Well, according to Windows Vista magazine anyway.

Just spotted this in my web server logs:

http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/US/ ... arter.html

See number 19 at the bottom of the list...

Vista is the biggest load of crap ever! When I buy by new laptop I'll be wiping the hard-drive as soon as I get home... Seriously. I'm friends with a guy who was on the beta testing team for Vista when it was known as Longhorn, he reported loads of bugs, and was chucked off the team, go figure... I'll stop ranting now. Vista = crap.

Haha isn't it great to get some free publicity?
I don't see how that's got anything to do with Vista though

Vista is actually pretty great. It takes a little while to get used to, but everything is a lot smoother than XP. UAC seems like a pain at first, but it's just windows trying to teach you to use your PC the way you should have been initially.

Longhorn wasn't really a beta for Vista, way back before Vista was Vista there was Longhorn but the aims for the two OS' were quite different. Longhorn had a bunch of lofty ambitions like real-time video replacing all aspects of the Windows interface.

Vista is much more secure than XP, has MUCH greater UPTIME, and has far less bugs. I am very much a "power user" as it would be called, and I've had only one crash in Vista since May or June which was the result of excessive overclocking of my radeon mobile video card.

Most people who have Vista hate, simply haven't used it. But their friend did, and boy was it awful, amirite?

Longhorn was really more of a brainstorm of some stuff that made it into Vista then the rest got shoved into things like Windows Media Center.

Edit: The only negative about Vista is that it is very Hard Drive intensive, not the background archiving/searching stuff, but the fact that if allowed to Vista will try to take upwards of ten gigs on your hard drive. It's easy to turn off, but I imagine most desktop users don't even notice it.

"Vista is much more secure than XP"
Never heard of shadow copies, have we?

"Most people who have Vista hate, simply haven't used it."
I use it at school. It is the most retard thing ever. I especially hate the new office and it's less-function-but-takes- more- space-and-you-can't-actualy-find-anything menu system, you can no longer use word to make web pages (I used to use it to make the frame pages then do the rest in raw html, but now I can't), powerpoints just crap now (of course I think that pre-xp powerpoint was nicer because the animation menus were done nicer)...

"ten gigs"
I know other operating systems that fit on memory sticks...

What, you mean you don't have a 10 gig memory stick yet?

Hey that is great.

I wonder how we got picked over the archive?

That is still cool. Congrats Alex.

elexxorine wrote:It is the most retard thing ever. I especially hate the new office and it's less-function-but-takes- more- space-and-you-can't-actualy-find-anything menu system, you can no longer use word to make web pages (I used to use it to make the frame pages then do the rest in raw html, but now I can't), powerpoints just crap now (of course I think that pre-xp powerpoint was nicer because the animation menus were done nicer)...

What does any of that have to do with Vista? Microsoft Office is just a product sold by Microsoft, it has nothing to do with Vista itself.

I knew all this braggin' of Quest I do has meant something.

"ten gigs"
I know other operating systems that fit on memory sticks...

Hehe, I have Damn Small Linux on a memory stick that I take to school and use

I've had the misfortune to use Vista once so far.

The boot takes a little longer so it seems, and it actually buggered up while I was trying to do a microsoft update! We had to recover from a backup disk that was created an hour before.

The UAC is just bothersome - if you're an admin it shouldn't be asking you those silly questions over and over again. "Do you want to run this?" "are you sure?" "are you really sure?" "One last chance!".

All it means is people will press OK some more times, and it'll train people to just hit OK even more!

Good to see Quest is in there .

Cam I point out that none of the stuff mentioned on that page are specific to Vista.

1. Be a speed reader: It's a webpage based software, any-one can use it.
2. Altered states: This is jsut a binaural software, for any windows.
3. Declutter your disk: Because windows is bad at organising itself.
4. Write yourself smarter: List free online thesauruses and dictionaries.
5. Contribute to Wikipedia: Wiki's not just for Vista either.
6. Listen to Mozart: This is just getting silly onw...
7. Block out distractions: A programme not to do with Vista, but you can easily play music on any computer.
8. Watch a movie: Like you can't do that without Vista.
9. Improve your memory: Memory trick, nothing to do with computers at all.
10. Train your brain: Free onlnie sudoku.
11. Get creative: Ok, this one lists another piece of software by MS, costing hundreds...
12. Learn a language: Advertising another company's services. The link to the BBC site has a space in it, so doesn't work.
13. Empty your head: Because only with vista can you make a to-do list.
14. Play poker: Or you can play with real people.
15. It’s good to talk: Even better to meet real people, but msn is on all windows. The phone service listed is crap, use skype instead.
16. Read a book: Or even a real one! Sciencists actually found that we remember stuff better if we read it from a real book than from one on a screen.
17. Do your research: You don't need Vista to use the internet.
18. Learn to fly: Thinknig of teaching Vista to fly, out my window!
19. Textual adventures: Good ol' Quest, but nothing really to do with Vista.

Elex, that was brilliant!

When I read about Mozart on the original page, I scoffed at the idea that listening to Mozart can make you smarter. It's more like that if you listen to Mozart, you'll equate yourself to the cliche that snubby professors and elitists listen to Mozart and because they are considered wealthy and/or intelligent than you are one of them now. But the truth is: you'll be walking around dumber than you were before, because your ego will be tricking you into believing you're smarter.

I use Windows Vista. By the way, it allows me the option of clicking on icons on my desktop, and if I right click anywhere on my desktop... anywhere... a menu-screen opens up called "Display Settings" wherein I can adjust my screen resolution. And you? Hah ha! Time to listen to some Mozart.

I can do that too... Why did you bring up changing the resolution btw? And can anyone not click on desktop icons?

I have half a bookshelf filled with many different kinds of classical music., including Mozart.

Well, I wasn't aware that anyone else besides us Vista-worthy individuals enjoyed such heighthened qualities in an OS. I guess I'll just have to brag about my desktop background image then... AND YOU? Hah ha, I one-upped you again! I'd mention that neat little image I can select that's displayed above the password box on the Vista log in screen, but that would probably make you long for the uniqieness of Vista. Ahem, yes, Vista! Oh, how you want it... need it... must have it.

Mozart has been proven to highten certain aspects of the brains functions.
The same for Beathoven too.

One encourages mathematical thinking and spacial awareness - I know that much.

Personally, I find whatever get's your groove on is good.

I prefer Binaural beats, thy're good for increasing creativity and helping you calm, etc... And they train your corpus callosum which connects the left and right sides of your brain. Woo!

Elex, are you referring to Hemisync?

No, Hemisync is trademarked by the Monroe Institute, but it does use Binaural beats.

So where do you derive your binaural beats from?

A guy gave me some he made, he currently making me some new stuff though with theta alpha and beta waves.

Many years ago I ordered a packet from the Monroe Institute and read up on the Hemisync concept. I was reluctant to purchase any because it could've been just a bunch of hype. What is your experience with this "guys" product?

Dunno. You can never really be sure if it's the sound that's actually doing it or because you believe it will. But tests have proved it's the sounds. I haven't been using them much though, but the other day a little while after using it I found I was getting some good new ideas, so it is probably helping it bit.