Contemplating purchase of Windows Media "Extender"

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
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In article , Vortex wrote:
Well I'm glad I've found someone to say -something- good about
Vista;!..

Massively superior to XP....but I realise I am in a minority in thinking
this.

I would be surprised if anything other than a minority could believe in
the
"massive superiority" of a system that respond more slowly, crashes more
often, requires extra mouse clicks to do things, and renders some existing
software and peripheral hardware unusable.

Rod.


Don't knock it til you've tried it.

Your comments are completely inconsistent with my experience...though I
acknowledge all my PC hardware is new....and that I have had to purchase a
new scanner due to lack of proper Vista support.

D

In article , David Hearn wrote:
I would be surprised if anything other than a minority could believe in the*
"massive superiority" of a system that respond more slowly

Not in my experience - certainly not noticeably slower than XP was on*
the same hardware.
[snip full list]

You're very lucky. One of a very lucky minority I suspect. And I'm not even
running the new system on old harware, just a new Core Duo with 2GB memory,
which ought to be pretty good. I haven't had any blue screens yet, but it has an
annoying habit of freezing with a pale screen, or refusing to shut down properly
so that after five minutes or so I get fed up and switch off at the wall.

The most annoying incompatibility was a very expensive Wacom graphics tablet
which wouldn't work, and for which the makers have no plans to issue updated
drivers. They told me it would be ridiculous to do this for something that was
"only" 9 years old! I ended up having to buy a more recent graphics tablet, but
despite finding a cheaper secondhand one on Ebay, I shouldn't have had to buy
one at all as the old one was in perfect condition. I've kept many things a
great deal longer than 9 years without having to replace them.

Typing the first letters of program names is no big deal. I've had Ctrl-Alt
keyboard shortcuts for my most used programs for many years, and as for that 3D
pages floating in space gimmick, all it really does is exactly what Alt-Tab has
always done. Frankly I'd gladly forego the special effects for something simpler
that always works.

Rod.

In article , Vortex [email protected]
m.vortex.fsnet.co.uk scribeth thus

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
. ..
In article , Vortex wrote:
Well I'm glad I've found someone to say -something- good about
Vista;!..

Massively superior to XP....but I realise I am in a minority in thinking
this.

I would be surprised if anything other than a minority could believe in
the
"massive superiority" of a system that respond more slowly, crashes more
often, requires extra mouse clicks to do things, and renders some existing
software and peripheral hardware unusable.

Rod.


Don't knock it til you've tried it.



I've tried it.. It tried me;(..
--
Tony Sayer

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:59:33 -0000, Roderick Stewart
wrote:

In article , David Hearn wrote:
I would be surprised if anything other than a minority could believe in the*
"massive superiority" of a system that respond more slowly

Not in my experience - certainly not noticeably slower than XP was on*
the same hardware.
[snip full list]

You're very lucky. One of a very lucky minority I suspect. And I'm not even
running the new system on old harware, just a new Core Duo with 2GB memory,
which ought to be pretty good. I haven't had any blue screens yet, but it has an
annoying habit of freezing with a pale screen, or refusing to shut down properly
so that after five minutes or so I get fed up and switch off at the wall.

I'd be interested to know why you're sure this is due to Vista. From
what you say there, it could be other software or even
hardware-related.

The most annoying incompatibility was a very expensive Wacom graphics tablet
which wouldn't work, and for which the makers have no plans to issue updated
drivers. They told me it would be ridiculous to do this for something that was
"only" 9 years old! I ended up having to buy a more recent graphics tablet, but
despite finding a cheaper secondhand one on Ebay, I shouldn't have had to buy
one at all as the old one was in perfect condition. I've kept many things a
great deal longer than 9 years without having to replace them.

Not computer-related things, I'd bet. That's just the way of the
world, these days. And if you really want somebody to blame, the
tablet maker should get it before Vista does.

Typing the first letters of program names is no big deal. I've had Ctrl-Alt
keyboard shortcuts for my most used programs for many years, and as for that 3D
pages floating in space gimmick, all it really does is exactly what Alt-Tab has
always done. Frankly I'd gladly forego the special effects for something simpler
that always works.

I hear great things about this new gizmo they call "the abacus". :-)
--
http://www.robinfaichney.org/

In article , Robin Faichney wrote:
You're very lucky. One of a very lucky minority I suspect. And I'm not even*
running the new system on old harware, just a new Core Duo with 2GB memory,*
which ought to be pretty good. I haven't had any blue screens yet, but it has an*
annoying habit of freezing with a pale screen, or refusing to shut down properly*
so that after five minutes or so I get fed up and switch off at the wall.

I'd be interested to know why you're sure this is due to Vista. From
what you say there, it could be other software or even
hardware-related.

It could be, but the operating system is the only significant thing which is
different from the previous computer. The hardware is a new motherboard and CPU with
plenty of memory, just as I've used on dozens of other computers I've built. I have
mostly the same software set up and used in the same way as before. It's all
supposed to be compatible.

The main moot point of course is - if it was "software related" would it be the
software that was incompatible with Vista, or Vista that was incompatible with the
software? There are plenty of opportunities for different manufacturers to blame
each other, but I can't help inclining to the view that if something becomes worse
immediately following a change, then culpability belongs with the thing that has
changed.

Rod.