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Ouch! Apple gets it right on Vista

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:02:02 -0700

Yesterday, I referenced what it was like living with Vista

Today I ran across an [Apple ad](https://images.apple.com/movies/us/apple/getamac/apple-getamac-security_480x376.mov mocking Vista). Unfortunately, they pretty much got it right.

I’m hoping for an update that fixes this. Please, Microsoft?

Living with Vista

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:02:02 -0700

OK, I’ve had Windows Vista installed for 9 days now and my verdict is … it’s not worth upgrading. Vista is supposed to be more secure than XP but this manifests itself in really annoying ways. The screen flashes black and a box pops up that must be dealt with. That’d be great if it were only for important things but it happens all the time!

I’ve had it happen when I want to change the smallest system setting. I’ve had it happen while downloading files. C’mon, get out of my way.

Too many choices = problems

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:01:01 -0700

I installed Vista on my home desktop machine on Friday. I’ve already been bitten twice by the new (off( button with Vista. I’m going to have to figure out how to change its default behavior.

I enjoy reading Joel Spolsky’s articles. In Choices = Headaches he talks about the problems with Vista:

Every time you want to leave your computer, you have to choose between nine, count them, nine options: two icons and seven menu items.

Nice article on using Google Notebook

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:08:08 -0700

Get Organized With Google Notebook is a nice article that talks about working with Google’s fairly new notebook.

I like the notebook more than I do Google’s calendar or Gmail. However, the problem for me is that Google is mixing together different types of services and trying to use one Google login for all of them. I don’t want to use one login for AdSense, AdWords, Gmail, etc., etc. so I’m faced with having to logout and log back in just to check stats or to make a note. Or run two browsers, one for personal use and another for business.