "Pfeiffer Consulting released a report on User Interface Friction, comparing Windows Vista/Aero with Windows XP and Mac OS X. The report concludes that Vista/Aero is worse in terms of desktop operations, menu latency, and mouse precision than XP — which was and still is said to be a lot worse on those measures than Mac OS X. The report was independently financed. The IT-Enquirer editor has read the report and summarized the most important findings."
Agreed.
With "Windows 2010" (or whatever) comes out, we will have the exact same people saying 'Windows 2010 sucks because it's different. Windows Vista is the last OS I'll ever need!'.
This article is crap. Slashdot is kept alive my anti-microsoft stories/replies; this is just another example of the bias. It's a pretty sad day when people are complain about the programable menu lag or slight mouse inconsistacy. Give me a break.
I haven't installed Vista myself, but I will be once my 'busy season' is over. We do have a few techs here running Vista and none have complained a single time. From what I gather from them, Vista is a very nice OS... that *may* be ready for end-user deployment in 6 months. Our issues aren't with Vista, they are with vendors just needed to update their apps for a new OS. C'est la vie.
OSX has the WORST mouse control EVER !!!!!!!!!!!! It is only passable by users who have never used Windows. I hate it ! Mouse acceleration is RETARDED. Why no check box for on off ? OSX is like a straight jacket. Plus OSX is a big fat HOG. Anyone who is running the same apps on XP and OSX with a Mac Pro will agree. It's indisputable. All those shinny windows an dumb window transitions are for children, plus they slow everything down. Personally I want to compute with my computer. Long live Win XP. (Vista should be a desktop plugin for Win XP, or at the most a tiny upgrade to Explorer.exe)