Observing a new Windows Vista User So, it’s been a while since ‘Rigo installed Windows Vista RC1 , and I have been intrigued watching him adapt. He used to have Google as his home page, Trillian as his IM client, Firefox as his browser. He now has Windows Live as his home page (customised with his favorite feeds), Windows Live Messenger for IM, Windows Live Toolbar, Windows Live Favorites, IE7 and has tweaked the sidebar. So, is he a convert??? Game, Set & Match Comments Anonymous September 09, 2006 Family is almost the toughest sell… good job Microsoft/Mr Arrigo Snr. The question is, will he spread this with his peer group.  That’s the ultimate test! Anonymous September 10, 2006 The comment has been removed Anonymous September 10, 2006 A troll might ask, is the point here how well one does adapt to Vista/Live or the other way around? And if one does “convert” easily does that just suggests good work on selecting the features. Personally I do think IE7 is good, though the accessibility of the UI feel a bit worse coming from IE6 for some parts, especially favorites which worked a lot better in IE6, however my experience is solely on Vista Beta 2. I haven’t tried things under the Live umbrella so no comment there, signed up for Messenger beta though so shall see. Anonymous September 10, 2006 Isn’t this just further proof that Microsoft is abusing their monopoly? By “bundling” IE7, Windows Live Messenger, and making the Live Search the default in IE7, Microsoft has once again used its dominant position in the operating systems area to give itself an unfair advantage. No applications from competitors get to come bundled with Windows. Anonymous September 10, 2006 The comment has been removed Anonymous September 10, 2006 Nick, I actually do use Ubuntu, but I’m running into a few problems… I recently asked for some information about a job I was interested in applying for and the reply contained a Word document. This would be all well and good if the Word document file format wasn’t proprietary and secret, but Microsoft have decided that they will prevent Microsoft users from communicating with non-Microsoft users by making the Word file format secret. Some programs can open them, but only because they tried to reverse engineer the file format. I also was trying to listen to a radio station online, where the stream was in the Windows Media Audio format. Again, secret (and patented) format means that I have to break the law (infringe Microsoft patents) in order to play the file. So yes, I will just not use Vista, and because Microsoft is trying to exclude me and prevent me from communicating with others just because I use non-Microsoft software, I will encourage everyone I know not to use Microsoft software. Microsoft doesn’t realise how much this is going to hurt them. Google was so successful because geeks like them. Why do geeks like Google? Because they give people choice. They don’t attempt to lock-in users like Microsoft does. Anonymous September 11, 2006 Spotted this in Australian IT today  Bank to lead in Vista uptakeWESTPAC will test Microsoft’s Windows… Anonymous September 30, 2006 As I did in last month, I looked back on BlogBeat for my top 20 posts for the month of September.  Installing… Anonymous November 02, 2006 As I do each month , let’s look back on BlogBeat for my top 20 posts for the month of October . October Anonymous August 06, 2007 I have a special guest at Tech.Ed Some Rigo stories Proud Dad Moment Observing a new Windows Vista User Anonymous August 06, 2007 I have a special guest at Tech.Ed Some Rigo stories Proud Dad Moment Observing a new Windows Vista User Anonymous August 06, 2007 PingBack from http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2007/08/06/my-special-teched-guest/ Anonymous June 17, 2009 PingBack from http://patioumbrellasource.info/story.php?id=478 Additional resources Last updated on 2006-09-10