[Chester LUG] Is it me or is Vista rather poor?

[George]

Stuart Burns wrote:
> Anybody else finding the same thing ? It makes me ever more thankful of 
> ubuntu at home !

Depends how you look at it - if you wonder whether it's "better" than XP 
then I'd say probably. There are a couple of nice things I've noticed in 
  places like Explorer, Task Manager etc. which are an improvement. I 
also quite like the GUI changes - not especially the "shiney" but more 
that the text on screen seems crisper. I also prefer the chess game to 
solitaire.

None of this is revolutionary* but then again that's not really 
important to Microsoft as long they provide a backwardly compatible 
platform upon which software can run; the changes are just window dressing.

George

* Actually one thing I did find revolutionary - the Voice control. I 
admit not having used anything like Dragon Dictate for years but turning 
on the voice control and being able to say, without training "open 
notepad" and have it appear was impressive. Of course I can't see a 
practical use of this technology - not until my laptop can produce hot 
earl gray anyway...