The view on Vista

While I'm busy bashing the Windows Mobile 5.0 apps (most MDA owners are by the way, its not just me), I thought I'd put in a word of pre-emptive praise for Windows Vista. Having just read the article Why Windows Vista Won't Suck I found that it has a number of good features coming along that should make the life of your average consumer oh-so-much better. Of course none of them is fantastically orginal, several are to plug well know problems with security that have plagued Windows form day one. And we shouldn't of course forget that every Windows version since 95 has been dubbed as completely secure and subsequently completely compromised.

Sigh.

However I do think having a decent built in backup system, reliable anti-spyware defense and allowing apps like IE to run with the least possible security privileges possible can only be a good thing for consumers. As someone who regularly maintains troublesome PCs for customers I have to say a truely reliable easily maintained computer is both a boom and a bust. If I really don't have to come recover dead PCs or install backup systems any more just what will I do for a living?

However the nay-sayers have been quick to pitch in, and "Why Windows Vista Will Suck" has already been written. Its point mostly being that Aero needs a really good graphics card to run (we already knew that) and most of the features were already available in Linux. I love Linux as much as the next man, but why keep all that Linuxy goodness to yourself? What's good for the Penguin is good for gander.

Regardless, all your PC users just know you are looking forward to the day you can try out that new Vista release. The excitment of a fresh new user interface is hard to beat, and oh my, an empty desktop - when did you last see one of those! Ummm, empty windows... fill them, fill them all!