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No, you are not alone in associating abbreviations or anagrams with their older uses when companies try to make them mean something different. Snurfing has nothing to do with cable Internet access and WPF brings up images of the BSOD. I'm surprised MS hasn't taken BSOD for the initials of something "new and wonderful".

As for my Vista experience, MSIE was killed by one of MS's Critical Updates about two weeks after I got my machine last May, WMP hiccoughs several times at 0:18 left in every mp3 (Winamp & iTunes play the files cleanly), and WMP takes about a minute to move between playing songs in the same HDD folder. Also, the conflicts between Vista and Palm Desktop/HotSync have caused Vista to kill off two USB ports so I can no longer back up my Palm onto my HDD.
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They're not difficult to write...  betelgeuse68 | 12/06/07
I'm trying to find the "reduced game performance" with a microscope . . .  CobraA1 | 12/06/07
Let me focus it a bit for you......  middle of nowhere | 12/06/07
yup  notsofast | 12/06/07
Linux again  rolf.ernst@... | 12/07/07
not to argue, but...  genefitz1976 | 12/07/07
Sometimes this is the case, others it's the opposite  TrackStar1682 | 12/06/07
I spent 3 Gs building my computer and the...  tek_heretik | 12/08/07
Vista gaming performance loss is not DirectX related  YeaiBetYouDo | 12/17/07
Historical note on spreadsheets  Len Rooney | 12/06/07
You've made the argument there is no reason to move  xuniL_z | 12/06/07
3-D ???  thungurknifur | 12/07/07
YES 3-D. Obviously you are one of those who  xuniL_z | 12/07/07
.Net  rolf.ernst@... | 12/07/07
I don't think it's quite that dramatic.  xuniL_z | 12/07/07
I don't install anything...  tek_heretik | 12/08/07
Vista Ultimate Extras...  aulax@... | 12/06/07
Well, you do get Vista Business wrapped into ...  xuniL_z | 12/07/07
They are removing it in SP-1  TripleII | 12/06/07
You beat me to the punch  Ole Man | 12/07/07
Yeah yeah......have seen this before  xuniL_z | 12/07/07
Well, you get 2 points for at least trying to be witty  Ole Man | 12/07/07
Good one Triplell. Points scored.  xuniL_z | 12/07/07
For me, it's DRM  bmgoodman | 12/06/07
DRM is the content creators choice  mdemuth | 12/06/07
Partially correct  bmgoodman | 12/06/07
Well yes and no  mrOSX | 12/06/07
The biggest reason Vista WPF applications are taking so long is...  TechExec2 | 12/06/07
Is it me?  mdsock@... | 12/06/07
Not alone  pbusher1997@... | 12/07/07
BSOD Revisionism  DannyO_0x98 | 12/08/07
Was there ever a killer app for XP?  Heatlesssun1 | 12/06/07
The killer ap was XP itself  doodlius | 12/06/07
working overtime?  bubblesroe@... | 12/07/07
Think so  rolf.ernst@... | 12/07/07
I think you guys are right here  seanferd | 12/07/07
You are right when you said it was the wait for VS 08  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/06/07
Microsoft has jumped the shark here. There really is nothing complelling  DonnieBoy | 12/06/07
I tried it ...  markbn | 12/06/07
I also feel that the 3D effects are a waste of time, though cute. So, if  DonnieBoy | 12/06/07
Put up or Shut Up  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/06/07
Try to just name one thing that Vista brings to the party to enable killer  DonnieBoy | 12/07/07
Jumped the shark?  tmccorm | 12/07/07
Ah yes, the famous Happy Days episode....  xuniL_z | 12/07/07
90 million licenses...  jasonp@... | 12/07/07
Wow, now that's some anecdotal evidence. BUT, i'm not coming up with....  xuniL_z | 12/13/07
From the fringes of Hollywood  DannyO_0x98 | 12/08/07
I've spent the last year doing WCF and WPF.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 12/06/07
Fair enough, but, is there anything that Vista brings to the party? Or will  DonnieBoy | 12/06/07
Vista, XP, both run .Net 3.0 fine.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 12/06/07
