12th July 2010, 8:47 PM
Their criticism is... a little too strong.
There's a way to shut it off actually, but it shuts it off completely. Take that as you will. Thing is, the Mac OS has had the same feature for a long time. It too asks for permission for every little thing, but I think they managed to make it seem less intrusive (even though it has the added requirement of typing a password each time). Vista does learn over time though, getting a little less annoying. In 7, they made the warnings more customizable, thus in a way making it less secure.
I've used both, and I can safely say that 7 didn't really change all that much from Vista. 7 is better, for a lot of reasons, but they're just evolutionary. It's still basically the same OS. In other words, if you're good with Vista aside from the UAC issues (again, you can shut it off though if you don't mind the reduced security), you shouldn't worry too much about upgrading.
...Don't go back to 98 though. That's more of an ABF move.
There's a way to shut it off actually, but it shuts it off completely. Take that as you will. Thing is, the Mac OS has had the same feature for a long time. It too asks for permission for every little thing, but I think they managed to make it seem less intrusive (even though it has the added requirement of typing a password each time). Vista does learn over time though, getting a little less annoying. In 7, they made the warnings more customizable, thus in a way making it less secure.
I've used both, and I can safely say that 7 didn't really change all that much from Vista. 7 is better, for a lot of reasons, but they're just evolutionary. It's still basically the same OS. In other words, if you're good with Vista aside from the UAC issues (again, you can shut it off though if you don't mind the reduced security), you shouldn't worry too much about upgrading.
...Don't go back to 98 though. That's more of an ABF move.
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