[absynth]

yea, i think there are several big reasons why MS can't get it right

1) they are simply too big. i don't know MS's corporate structure, but the complexity of an OS.. mixed with personalities.. corporate politics.. and lost in the crowd mentalities.. these oversights MUST be because there is no single person in charge.. or whoever is.. simply isn't focused. personally i'd be ashamed to be part of the windows mobile team.. because clearly these coders are not idiots.. they are not jerks.. i'm sure they would like WM6 to be the best yet and activesync to run flawless.. and vista "should" be better.. but it's not.. it's "different".

btw, has anyone seen the latest apple add? lol.. too funny "no.. i went back to xp three weeks ago.. so much happier"..

2) Microsoft needs to reinvent itself. now.. that said.. it won't happen. because of business compatibility needs they can't pull an OSX, which is unfortunately apples own double edged sword.. they just say, screw it. we're going in this direction and if people want it.. they can buy something new. which osx paid off in the long run... however vista is screaming proof that they have taken windows about as far as it can go. the point of an OS shouldn't be to make it more demanding.. it should be more eleigant, efficient.. not just more crap stacked on old crap.

(off topic again not to make a flame war here peace man.. i gotta disagree with you on this improvements. it requires more power.. more ram.. to "run decent".. that's obsurd.. i've met several people who have these new computers that have vista and they complain that t's slow! granted the computers often have less ram than "recommended", however, run xp on that same computer and that slowness will be noticabily reduced. give me any computer out there.. new or old.. load vista on it and run some benchmarks. then do the same tests with the same computer on xp.. scores will be higher on xp.. i've done it myself with a friends dell xps desktop, core2 2.6gig 2gig ram system.. ran benchmark 3d 2001 SE.. a great, basic 3d test. scord 8000 approx on vista.. installed xp (both clean installs.. basic stuff) got a score of 12000 with xp?!

however ultimately, android and iphone should eat away at ms's mobile dominiation.. the only reason they've been on top is that there hasn't been any real competition once palm became out of touch.. I just look forward to real competition.. because it's clear that Microsoft's strategy has been "who cares, what else will they use?".

personally i would LOVE to stay with pocket pc's. I like windows in general over the Mac OS... i'm getting a macbook pro eventually, however the only reason i'm doing that is because i can run windows on it (and the benifits of better audio performance for music on the mac side). however it's clear that MS isn't going to listen to me or anyone else out there. i will find something better and not look back. it's just a matter of time. hopefully before that time comes, MS will get their @$$ in gear and make something solid.

fortunately, i only have dailey minor syncing errors with activesync.. however the data does sync (i have to restart the device sometimes) which again.. it so freakin' dumb.. how hard is it to get data (we're talking what a few mb's of information) to simply go from one place to another without random errors or lost data.. it's just a PDA for goodness sakes.. we're not talking syncing the library of congress.. heh heh

Thanks
Caleb

[absynth]

yea, i think there are several big reasons why MS can't get it right

1) they are simply too big. i don't know MS's corporate structure, but the complexity of an OS.. mixed with personalities.. corporate politics.. and lost in the crowd mentalities.. these oversights MUST be because there is no single person in charge.. or whoever is.. simply isn't focused. personally i'd be ashamed to be part of the windows mobile team.. because clearly these coders are not idiots.. they are not jerks.. i'm sure they would like WM6 to be the best yet and activesync to run flawless.. and vista "should" be better.. but it's not.. it's "different".

btw, has anyone seen the latest apple add? lol.. too funny "no.. i went back to xp three weeks ago.. so much happier"..

2) Microsoft needs to reinvent itself. now.. that said.. it won't happen. because of business compatibility needs they can't pull an OSX, which is unfortunately apples own double edged sword.. they just say, screw it. we're going in this direction and if people want it.. they can buy something new. which osx paid off in the long run... however vista is screaming proof that they have taken windows about as far as it can go. the point of an OS shouldn't be to make it more demanding.. it should be more eleigant, efficient.. not just more crap stacked on old crap.

(off topic again not to make a flame war here peace man.. i gotta disagree with you on this improvements. it requires more power.. more ram.. to "run decent".. that's obsurd.. i've met several people who have these new computers that have vista and they complain that t's slow! granted the computers often have less ram than "recommended", however, run xp on that same computer and that slowness will be noticabily reduced. give me any computer out there.. new or old.. load vista on it and run some benchmarks. then do the same tests with the same computer on xp.. scores will be higher on xp.. i've done it myself with a friends dell xps desktop, core2 2.6gig 2gig ram system.. ran benchmark 3d 2001 SE.. a great, basic 3d test. scord 8000 approx on vista.. installed xp (both clean installs.. basic stuff) got a score of 12000 with xp?!

however ultimately, android and iphone should eat away at ms's mobile dominiation.. the only reason they've been on top is that there hasn't been any real competition once palm became out of touch.. I just look forward to real competition.. because it's clear that Microsoft's strategy has been "who cares, what else will they use?".

personally i would LOVE to stay with pocket pc's. I like windows in general over the Mac OS... i'm getting a macbook pro eventually, however the only reason i'm doing that is because i can run windows on it (and the benifits of better audio performance for music on the mac side). however it's clear that MS isn't going to listen to me or anyone else out there. i will find something better and not look back. it's just a matter of time. hopefully before that time comes, MS will get their @$$ in gear and make something solid.

fortunately, i only have dailey minor syncing errors with activesync.. however the data does sync (i have to restart the device sometimes) which again.. it so freakin' dumb.. how hard is it to get data (we're talking what a few mb's of information) to simply go from one place to another without random errors or lost data.. it's just a PDA for goodness sakes.. we're not talking syncing the library of congress.. heh heh

Thanks
Caleb

[mtnmedic]

At times it seems slow but so far, so good. I do like the UI. Actually, aside from my vista desktop, I still maintain an XP tablet PC (laptop). I have the best of both worlds.