1. It makes using your PC a breeze, if Windows is responding most of the time. Also, many users have complained about User Account Control, which say that it makes using the PC not a breeze. I haven't tried it yet, but from others' point of view, it seems to be intrusive and annoying.
2. Your music may be a click away from your remote control, but you need to buy one with your computer manufacturer first. Obviously Windows Vista Home Premium/Windows Vista Ultimate is required for this to work, and Microsoft isn't going to bundle a remote control with Vista. Oh, footnote, and am I supposed to go to a DIFFERENT HTML page to read that?
3. It's the safest version of Windows ever. Emphasis added: It's the safest version of Windows ever. If I read correctly from many other users, and also from my own minor experiences, I think that Mac OS X and open-source alternatives such as Linux are more safe. So the sentence is true, but it doesn't tell the entire truth.
4. See your world in a whole new light. What, do we need brighter monitors to use Windows Vista? Or are you referring to the glare coming from overhead lights and the windows in the room?
5. It can find your stuff. If you are referring to actual "stuff" (physically), then I'm impressed. If you are referring to files, documents, pictures, videos, etc, then I'm not that impressed. Isn't this option available since Windows 98 or earlier via the Find command?
6. No argument there.
7. It can freeze time. With your description, wouldn't "preserving memories" or something similar be more suitable? First thing that came to mind when I read that was when the entire operating system freezes, the clock freezes also, then you are freezing time...NOT!
8. No argument there, haven't tried Vista yet.
9. Unchain your mobile PC. Who chains up their mobile PC anyways? It is mobile. And by the way, Windows XP already has wireless network support. Nothing really new there.
10. Surf more safely, once you download Firefox, Opera, Flock, Safari, Netscape, Mozilla or an alternative safer browser on your computer. If you insist on using Windows Internet Explorer 7, then you are exposing yourself to many, many security holes and you need to take unreasonably extreme measures that may/may not protect you from all the security holes.
11. Umm....blacklist. Nothing new there, Content Advisor in Windows 98 already does that if you can remember 10 years back. Oh and are you telling us that Windows Vista Parental controls is a replacement for parental monitoring? Nothing beats that.
12. See your TV shows if you have Windows Vista Home Premium, but who has built-in TV tuners in their computers these days? And if Windows freezes on an episode, then I am obviously missing it.
13. Phishing filters are included with every browser. I'm surprised that you put it in 7 only and didn't make it an update for 6.
14. Make any room a media room. So you either need to purchase many devices to be wirelessly networked with each other, or you need to move the computer into the room that you want as a media room.
15. Ahem...anyone recall using Windows Task Scheduler in Windows 98? If you are going to put that in Windows Vista, that's one less selling point for Windows Live OneCare then.
16. Copied from XP, eh? Files and settings wizard.
17. Ok, first of all, I remember I had the Google Sidebar running for a few months in Windows 98, so that could have been optional components for that. But still, Ubuntu Linux gives that possibility already, and it doesn't have that much system demands as Windows Vista (any version).
18. Any different from 15?
19. Any different from 12?
20. I just checked and this wizard is almost the exact same as the one when setting up network connections in Windows XP.
21. I think that those have equivalent freeware versions somewhere (not completely sure though). And also, you need to connect to a TV to play on the TV.
22. No argument there.
23. Digital candy store? Does that mean you have to pay to access your own content?
24. Relax, you just need to install at least 4 different anti-spyware programs along with Windows Defender to be sufficiently protected. And don't forget, Microsoft Update will only update Windows Defender, so you must manually do the updates for the other ones.
25. People will have to spend hundreds of dollars on new software then. Do you expect everyone to upgrade their hardware to Windows Vista certified versions? The operating system is already expensive enough, don't you think? (<theyThink>no, of course not)
26. Tabs in other browsers are at least 3 times quicker than the ones in Internet Explorer.
27. You've already mentioned that 2 times previously.
28. Ok, how much do you have to promote Windows Media Center?!?!? We already had that in Windows XP Media Center Edition!
29. Handwriting notes is way too messy! There are also some issues with that (I won't mention them here).
30. Can anyone on Astahost tell me how that works/how good it works? I would love to hear some outside opinions on that because I haven't heard anyone using that. This would be a lovely feature for me if it doesn't corrupt the backup file when I try to restore it.
31. Because if your PC is running weird, Windows will think it is software/settings that you gave permission to and automatically allow it to run, regardless if it detected it or not. You need third-party programs to prevent this.
32. Does that mean IT department staff will have to relearn how to use Group Policy?
33. Any different from 18? It is at least 90% repeated.
34. Would that open up so many security threats to schools/corporate networks? Do you seriously want IT department staff to stress out over something that you didn't need to implement?
35. A video plays a short snippet of the video? That will seriously slow down Windows Explorer, and will viruses execute a small snippet of malicious code?
36. Oh yes, basic things like cropping, resizing, adjust hue/saturation, adjust brightness/contrast are very, very common in many programs. Anywhere from free open-source software like The GIMP or expensive popular software like Adobe Photoshop will help you edit your photos properly though. Your imaging device may also contain software more helpful than this.
37. Please note that you need Windows Vista Ultimate to obtain this BitLocker feature as part of Windows.
39. Just organize your photos properly, use Details view and click on the column heading to do this! Voila, no Windows Photo Gallery required! And as a Photo Gallery, Filmstrip view in Windows XP works just fine.
40. Repetative reports from end-users tells me that it isn't that easy to focus on doing something. Instead, you must learn how to perform a task as you change everything.
41. Yes, all versions of Windows had that. Except you deprecated Windows 95/98/ME. And various complaints were heard about Automatic Updates, including unexpected loss of bandwidth and loss of data from "Restart later or restart now?"
42. You can also publish them on the Web, password-protected for your family and friends. If uploading the file is an issue, you can email them in a ZIP file.
43. No argument there. That sounds quite useful if it works.
44. No argument there. I just need to have additional ReadyBoost compatible USB memory drives compatible. But will the read/write calculations wear out the drive way faster?
45. But I still have so many wires behind my computer! And wireless hardware is expensive (and don't you dare make Windows Vista compatible with wireless devices only).
46. Music isn't a visual object. And you can look up Album art pictures by typing the name of the album into Google/Live Search.
47. Umm...repetative enough?
48. Again with teh repetition.
49. Let's see, PortableApps on my USB drive is good enough for me and a lot of other people. That's called a computer on a stick.
50. Tabbed browsing was introduced into Opera and Firefox way before you put them it. Even Internet Explorer derivatives such as Maxthon/Avant Browser was faster than you.
So from these arguments, I am still deciding on buying a new computer with Windows Vista. I've had troubles with Linux before, and Windows XP is working fine for me. But things that I look forward to in Windows Vista aren't even listed here!! I mean the cool features aren't listed, like Windows Speech Recognition, or Windows Mail, and Windows DVD Maker is mentioned 1 time as part of extended repetition of Windows Media Centre. Those are features that I look forward to, and I don't know why Microsoft didn't put them it.
Share your opinions, criticize all your want, and don't be afraid to express yourself!
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