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New, Non-Cosmetic Features In Vista -- Ten Good Reasons To Upgrade



 
 
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Old March 7th 07, 07:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:13:57 -0800, "Justin" wrote:

Ugh, and around and around we go.


You know, I'm developing a new habit. I do a hour or so work, then
take a break and pop into this newsgroup to see Justin trying to hold
court and watch you being more the court jester. VERY entertaining
Justin.

Is this you?

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Old March 7th 07, 08:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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I have news for you -- most important problems in computer science were
solved decades ago.


I don't know about decades but that's certainly true. There are many
aspects of Vista that mirror other OS's. But that goes both ways.


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Old March 7th 07, 08:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Justin
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More lame posts from adam.

"Adam Albright" wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:13:57 -0800, "Justin" wrote:

Ugh, and around and around we go.


You know, I'm developing a new habit. I do a hour or so work, then
take a break and pop into this newsgroup to see Justin trying to hold
court and watch you being more the court jester. VERY entertaining
Justin.

Is this you?

http://www.healthstones.com/knights_...urt_jester.jpg



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Old March 8th 07, 02:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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I don't know about decades but that's certainly true. There are many
aspects of Vista that mirror other OS's. But that goes both ways.


Well at least we can agree on something...

I was however expecting to see more innovation and less imitation with Vista.
When I heard they were going to be using the GPU, I expected some 3D effects
to be present in the OS. At the very least, the thing should be able to
render a 3D scene as a wallpaper instead of just using flat bitmaps (or
movies as in Dreamscene). It should have support for 3D icons. I should be
able to rotate windows about the X and Y axis. Yes these things are just eye
candy, but they need a bit more 'wow factor' then they currently have. As it
stands, the only place where I see any 3D effect is with Flip3D which I find
utterly useless.

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Old March 8th 07, 02:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Justin
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Default Screen Tearing vs Repainting ( New, Non-Cosmetic Features In Vista -- Ten Good Reasons To Upgrade)

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I don't know about decades but that's certainly true. There are many
aspects of Vista that mirror other OS's. But that goes both ways.


Well at least we can agree on something...

I was however expecting to see more innovation and less imitation with
Vista.
When I heard they were going to be using the GPU, I expected some 3D
effects
to be present in the OS. At the very least, the thing should be able to
render a 3D scene as a wallpaper instead of just using flat bitmaps (or
movies as in Dreamscene). It should have support for 3D icons. I should be
able to rotate windows about the X and Y axis. Yes these things are just
eye
candy, but they need a bit more 'wow factor' then they currently have. As
it
stands, the only place where I see any 3D effect is with Flip3D which I
find
utterly useless.


Flip3D is something to ogle for about two minutes then never use it again.
For me anyway. Other people love it.

You say you want to see less mirroring. Two things:

1. I want to see more mirroring! As useless as Flip3D is, I'd rather use
Apples solution. One click show all windows. Then move to the window you
want and release. We screamed for this during the beta. No go!

2. What about Shadow Copy? There's a feature not mirrored from anyone that
was ported over from W2K3. Very useful! We had Shadow Copy implemented on
our storage servers and the users LOVED IT! I was no longer hassled with
file restores. Then we switched to a Linux based files store (one from
many). Bye-bye Shadow Copy! Our users where ****ed! But we had no choice,
we needed a more Mac friendly solution. Now there's MS Storage Server so
YES, we're kicking ourselves!

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Old March 8th 07, 04:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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1. I want to see more mirroring! As useless as Flip3D is, I'd rather use
Apples solution. One click show all windows. Then move to the window you
want and release. We screamed for this during the beta. No go!


I've never seen apple's solution, but it sounds like a good idea.

2. What about Shadow Copy? There's a feature not mirrored from anyone that
was ported over from W2K3. Very useful! We had Shadow Copy implemented on


I think I've been using it on a NetApp server for a very long time...

Of all the additional features of Vista, I think shadow copy looks the most
useful. Of course, the only time I wanted to use it was on my d: drive, which
wasn't shadow-copied by default, and hence I didn't get a chance to use the
feature. So now we'll have to wait until I need it again....

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