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Vista Makes CNET UK's List of "Worst Consumer Tech"
Several anonymous readers pointed us at CNET UK's Crave blog for a list of what is or was, in their opinion, the worst consumer tech in history. Vista comes in at number 10, in company with Apple's puck mouse (number 6) and Sony's CD rootkit (number 9). According to Crave: "[Vista's] incompatibility with hardware, its obsessive requirement of human interaction to clear security dialogue box warnings and its abusive use of hated DRM, not to mention its general pointlessness as an upgrade, are just some examples of why this expensive operating system earns the final place in our terrible tech list." That's gotta hurt a little, coinciding as it does with Apple's Don't Give Up On Vista attack ad.
Come on Microsoft. Vista is #10 on the index. You need to try harder, that #1 slot can be yours within an SP or two!
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Nine old obscure products I can use as an excuse to slam Vista.
That device (puck-mouse) should be listed as a torture device. It hurts your hands, it is counter-inuitive, it clicks sometimes for no reason, and it is the ULTIMATE nightmare in function follows form.
Vista and the Sony rootkit can cause onsets of rage or heart attacks in few cases, but that mouse was an ergonomic disaster. Using it for a few hours cramped your fingers so much that many male Apple users ended up lonely at night, without their hand being able to perform its marital duties.
Ok, name 3 bits of hardware with Vista only drivers
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Macs are powered by a combination of the Jobs Reality Distortion Field and the smugness of their users.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum
Oh yeah, I remember that thing. The Barcode Battler it was called.
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At the risk of having a thousand demons raping my karma, I do think some stuff from MS is cool, or at least far better than other alternatives.
I'm too lazy to think of any product, maybe that's why I think they're cool?
I'm using Vista, you insensitive clod!
Okay, one more time. It's it's, as in "it is", not its. It's a contraction, not a possessive.
Next:
- Ford, Toyota, Hundai et all enforce speed limits.
- Bacardi, Budweiser enforce amounts of alcohol you drink before getting behind the wheel.
- Gun companies enforce gun laws.
Did you get it or should I throw more analogies at you to remark how idiotic is for MS to be enforcing the wishes of content producers?
IANAL but write like a drunk one.
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