Keep in mind, the speed of light is not really constant. The speed of light is constant for a stationary body, i.e. the speed of light will always appear to be 186,292 miles per second to the casual observer. Time is the stray factor here. The faster one's velocity, the more time slows down. This means 186,292 miles / 1 second becomes 186,292 miles/.999999.... second and the greater the velocity the closer that.999999.... gets to zero. This is why a ship traveling at what appears to be the speed of light for it, can travel for one year, yet when it returns to where it started, a much greater amount of time has passed.
I predict that the Aero theme engine, even at its best, will leave a lot to be desired. This is the Microsoft Windows track record. They announce all these new features and what they "might eventually" be able to do. Does anyone remember "push" technology? With Windows 98 it was supposed to be the next great thing. It turned out to be a joke that never went very far. I also recall hearing about XP having the ability to switch simultaniously between five different users. I am thinking "great five virtual machines with their own environments." I had high hopes for that, as it was the perfect solution for applications that did not work well together....until I changed screen resolution in one and noticed that the other four reflected this change. I was hoping for five distinct environments like I was led to believe by the Windows hype, when instead the only distictions between the users was the wallpaper, program icons in the display, and an effort to protect the "my documents" data between users. I was hoping for something robust enough that I could install one set of programs for one user, and another for another user. Not the case. SP2 is a joke that was put into place more for marketing and to dispell negative hype than for its function.
As for Aero, I usually do not indulge in such things except on my laptop where I use Window Blinds 5. In order to achieve the isolation I need between "user environments" I use BootItNG boot loader/partition manager to switch between several different partitions containing Windows and different sets of applications. And these are just two cases where Windows "innovations" fall short and third party apps are needed.
Again, to Microsoft I say: "just install a small kernal on my system drive, I wlll populate it with apps and functions of my own choosing."
What is ironic is that Win2k was actually Windows NT 5.0, and when XP came out, it was Windows NT 5.1. That was not publicized much for obvious reasons. "...and now you know".
Windows Vista is becoming more and more "Windows XP warmed over". It seems to be less and less about innovation and improvement...and more and more about re-selling Windows XP with stronger piracy protection. At this point, what is new about Vista that cannot already be achieved with third-party software and drivers? This all translates to Vista being written for their own benefit rather than for the benefit of the users. So far, like the new version of office coming out...I have yet to see anything that is new that will compel me to purchase it.
Now, if they offered a scaled down version that contained only the most necessary of drivers and a simple user interface to access drives and programs (think 32-bit safe mode) that I could then build it up from there, I would jump on it in a heartbeat.
After reading this thread (to this point) I think a lot of us are in the same camp: we are waiting for all the loose ends to be tied up and the technology to solidify into whatever it is going to become. I have noticed a recurring factor here and it is probably one we will see many more times. Let me know if this sounds familiar.....in 1981 the first audio CD players came onto the market and sold for $1,500. Prior to that it was VCRs that originally sold for $1,500. When the original DVD units came out, I believe they were up there as well. Not only did they all come down to incredibly low prices (in 1985 did anyone forsee a $39 hi-fi VCR?) but the technology still improved. This will probably happen with HD-DVD as well, though probably not as quickly as it did with the DVD which proved to be one of the most successful technology launches ever. Eventually, HD-DVD will become the standard, but probably only when Super High Def (3840x2560) is around the corner and it is time to start all over again....in which case I will go to Wal-Mart and spend $99 on an HD-DVD player that will (by that time) be able to read HD DVDs that are eight layers thick and hold 200 Gigs of data.
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Keep in mind, the speed of light is not really constant. The speed of light is constant for a stationary body, i.e. the speed of light will always appear to be 186,292 miles per second to the casual observer. Time is the stray factor here. The faster one's velocity, the more time slows down. This means 186,292 miles / 1 second becomes 186,292 miles /.999999.... second and the greater the velocity the closer that .999999.... gets to zero. This is why a ship traveling at what appears to be the speed of light for it, can travel for one year, yet when it returns to where it started, a much greater amount of time has passed.
I predict that the Aero theme engine, even at its best, will leave a lot to be desired. This is the Microsoft Windows track record. They announce all these new features and what they "might eventually" be able to do. Does anyone remember "push" technology? With Windows 98 it was supposed to be the next great thing. It turned out to be a joke that never went very far. I also recall hearing about XP having the ability to switch simultaniously between five different users. I am thinking "great five virtual machines with their own environments." I had high hopes for that, as it was the perfect solution for applications that did not work well together....until I changed screen resolution in one and noticed that the other four reflected this change. I was hoping for five distinct environments like I was led to believe by the Windows hype, when instead the only distictions between the users was the wallpaper, program icons in the display, and an effort to protect the "my documents" data between users. I was hoping for something robust enough that I could install one set of programs for one user, and another for another user. Not the case. SP2 is a joke that was put into place more for marketing and to dispell negative hype than for its function. As for Aero, I usually do not indulge in such things except on my laptop where I use Window Blinds 5. In order to achieve the isolation I need between "user environments" I use BootItNG boot loader/partition manager to switch between several different partitions containing Windows and different sets of applications. And these are just two cases where Windows "innovations" fall short and third party apps are needed. Again, to Microsoft I say: "just install a small kernal on my system drive, I wlll populate it with apps and functions of my own choosing."
What is ironic is that Win2k was actually Windows NT 5.0, and when XP came out, it was Windows NT 5.1. That was not publicized much for obvious reasons. "...and now you know".
Windows Vista is becoming more and more "Windows XP warmed over". It seems to be less and less about innovation and improvement...and more and more about re-selling Windows XP with stronger piracy protection. At this point, what is new about Vista that cannot already be achieved with third-party software and drivers? This all translates to Vista being written for their own benefit rather than for the benefit of the users. So far, like the new version of office coming out...I have yet to see anything that is new that will compel me to purchase it.
Now, if they offered a scaled down version that contained only the most necessary of drivers and a simple user interface to access drives and programs (think 32-bit safe mode) that I could then build it up from there, I would jump on it in a heartbeat.
After reading this thread (to this point) I think a lot of us are in the same camp: we are waiting for all the loose ends to be tied up and the technology to solidify into whatever it is going to become. I have noticed a recurring factor here and it is probably one we will see many more times. Let me know if this sounds familiar.....in 1981 the first audio CD players came onto the market and sold for $1,500. Prior to that it was VCRs that originally sold for $1,500. When the original DVD units came out, I believe they were up there as well. Not only did they all come down to incredibly low prices (in 1985 did anyone forsee a $39 hi-fi VCR?) but the technology still improved. This will probably happen with HD-DVD as well, though probably not as quickly as it did with the DVD which proved to be one of the most successful technology launches ever. Eventually, HD-DVD will become the standard, but probably only when Super High Def (3840x2560) is around the corner and it is time to start all over again....in which case I will go to Wal-Mart and spend $99 on an HD-DVD player that will (by that time) be able to read HD DVDs that are eight layers thick and hold 200 Gigs of data.