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Vista Worse For User Efficiency Than XP

Posted by kdawson on from the two-steps-back dept.

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."

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  1. Well, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Vista makes for a nice toilet wipe!

    Ha ha bitches!

    Linux rules!

  2. Re:On What Hardware? by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Troll

    The point is that Apple supposedly prides themselves on consistency and interface design. Unfortunately, they have no consistency, and their interface is crap. However you feel about the location of the menu bar (and we have been fighting that war since time immemorial) the Dock's behavior is JUST WRONG from a human interface standpoint, and the inconsistency of UI elements (which you glibly ignore) is unacceptable.

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  3. Re:On What Hardware? by sogoodsofarsowhat · · Score: 1, Troll

    Drinkypoo...let me start with your an idiot. I have both Windows and Macs running and my Macs out run my PC's running windows in Parallels. Your whole statement is utter BS. MY Macs are way more stable then my PC's. I rarely if ever restart my Macs. You state that you cant get anything done on your Mac but frustration and to that i say BS. I get loads done on my Macs without anything so much as a bother...my PC's continue to be a source of problems and crashes. You obviously dont know what the FARK your doing with a computer...so just go back to your sales job at BB. I own/operate manufacturing plants in the USA and Thailand and we run both MACs and PCs. PCs because somethings are only available on them...for everything else we run MACs. (PCs above refers to computers running Windows...as we have a few Linux servers and they are no trouble either).

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  4. Re:Aero != productivity by Traiklin · · Score: 0, Troll

    You seem to have the opinion that OS X is not widely usable as a productive environment. What specific tasks have you found to be significantly more difficult on a Mac? I would bet that if the task is not very simple, then your difficulties stem entirely from a lack of experience and knowledge of the platform.
    I will go ahead and use the same logic as one "Security Expert" people were quoting for a little while (till he showed how much of an ass he really was).

    I've never touched a mac but I can clearly say that in my expert opinion the Mac is a horrible idea for anyone wanting to get any real work done (hey if it works for a "Security expert" who never touched it to claim something, why can't I?).