James Kendrick has been tearing into Vista lately here and here. I skipped whacking at the first one because I was busy at work and I didn’t want to pick on James in case he was having his meds adjusted.

You’re big boys and girls and can read, so I’ll spare you the full recap. The crux of James’s arguments are that Vista doesn’t run well on mobile devices. That we need a slimmed down Vista for mobile devices and that only Apple will get mobile devices right.

I disagree. Completely. Ok, I’m good. Anybody want a snack? Oh, why do I disagree?

Windows Runs Just Fine On My Q1
I went from an abysmal XP experience of double digit crashes a day to a MUCH better experience with Vista on an Original Q1 with 2 gigs of RAM. I can easily say that I’m more productive with Vista than with XP. Yes, I’ve tweaked settings. Big deal. I had to do that with XP too. After the tweaks I’m not getting the issues that James gets. Yes, plugging an external monitor in is less than stellar. It sucked on XP too. I’ve got an AutoIT script that fixes it for me. 5 seconds, done.

We Don’t Need a Slimmed Down Version of Vista for Mobile
Cough BS Cough

We need fewer versions of Vista but not a slimmed down version. I’d like to see one version of Vista. Just give everybody Ultimate and be done with it already. Why chop up the market? Microsoft products don’t sell when you take stuff out. Period. For every slimmed down piece James takes out, someone else won’t buy Vista because it’s missing that piece.

I am willing to see a install template for Vista that is optimized for mobile. Give people the choice of what to leave in and what to leave out along with what settings to optimize. Windows Mobile has never lived up to it’s potential because it can’t do everything full blown Windows can do. A slimmed down Vista for Mobile would end up in the same trap. As to the suggestion to put the OS in ROM, this has cause all kinds of grief for Windows Mobile, why would Vista in ROM be better? You’d piss people off because they can’t change the OS.

Hell Will Freeze Over To Cool The Batteries When Apple Rules Mobile
Steve Jobs owns a string of laser hair removal centers. After a MacBook take the hair off your lap, you need the rest removed to look normal. Apple is behind in heat dissipation design. Apple is using commodity hardware. Apple is subject to the laws of physics. Ergo, Apple won’t be solving any battery life issues any time soon.

I like and respect James and I appreciate his perspective and opinion. But he’s starting to sound cranky. Somebody at Gottabemoble send James a splotch to squeeze will ya!

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