Pirillo reports on Gates at CES
Chris Pirillo on Gates' talk at CES:
In the first broad demonstration of Windows Vista for consumers, Gates showed how Microsoft's next-generation operating system, due later this year, will offer customers powerful new advances in security, search capability and digital entertainment. He highlighted how Windows Vista will bring clarity to customers' digital world and help them easily accomplish everyday tasks, instantly find what they want, enjoy the latest in entertainment, keep their personal information safe, and stay connected at home or on the go.
He highlighted some of the most compelling consumer-oriented features of Windows Vista, including a sleek user interface, richer multitasking experiences and deep integration of search throughout the operating system. He also showed the new Windowsr Photo Gallery, which will make managing and working with digital photos easier.
That'll all be great until the first time you slap a new DVD into the machine you upgraded to Vista, believing all this hype - and get the beautiful experience of being told that you can't watch it - for your own protection, of course. Kind of like the new ColdPlay CD - the whole idea is to *cough* enhance *cough* your experience.
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DVD Playing is Hosed Anyway
[Patrick Logan] January 5, 2006 20:00:11.283
Vista or no, I cannot play DVD's anyway on XP. Something got hosed when something got installed and DVD's are now unplayable for some reason down in the configuration of something. I looked into it at one point and found similar reports of problems. There was no clear fix, or it was cumbersome, I just don't remember and barely care anymore.
At the end of the day Microsoft's software basically sucks for many reasons. They have flipped the bozo bit. After 20 years or whatever of Word development, they still cannot embed drawings with any kind of ease whatsoever.
Yes, this is a rant, but it reflects my real experience. The current state of software on current operating systems is just plain bad and Microsoft leads the way in overburdened complexity.