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February 05, 2007 | Comments: (0)

Introducing the Vista Virgin, a Mac user's journey into Microsoft's new world

TAGS: Design and engineering, New Products, Politics, strategy and culture, Software

A man established in my profession doesn't brag about what he doesn't know. Well, I'll come right out and proclaim it: As brutal and career-limiting as it was sometimes, I successfully averted my eyes from everything related to Windows Vista. Reviews, previews, opinions, tutorials, Flash demos, video demos...I've been inundated by media feeding from Vista's original Community Technology Program (CTP), through release candidates, and then way-early access to the final (gold) release. I looked at none of it, even that written by my colleagues. I saved it for you.

I am, without pretense or qualification of terms, a Vista Virgin. After months of peer pressure--including questions from Apple about what I think of Vista--I'm finally giving it up, and I'm handing out free tickets.

If you came here looking for a satisfying slam of a Microsoft product, you might be disappointed. Or you might not. I'll find what I find and relate it the way it strikes me at the moment. I can revisit a topic later, see it through a different glass and realize that my first conclusion was wrong. I am operating from the standpoint of one who might consider switching from a Mac to Vista or adding Vista PCs to a Mac shop. Fairness requires that I compare Vista to TIger, since Leopard is not shipping and no firm date has been announced (FYI, Apple's Spring ends in June, at the end of calendar Q2).

Right this second, my PC's monitor says "Press any key to boot from CD..."

Tap.

See you soon.

Posted by Tom Yager on February 5, 2007 09:22 PM

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