| This is not about to turn out as an article | | | | |
| on Ten Things I Hate About Vista. There is | | | | Sounds |
| already a great number of technically | | | | |
| enlightening pieces that will do that for | | | | Users apparently put a lot of thought on |
| anyone. This article will instead focus on | | | | system sounds. This is because some feel that |
| what basic common user observations point out | | | | sounds can better communicate computer |
| as unfortunate Vista innovations from old XP | | | | generated messages like battery low or log on |
| features. Some of the items are humorously | | | | or off. XPs grand, booming sound is no longer |
| simple and superficial. They should not be | | | | around. It ha been replaced by more soft and |
| ignored though because a great majority of | | | | subtle sounds that some users do not find |
| people around the world are not technology | | | | indicative of whatever the system wants to |
| experts and can only make basic observations. | | | | say. |
| Sometimes though, basic observations are what | | | | |
| can make or break a product simply because | | | | Boot |
| there are more average people than computer | | | | |
| geniuses. | | | | It is surprising to note that XP seems to |
| | | | boot faster than Vista in some cases. People, |
| XML | | | | of course, want to know why and are wondering |
| | | | if there are also other things that are |
| Shockingly, some user tests show that .net | | | | slower in Vista. |
| applications simply run faster in XP than in | | | | |
| Vista. If you have to process great amounts | | | | Hardware Requirements |
| of data on .net applications, you may get | | | | |
| frustrated with Vista. Users feel that in | | | | The best thing that is in XP that is not in |
| this respect, Vista only beats XP in the | | | | Vista is that it has lower hardware |
| "looks" category. XP is still on top on the | | | | requirements. Vista is simply too high end in |
| aspect of performance. | | | | everything. This means that if you have a |
| | | | unit that cannot live up to what is required |
| Shell | | | | then you should just forget Vista unless you |
| | | | like having headaches. Users therefore who |
| XPs Luna shell has now been dethroned by | | | | use their units for basic actions do not need |
| Vista's Aero. The elegant 3D look and feel of | | | | to replace XP at all. |
| Aero is probably an effective marketing | | | | |
| strategy for average users. Experts point out | | | | Mail |
| however that a shell is still a shell and | | | | |
| does not show real system capabilities. The | | | | XPs Outlook Express is no longer around. It |
| Luna shell may have looked plain but it did | | | | is still questionable however, if Windows |
| not point to XPs real performance ability. | | | | Mail can really do any better as some claim |
| | | | it should. |
| Battery Life | | | | |
| | | | Photos |
| In another user comparative test, the battery | | | | |
| life of laptops seemed to have held on much | | | | The Picture and Fax Viewer of XP are no |
| longer with XP than with Vista. Vista's heavy | | | | longer around. Vista now has Photo Gallery. |
| graphics apparently drain more energy than | | | | For ordinary users however, there seems to be |
| the simpler XP graphics. | | | | no sense in improving the Picture Viewer if |
| | | | all you wanted was to keep pictures. Major |
| Icons and Tumbnails | | | | editing is still commonly done with other |
| | | | kinds of software. |
| XPs static icons have now gone six feet under | | | | |
| with the introduction of Vista's live icons | | | | Search |
| and thumbnails. This is good right? Some | | | | |
| users feel though that there was absolutely | | | | XP had no indexing feature to help with |
| nothing wrong with the unresponsive icons of | | | | searches. XP is generally slow with searches. |
| XP. Again, this is more an issue of | | | | Computers for ordinary use however, do not |
| superficiality. Live icons and thumbnails | | | | always need the fast indexed searches |
| don't mean anything on the performance arena. | | | | provided by Vista. |