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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Windows victims: go ahead and pretend you don't want or need the
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 22:21:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On 09 May 2024 15:38:49 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

> On Thu, 09 May 2024 15:10:11 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:
> 
>> I'll admit I did like WinAero.
> 
> Yeah, Windows Vista had some nice stuff in there.

What a pity it did such a horrible job of actually implementing the 
concept. Those fancy “Aero Glass” effects could only work on higher-end 
hardware. This led to the confusion over “Vista-capable” versus “Vista-
ready”, and there were even lawsuits by customers who felt they had been 
had by Microsoft.

Meanwhile, my modest little Asus Eee 701, with the single-core 900MHz 
Celeron, could run Kubuntu and KDE Plasma 4 with all those effects and 
more, without missing a beat.

> I'm not sure why they retired both.

Because Windows still cannot handle such advanced GUI features 
efficiently.