February 22, 2007 - 1:00am
By Zheng Gu
I was one of those people who jumped on the Vista bandwagon the day it became accessible to Cornell ECE affiliates. I thought I might give this “revolutionary” piece of software a try. After two weeks with Windows Vista, I can most certainly say that my “WOW” is one of utter disappointment. One of the highlights includes some face time with that lovely Blue-Screen-of-Death, which, along with some “official Vista”
drivers that seem like they were hacked together in minutes, messed my new setup and caused me to waste yet another entire day doing a reinstall.
Wow, I love reinstalls, especially after I just did one.
The ‘Flip3D’ feature also deserves an honorable mention. ‘Flip3D’ is Microsoft’s imitation of Apple’s Exposé, except done poorly and for nearly all purposes unpractical. The key difference is that Exposé makes use of the entire screen as opposed to just the center portion. More screen real estate means I can see more. Wow, that was obvious, right? Personally, if I wanted to find something quickly among some objects, I would prefer them spread out on the table rather than in a pile.
