Pat,
Good observations and I couldn't agree more.
Part of the frustration with Vista is that its bloated and runs considerably
slower than XP on the same hardware.
That and the fact that a number of programs won't run at all or crash randomly
under Vista was enough to make me a Linux convert.
--
73 Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ 136-140kHz
WD2XSH/23 505-510kHz
WE2XEB/2 160-189kHz
WE2XGR/1 505-515kHz
FN42hi
http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xgj.htm
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> Hi Warren and group,
>
> I hear many tales about people having "bad" experiences with Vista.
>
> Another of my motivators which I did not stress is the growing awareness
> that not only the OS but also many apps running in the MS environment are
> often
> described as "bloatware" and quite correctly.
>
> It seems as if many of the designers of both the OS and applications are
> aided and abetted by hardware manufacturers who drive us continually in the
> direction of faster and faster processors and acres and hectares of memory to
>
> achieve often very little. Not everyone needs high-end graphics and
> game-playing
> capability! You have to ask yourself whose hand is in whose pocket in those
> strategies!
>
> And what about environmental concerns? The output of how many power stations
> is now needed to drive all those electricity-hungry machines playing games
> of "Dume" (not to mention Glume and Despond :). )
>
> Hats off to those developing the concept of small OPC (One Per Child)
> laptops (not a coincidence that a flavour of Linux is favoured) particularly
> for
> the developing world.
>
>
>
> 73 de Pat G4GVW es gd dx
> Qth near Felixstowe, UK
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