Its a bit sad that someone who’s using Windows on multiple leading-edge devices every day can’t get to grips with Vista but I’m afraid that’s how it is. I have a Q1P in front of me with Vista and XP on it and after a week of messing around and getting frustrated I’ve changed the default boot back to Windows XP. I can’t find any compelling reasons to use Windows Vista at all. Nothing that will justify the re-learn time and the time needed to make Vista efficient. Its costing 30 minutes of battery life at the moment which is something I am not will to accept. As for the Buzz, well, how about Bzzzzzzzzt!
I asked Matt Propst what his top three reasons for wanting to use Vista on a ultra mobile PC where. He had some trouble as you can see here. Can anyone give me a reason to move to Vista before I’m forced by a man with a shovel? I don’t use handwriting so don’t tell me that its better because it has a zero-weighting in my book. I rarely use video other than streaming from websites and I’ve already tried pen flicks. It doesn’t work very well does it. Or do I need to spend MORE time learning it?
Origami Experience is nice and makes me feel good so that’s one thing I would put on the list. Look and feel would be nice but its a short-lived buzz that I can do without.
At the end of the day, I still feel that even Windows XP with its Gigabyte-class footprint and complex UI is already too much for the average ultra mobile PC user. Windows Mobile is too little and CE isn’t flexible enough so what are we left with? Nothing that’s really optimised. Just like there’s space in the market between smartphones and notebooks, there’s a gap in the market for a new mobile operating system. Could Midinux fill the gap or do we need Windows Vista Mobile?
Or have you got three good reasons why Vista is good enough?
