Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7

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Complicated shutdown?

I will agree that changing the default power button behavior is not as intuitive as it could be and it looks like this will be improved in Windows 7. However, I have to wonder what is so complicated about the power button in Vista? There is 1 button to press when you are done using the computer. What could be simpler?

Now here come the legions of ABMers who are going to claim that the Power button doesn't actually turn off the computer and this makes it confusing. Are these same people confused that the power button doesn't actually turn off their TV, their DVD player, or their stereo? You are powering down these devices, not turning them off, just like Vista. And before someone claims that unlike a computer, you can safely unplug a TV without fully shutting it down, the same applies to Vista. The default sleep mode for a desktop is a hybrid sleep mode that stores a hibernate file and then puts the computer to sleep. If the computer loses power while it is in sleep mode, it will safely restore the previous session from the hibernate file, as if you had originally chosen the hibernate otion. So yes, you can hit the Vista power button, unplug your computer, move it, plug it back in, and turn it back on with no ill effects to the OS.

The hilarious thing is that some of these people are Apple apologists who praise Apple for taking away options because it makes the device easier to use yet they chastise Windows for not showing you Turn Off, Sleep, Hibernate, Log Off, Restart, Lock, Switch User on the main screen and instead make it available in a menu. Microsoft chose the default that is right 99.9% of the time and gives it to users in a simple, easy to understand format: a power down button just like their TV. Using Apple apologist standards, Vista actually has this one right and it is OS X that has an overly complex system.

Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 01/07/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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