Comments on: A New Year, a new(ish) OS and a reinstall http://www.fieryfred.org.uk/2009/01/11/a-new-year-a-newish-os-and-a-reinstall/ Random meanderings of a software developer Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:10:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mrben http://www.fieryfred.org.uk/2009/01/11/a-new-year-a-newish-os-and-a-reinstall/comment-page-1/#comment-150 mrben Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:21:18 +0000 http://fieryfred.org.uk/?p=49#comment-150 I believe the main issue people had with Vista was the amount of memory and processor it required for doing practically nothing extra compared to XP. I've used Office 2007 briefly, and I'm not entirely sure that the ribbon actually brings anything additional to it. Also, it took me 5 minutes to work out how to do a print preview, which pained me. Can't say I anticipate either Vista or Office 2007 being rolled out at work at all. I'm now on Ubuntu 8.10 too, and have been using Ubuntu at work since I got my new laptop in Q3 last year. It's been interesting to see how it can stand up to every day usage, and I've been both surprised and delighted as to how well it seems to work. It's not perfect, but then neither was XP... I believe the main issue people had with Vista was the amount of memory and processor it required for doing practically nothing extra compared to XP.

I’ve used Office 2007 briefly, and I’m not entirely sure that the ribbon actually brings anything additional to it. Also, it took me 5 minutes to work out how to do a print preview, which pained me. Can’t say I anticipate either Vista or Office 2007 being rolled out at work at all.

I’m now on Ubuntu 8.10 too, and have been using Ubuntu at work since I got my new laptop in Q3 last year. It’s been interesting to see how it can stand up to every day usage, and I’ve been both surprised and delighted as to how well it seems to work. It’s not perfect, but then neither was XP…

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