Tag: Vista
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Windows Live OneCare is crap
I have talked about what a piece of sh*t Windows Live OneCare is previously. OneCare is Microsoft’s entry into the security arena. I have serious reservations about the ethics of Microsoft selling OneCare. It suddenly gives Microsoft a financial incentive to write buggy software. You can just imagine if, up to now, there was a…
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Unseemly haste in Vista SP1 a sign of desperation?
I came across two Vista related stories on Techmeme this morning. The first from Ken Fisher on Ars Technica, talks about how Microsoft’s OEM partners are struggling with the number of customers who want to downgrade their computers from Vista to XP. Ken goes on to state the “must wait for Service Pack 1” meme…
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Safari 3 for Windows. New OS, same missing features!
I saw from Engadget that Apple have released a new beta version of their browser, Safari, which will run on Windows. There are versions for Windows XP and Windows Vista. I downloaded it and installed on an XP machine and it does appear to run quite quickly. However, Apple still haven’t addressed Safari’s biggest bug…
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Microsoft Vista Service Pack 2?
Microsoft’s Windows Vista is a buggy product. Heck, even I found an unreported bug in it after playing with it for less than ten minutes! I was talking to Microsoft folk in Madrid last week and I said to them that I couldn’t wait for Service Pack 2 for Vista to be released. Their response…
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My move from OS X to Vista – Day 6
Good news for a change! I received an email from Miel Van Opstal alerting me to the fact that NVIDIA has updated its video driver for the Vaio (Miel is the guy in charge of the Vaio Influencer program in Microsoft). Previously SecondLife refused to run on the Vaio because of video driver issues. Steve…
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Windows Live OneCare is a POS
Windows Live OneCare is a fantastic idea. Write buggy insecure software and then charge the people who buy your software extra if they want to buy OneCare, which is supposed to protect them from the errors you created in the first place. Anyone else see a conflict of interest here? Why fix the software, when…
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My move from OS X to Vista – Day 5
I love having lots of screen space. My MacBook Pro has a maximum screen resolution of 1440×900, which, while not great, is better than the 1280×800 maximum on the Vaio which Microsoft sent me. To get the most out of these screen resolutions on the Mac, I position the Dock on the right hand side…
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My move from OS X to Vista – Day 4
I know, I know, I didn’t post anything yesterday so this should be Day 5 but I wasn’t using the Vista machine yesterday, I was using the Mac for a Keynote presentation I was giving. Powerpoint has nothing on Keynote. Today I wanted to run Second Life on the Vista machine but ran into the…