Xgl, wow!

[Don Clugston]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Georg Wrede wrote:
>>> But, it's cool, sure. Still, I wonder if anybody over 30 finds it 
>>> useful at work.
>>
>> I doubt it (I'm well over 30 <g>). What's a real productivity booster 
>> for me is bigger screens, more pixels. Sharper fonts are better, too.
>>
>> I couldn't care less about special effects on the UI.
> 
> Same here.  In fact, they tend to slow me down, as animations take time 
> to execute, consume resources, etc.  That said, OSX has some fairly neat 
> window management and layout features where you can "zoom out" on your 
> desktop and then "zoom in" in different ways.  I also love OpenGL in a 
> window.  But the rest I disable or ignore.
> 
>> If Microsoft wants my Vista $$, the feature I want is to not be able 
>> to surreptitiously install a rootkit. Oh, and a way to reinstall the 
>> operating system (when it does get rootkitted anyway) without 
>> reinstalling all my apps.
>>
>> Because of the rootkit problem, I've resigned myself to not only do 
>> regular backups, but regular reinstalls of Windows, whether or not 
>> there are any symptoms of a rootkit.
> 
> It's a good idea.  I only wish it were easier to do so.  As it is, a 
> reinstall would take me a full day to complete, and I'd still lose some 
> application preferences I'd have to re-enter manually (Visual Studio 
> settings, for example).
> 
> I'm beginning to think that XP will be my last Windows OS.  There's 
> little in Vista that interests me, and the massive resource requirement 
> and DRM features are a substantial disincentive to upgrade.

Me too.

  About the
> only reason I would do so is, once again, if there are games I'd like to 
> play that require it.  And if that comes to pass it will be on a PC or 
> partition dedicated to gaming.

I think that the games market is tremendously important to Microsoft's 
market share. If it were to lose that, it would be game over. Seriously.
(Maybe Vista is trying to tie into that ?)
> 
> 
> Sean