[GreenKeys] VISTA

[don at thedjbrothers.com]

I carefully evaluated this last year. I am a heavy Photoshop user so the Mac
would be ideal for me. I was willing to accept the $700 higher cost for an
equivalent hardware platform. But the problem was that none of my software
licenses could be transferred for Photoshop and all the proprietary plug-ins
and other tools I use. If Apple was as smart as they think they are, they
would work with the SW makers to ensure that licenses transfer at no cost.

I see that Mac usage is up to 6% of the PC market. I bet Vista is
responsible for a fair share of that growth. The April issue of Wired
Magazine had a killer article on Apple. In general for $10 a year, everyone
on Earth should read Wired. At least twice a year they produce an issue that
is pure platinum from cover to cover. April was one such issue.


Don Merz
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Wildermuth [mailto:w3rlw at rochester.rr.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:41 PM
To: don at thedjbrothers.com; 'Don Robert House'; 'Greenkeys'
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] VISTA

I switched to MAC and I will never go back to PC.

My thoughts


On 5/12/08 5:46 PM, "don at thedjbrothers.com" <don at thedjbrothers.com> wrote:

> I am no Vista fan and I don't run it for personal or business use. My 
> stuff is all on XP. But two of my kids run Vista and they like it. 
> It's aimed at the whole multi-media-blog-RSS-Animoto-gaming-etc. 
> culture. If you want to make MP4 videos and animations for your cell 
> phone, then you will be happy with Vista. If you're surfing the web, 
> hanging out on eBay, doing the occasional MS-Word document and using 
> serious apps like Photoshop or AutoCAD, then you are not a Vista 
> candidate due to both performance and reliability in those environments.
> 
> To me, that is where this stands. I'm just glad, knock on wood, that I 
> don't need to add any computers for work or play right now. Vista 
> would certainly be in the way for me. Add in all the "emerging" 
> but-not-quite-there-yet hardware technologies like core 2 quad and 
> eSATA, etc., now is not a great time to upgrade.
> 
> Don Merz
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Robert 
> House
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:13 PM
> To: Greenkeys
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] VISTA
> 
> VISTA is a poor operating system.  It is not used in any corporate 
> environments to my knowledge.
> If you can keep from using it you will have many fewer problems.
> 
> XP PRO is the best for WINDOWS
> 
> Many PC experts are recommending LINUX
> 
> Good luck to all,
> 
> Don K9TTY
> 
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