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Mainstream Press "Cringes" At Win7 Launch Parties
lurking_giant writes "Well, Microsoft has done it again with the YouTube Windows 7 launch party video that is turning the stomachs of even the mainstream press with its clueless and campy marketing style. A Washington Post reader was quoted as saying 'If Microsoft had been put in charge of marketing sex, the human race would have ended long ago, because no one would be caught dead doing something that uncool.'" Even the Guardian's resident die-hard Apple hater calls it "the most nauseating advert in history."
A shell is a very powerful tool (one that I can't live without) but a common view is that Windows is great because it provides a pretty, easy graphical frontend to everything and doesn't need a shell. Installing a Windows web server is as easy as checking a little box that says IIS and flipping through an intuitive configuration applet with checkboxes and helpful explanations. When I first discovered that I could install IIS as a Windows component I went through the configuration and was amazed at how easy it all was. God help you if you're a newbie trying to figure out Apache configuration.
Yes I know how much better Apache is for various reasons; I'm not trying to claim otherwise. But as a matter of philosophy, Microsoft boldly claims "You will never need a shell" and a lot of people rejoice.
Ah, Slashdot. Where the moderations are funnier than the comments themselves.
How?
Typo. Meant Vista. Experience feels faster. I play a lot of online games and get 25-50% faster framerate. I never went with Vista, instead been on XP.
Why?
"You hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability."
XP is on its way out. Drivers can be scarce to come by with some new hardware, plus the allure of being able to use >3.5GB of RAM is nice, running on a well supported OS. With my Core i7 rig, I never really have to quit out of anything because I can address so much more RAM.
We're all hypocrites. We all have hidden parts, it's the contrast between them that make us more a hypocrite than others