Will Windows Vista Kill My Productivity?

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  mbmattis@...06/25/08 Report as spam
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  Will Windows Vista Kill My Productivity?

  No, it will kill your soul. It's already killed mine.

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  pmcdb06/26/08 Report as spam
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  Get over it ...

  Vista is not nearly as bad as the "critics" whine about. Oh no, it might take you a few minutes but even if you only have 2 beer soaked brain cells left, you can operate vista. Sucks up RAM like a beast but if you like like to have 8-15 IE/FireFox windows, 3 Spreadsheets, 5 Word Docs, SQL Management Studio and 4 explorer windows open; you'll like Vista. Hot Keys are pretty much the same so all the things you 'lernt' on XP should translate.
  
  If not, go Linux (Ubuntu). It's even more powerful and reliable than the cartoonish Mac.

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  vanreamer06/26/08 Report as spam
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  IBID

  I concur; It has ruined the very first quarterly results of my business as a consultant with all the F-ed up BS. Go to MAC, learn it, love it, and get with the LINUX program cuz no one is going to put up with MS BS any longer. Was that helpful?

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  donahoe7306/26/08 Report as spam
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  Vista

  My Laptop from Dell with Vista arrived yesterday. I played around with it last night and found it pretty easy to learn. Actually, there wasn't much to learn, you just had to figure out how to navigate. The way the GUI displays folders and files reminds me of a Mac; I used to use one occasionally at work. Vista does use a lot of RAM. I have 4 GB and it used 1.19 GB while I was watching small Quicktime movies. I do like XP better, but I think I can get used to Vista in a week or two.

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  therepguy06/26/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Will Windows Vista Kill My Productivity?

  You wrote: "maybe it???s time to go all the way and see what Apple
  has to offer "
  
  What Apple offers is a dual platform that currently the best in the
  business... per no less than the wall street journal!
  
  So go to your nearest Apple store and get the whole story from
  what ever point of view you need, i.e business or what ever, then
  buy one, even if it the least expensive Min-Mac and use it for a
  month and you'll never look back.
  
  Besides, if you must XP & Vista runs better on an Apple! Also Word
  and Office are better solutions, i.e better written and better
  software in general via a Mac... not that you really them them but if
  you must spend the big bucks on M$ software then their there for
  the taking of your money.
  
  My business, a rep agency for a hand full of manufacturers, is 100%
  MAC based without any help from the folks at M$ and my life is a
  whole lot better these days without the drama from M$
  
  The computer world has made a paradigm shift of late and M$ is
  not part of the new mix... it's time to wake up and smell the roses!
  
  Besides your in the sweet spot for making the change and moving
  on and yes you can take your M$ software with you if you must.
  
  So go on line (http://www.apple.com/retail/business/) make an
  appointment, wednesdays are best with a business partner in the
  store, show up and spend a hour or two or what ever trying to trip
  them up... when you fail... take a deep breath and buy a max out
  iMac for your desk and a max out Mac Book Pro for the road, alone
  with a 1TB Time Capsule and put your order in for a new 3G
  iPhone... your thank yourself well into the future.