slimster.net » vista http://www.slimster.net People, Technology, Gardens, Yoga and Corporate America Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:36:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Vista No Windows 95 http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/ http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:48:47 +0000 Slim http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/ Vista came with my new computer, otherwise I would not have stepped in it. When my friend Rusty called me back in the fall to say he un-installed Vista and reinstalled XP-SP2, I knew there was a problem. The Mac commercials accurately poked fun of this phenomenon.

Remember Longhorn? That’s the product Microsoft didn’t release. Looking back at the huge step in technology that was Windows 95, Vista is a joke. It’s amazing that the same company produced both. Apparently many MS executives didn’t like the new OS either. (Use bugmenot.com if password is needed to see article.)

Microsoft made things fancy because they assumed that’s what people wanted. “Pop and sizzle” – I’ve heard that line before. They replaced simple, recessed lighting with a Disco ball. They put spinner wheels and a giant spoiler where it just didn’t belong.

Vista-Pimp-Ride

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