Some Perspective On Vista

February Vista CTP Is Out

Steve Rowe's Blog — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:59:07 GMT

I won't be the first to mention it but I thought I would add my $0.02 about it.&nbsp; The February CTP...

re: Some Perspective On Vista

SteveRowe — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:32:24 GMT

Well stated Sam. I am not making the claim that Vista will be all that Longhorn was once touted to be. Obviously with the removal of WinFS, Avalon, and Indigo, it is a scaled back release. My point was that you are seeing something before it is finished and that it doesn't look materially worse (in fact, it probably looks better) than other OS's at the same point in their life. The chrome is definitely the last thing to be added but it is the first thing people see. Keep that in mind when looking at the prerelease builds, screenshots, etc.

re: Some Perspective On Vista

Sam — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:38:04 GMT

I think 'Nektar' completely missed the point of Steve's comments. What he's saying is that this is a work in progress and you're peaking at something that isn't even half-baked yet. The chrome comes later. If you looked at prototype cars more than a year before release, you'd be saying the same thing. It's like when people look at spy photos for new cars, only this is even earlier in the process.

re: Some Perspective On Vista

Nektar — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:07:37 GMT

Yes, but 5 years is a long time. Until Microsoft will ship all the Vista features will have been replicated by the competition. Or, at least those features that are appealing to the common user like a better interface. You have been talking about Vista for years. You promised a miracle: a complete different 3d user interface, a new file system, a new graphics engine, a new search cabability, a new communications system, etc, etc. However, what do you find now: many of the promised features have been toned down and when you install beta1 or beta2, where is the cool new intrface? It all looks like XP! It will be improved I guess but the question is how much? Will it be that impressive as we have been promised? I do not think so. And what was Microsoft doing all these years. They could have produced Windows2010 if they have wnated and what do we get? A windows Vista that does not have something as much impressive as we have been promised and late in coming as well. I know that there will be lots of changes underneath but users will not see that. If they get a desktop that is like XP they will wonder what all the fuss was about. In the meantime Apple has implemented many of the Vista features in the os and before Vista has shipped. I believe that Microsoft should have done a better job and much faster.