Aloha! Mary Jo Foley! Re: Windows Live, The Windows Live DeskTop...
Re: Will Microsoft's Windows Live Relaunch Fizzle?
Aloha! Mary Jo Foley!
If I Were From Another Planet & Stopped-In Here, On Earth In My SpaceShip, & Wanted To Check My Web Based/OnLine, E-Mail...
...& I Asked, "What Do I Have To Do To Check My Web Based/OnLine, E-Mail?"
...& The Microsoft Guy Said, "U'll NEED...
...A Vista Premium Ready PC will take advantage of Vista's "high-end" features but will need at least a 1 GHz processor, 1 GB main memory, and an Aero-compatible graphics card with at least 128 MB graphics memory and supporting the new Windows Display Driver Model."
Source: Windows Vista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
...Jus'To Check My Web Based/OnLine, E-Mail...
I'd Say To Him,... Your're C-R-A-Z-Y!!!
This Is The Problem!
Over The Years, Most If Not All, The Things That, I Use My Computer For, Are NOW Available On The Net; OnLine, Web Based!
I Hardly EVER Use My Windows XP Operating System Except For Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) To Get To/Access My OnLine/Web Based Services.
Now, I Mostly Use My Windows XP Operating System For My Digital Pictures & The Occasional Notepad (Document)... But, I'm Now Able To UpLoad Directly From My Digital Camera To The Web & There's Plenty of Office-Like Web Based Applications ALREADY Available OnLine!?
I Have Programs That, Make Use of My Windows XP Operating System (e.g. Paint Shop Pro, Adobe, etc....) But, Most, If Not ALL of These Programs That, Have To Make Use My Windows XP Operating System, ARE AVAILABLE OnLine/Web Based, NOW!!!
Why Am I Required, To Have, What I Call,... "A Big Ol'HONKerous Operating System (Windows Vista)" Jus'To Get OnLine, Where MOST E=V=E=R=Y=T=H=I=N=G, I Do, Is ALREADY Located/Accessable???
....When A "Light-Weight" Operating System That, Simply, Effectively Boots To Web, Where ALL My OnLine/Web Based Services ARE ALREADY LOCATED, IS ALL I REALLY NEED???
This Is What I Hope That, Windows Live Is About!
The Windows Live DeskTop! (A Light-Weight, Operating System, DeskTop For OnLine/Web Access/Browsing ...Effectively, A OnLine/Web OS "Viewer" For Computer Users, Like Me!!!)
Additional References:
a.. Ray Ozzie rocks Microsoft
b.. Windows Live - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
c.. Windows Vista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
d.. Network computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
e.. Microsoft Tech·Ed 2006
Aloha!
- The View Master!
cc: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general