While most Vista users have spent the last year doing WTF  heres_johnny | 12/11/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  StilyagiHall | 12/06/07
So, if there ever is a killer application, it will run better on XP!!  DonnieBoy | 12/06/07
GPU  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 12/06/07
Right, but in any case, it will all work on XP, as WPF has been backported.  DonnieBoy | 12/06/07
Donnie  xuniL_z | 12/07/07
Still waiting for one feature in Vista that XP does not have that will  DonnieBoy | 12/07/07
Actually Donnie...  genefitz1976 | 12/07/07
It's about developer targeting, not consumer upgrading  DannyO_0x98 | 12/08/07
what do you mean by killer app?  Linux Geek | 12/06/07
Windoze? English grammar?  quikboy | 12/06/07
lol  crunchthenumbers@... | 12/06/07
lol  Ole Man | 12/06/07
Why not?  quikboy | 12/07/07
You got me that time, quickie  Ole Man | 12/07/07
From what I hear...  Userama | 12/06/07
They're waiting for Silverlight 2.0  odenni | 12/06/07
WPF is great... but new.  cromwellryan@... | 12/06/07
Bingo.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 12/06/07
Vista-only Apps not realistic  donelder@... | 12/06/07
I agree....  DCMann | 12/06/07
I meant that "Killer App" ....  DCMann | 12/06/07
Agreed  rolf.ernst@... | 12/07/07
Go tell Yahoo  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 12/06/07
It's hard to see, but it's there.  cromwellryan@... | 12/06/07
Home Server  levinson | 12/06/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  John3123 | 12/06/07
Yahoo Messenger for 32-Bit Vista Only  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 12/07/07
Killer App?  levinson | 12/06/07
NO ONE wants VISTA.............  carlsf@... | 12/06/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  Crabby Guy | 12/06/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  Doniteli | 12/06/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  Rude Union | 12/07/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  bkrdr04@... | 12/06/07
Here is why I prefer Vista  michaelkhalsa | 12/06/07
badly configured computers  levinson | 12/06/07
All apps except MS seem bad  jim.denny@... | 12/07/07
I beg to differ  Rude Union | 12/07/07
ding ding ding...  jasonp@... | 12/07/07
Businesses just don't need Vista  david@... | 12/06/07
Message has been deleted.  mdbobbo@... | 12/06/07
You know what'll kill Vista?  epcraig | 12/06/07
The Absent Killers  johnfenjackson@... | 12/07/07
Well said  xrxca | 12/07/07
You forgot the last part  Ole Man | 12/07/07
Remincer to the writer, Yahoo Msngr For Vista is still in Pre-Beta  Bhaaanu | 12/07/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  paulhinz | 12/07/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  john.meade@... | 12/07/07
Gonna let you all in...  mikeholli | 12/07/07
Hey, mikeholli...  sykandtyed | 12/07/07
Vista uptake?  bubblesroe@... | 12/07/07
Yup, it's XP/3...  sykandtyed | 12/07/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  mwagner@... | 12/07/07
A poor excuse is better than no excuse  Ole Man | 12/07/07
No such thing as a "Vista App". (only 32 bit and 64 bit apps)  Smarty_Pantz | 12/07/07
Vista's Killer Apps  genefitz1976 | 12/07/07
Vista is here, it isn't going away  Ole Man | 12/07/07
ME went away. Deal with it.  pogson | 12/07/07
I said long ago  Ole Man | 12/07/07
I have said for months now...  gene_fitz@... | 12/08/07
I thought the topic was Microsoft by extension  Ole Man | 12/08/07
And it isn't going away.  gene_fitz@... | 12/08/07
Like I said, that remains to be seen  Ole Man | 12/08/07
Many reasons  johngalt_0705 | 12/07/07
That is a very fair assessment.  gene_fitz@... | 12/08/07
The killer apps are OS agnostic  tony@... | 12/08/07
The killers are on leave.  kraterz | 12/09/07
Where's the killer developer tools?  John Musbach | 12/09/07
Oh boy - a zoomy texting utility - how cool!  pete_w_flynn@... | 12/10/07
RE: One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?  pixolut | 12/20/07

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