- Test Center Tracker: Packeteer sizzles at CIFS; RIA development heats up
- Managing Switches for Policy-Based Networking
- Preview: Globalpex's content certification uniquely verifies physical content in the envelope
- Standards? What Standards?
- Test Center Tracker: Bridging technology and finance
- Preview: Parallels Server beta looks promising
- Test Center Tracker: Greener docs and a six-month itch
- A NAC for policy enforcement: Lockdown Networks, RIP
- Train Signal knows training.
- Test Center Tracker: Sticky sweet Sun storage, plus a hardy Ubuntu beta
January 26, 2007 | Comments: (0)
Vista countdown tips: 4 days out
Tip 2: Brush up on your Mahjong
We all thought pinball was going to be the killer time-wasting app when Windows 2000 came out. But Solitaire remained the chief bane of the pay-by-the-hour set. I think that's going to change in Vista, though. Mahjong rules.
All the games have been redesigned, however. Like much of Vista, this takes a little getting used to. Solitaire and Spider Solitaire are still there along with FreeCell and Hearts. Pinball is gone. But the new killer time waster is going to be Mahjong. Slick, not too loud, and takes long enough to play so your boss'll be ticked if he catches you, but short enough so you've got a better-than-even chance of getting away with it.
Some folks might think Chess will be the killer time waster, but I don't think so. Takes too long for the average cubicle warrior. Mahjong's the better balance.
Vista Business users will need to block games. They aren't installed by default in that SDK, but they're easily installed by users with admin priviledges after the fact. If your boss wears shiny boots, tends to march up and down the halls a lot, and delivers motivational speeches in angry German, you may want to do the prep work now.
Posted by Oliver Rist on January 26, 2007 03:00 AM
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