Vista

[miriam_e]

Had my first look at Vista last night on my nephew, Dan's, computer. My first 2 reactions were "Oooh, pretty!" and "No use to me whatsoever."

I spend all my computing time doing a few things:

• writing text files (as articles or stories or programs
  
• viewing pictures and video files
  
• creating pictures and video files
  
• playing sound files (talks and music)
  
• recording sound files
  
• creating and programming virtual worlds

Vista doesn't help with any of these and potentially impedes some of them.

• viewing video files could become a problem because of restrictive digital locks
  
• playing sound files could likewise become more difficult
  
• running virtual worlds may be more difficult as the operating system sucks so much power it could slow VR rendering. Dan hasn't seen any slowing of his blisteringly fast machine, but my much slower computers would likely be brought to their knees by Vista.
  
• apparently Vista encrypts your hard drive, which I think means there is no chance of sharing with Linux.

So, like I say, not any use to me.

I wonder how many people get sucked in by the pretty surface and become shackled to the restrictive monster lurking underneath.