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images/news/vista.jpgOh dear! It seems there are no allies at C|Net when it comes to Windows Vista, I can only imagine that their IT policy is still firmly seated with XP on all their clients (except of course some very poor test machines). Anyways a bright spark at C|Net HQ has clocked Vista in at No 10 on top 10 terrible tech products, with the Sony Rootkit fiasco just ahead of Vista at No 9. The list even includes the Sinclair C5 as the worst tech product, will Sir Clive ever be forgiven for that? Do our members even know what a C5 is?
Heres what C|Net have to say about Vista: Any operating system that provokes a campaign for its predecessor's reintroduction deserves to be classed as terrible technology. Any operating system that quietly has a downgrade-to-previous-edition option introduced for PC makers deserves to be classed as terrible technology. Any operating system that takes six years of development but is instantly hated by hordes of PC professionals and enthusiasts deserves to be classed as terrible technology.
Windows Vista conforms to all of the above. Its incompatibility with hardware, its obsessive requirement of human interaction to clear security dialogue box warnings and its abusive use of hated DRM, not to mention its general pointlessness as an upgrade, are just some examples of why this expensive operating system earns the final place in our terrible tech list.
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Heres what C|Net have to say about Vista: Any operating system that provokes a campaign for its predecessor's reintroduction deserves to be classed as terrible technology. Any operating system that quietly has a downgrade-to-previous-edition option introduced for PC makers deserves to be classed as terrible technology. Any operating system that takes six years of development but is instantly hated by hordes of PC professionals and enthusiasts deserves to be classed as terrible technology.
Windows Vista conforms to all of the above. Its incompatibility with hardware, its obsessive requirement of human interaction to clear security dialogue box warnings and its abusive use of hated DRM, not to mention its general pointlessness as an upgrade, are just some examples of why this expensive operating system earns the final place in our terrible tech list.
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