It's Windex Monday and a Challenge

Several people have asked about Microsoft Windows Vista here at the beach house. With the exception of one audio driver upgrade it has been a smooth change over from XP Pro. The audio driver problem may have been due to a corrupt download. MOST frustrating trying to roll back the driver and finally solved the problem by uninstalling and then using the original disk. I'll keep you posted about future audio driver updates.

Vista is a nice operating system. If you are using XP the transition will be very easy after taking a few minutes to adjust to the new look. There are many things going on in the background that are major upgrades like the filing system, media player, etc. The new defragmenting program sucks. It is a window that sits there and tells you it is defragmenting. For almost 300 bucks I want coloful squiggly lines, some noises or general flashbang. But hey, MajorGeeks has several defrag programs listed under the drive utilities section.

The Media Player is big, bulky and pretty cool. Internet Explorer 7 is an improvement, but I'll take Firefox over it any day. Or even SeaMonkey. The browsing is quick and IE7 now has many features that have been needed for years. There is a sidebar on the desktop where you can load gadgets much akin to the styling of the latest Apple OS. Please remember that the Vista bag of goodies will require enormous hardware. You need at least 1 gig of RAM, a CPU clocking in at a gig and 50 gigs of hard drive space. Do yourself a HUGE favor. Use 2 gigs of RAM, a 2 gig CPU and at least a 128meg video card. And stay away from Vista Home Basic.

A challenge goes out to Steve Ballmer of Microsoft for a charity boxing match. We can call it the lardgut weight division. Let's contact Steviepoo Jobs of Apple to referee. And the winner gets to use a chair on him pro wrasslin' style! Proceeds can help furnish Windows Vista to those living the lifestyle of the poor and pitiful (self included, lol). Afterwards we can meet somewhere for a greasyburger cooked on a George Foreman grill thangy. Yeh, that's the ticket! Is it obvious I miss Howard Cosell?

"Hardware: where the people in your company's software section will tell you the problem is. Software: where the people in your company's hardware section will tell you the problem is."
~Dave Barry, Claw Your Way to the Top