[ale] Mojave experiment

[Jeff Lightner]

Lol

Vista not bad for normal end users?

Meaning normal end users never try to get printers and other devices
that worked flawlessly with their older XP system but now can't be made
to work on Vista even with a gun pointed to its head?

Your parents may have been lucky or maybe just do minimal things.  The
few people I know that have tried Vista (including at least one
professional Windoze Admin) think its sucks wind.

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Forsaken
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 2:14 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Mojave experiment


On Aug 5, 2008, at 8:08 AM, bugy at bellsouth.net wrote:

> Looks like Microsoft are pushing ads on www.mtv.com at Headbangers  
> Ball videos :)

Well you've got to admit, with all the bad publicity Microsoft has  
been getting about Vista, this is a good move for them. I sat and  
watched a couple of the videos and anyone with any technical aptitude  
whatsoever knows better, but for the folks who see those shorts, and  
think 'Hey, this person is just as computer dumb as I am, and they're  
saying it's easy!', it may gain Microsoft some points.

My parents both have Vista on their laptops (came pre-installed) and  
they haven't complained over much about it. And Vista isn't *bad* for  
normal end users. It's shortcomings only really affect power users and  
those who have never tried it before, but have a tendency to believe  
all the bad hype they hear about anything.

So I applaud Microsoft for their attempt to turn their image around.  
It was smart of them to avoid any nasty ads (like the Apple ones....  
they've just been vicious this year, and there isn't anything  
Microsoft can really say to respond to it).
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