About Windows Vista

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Vista is considered to be Windows ME of the 2000's (Windows ME was Microsoft's big flop of the 90's). Vista does not do anything that XP can't, the main difference is the way it looks. Also there is a problem where it doesn't run some software that XP does and many printers won't work. The biggest complaint is that it runs slow, the price you pay for the fancy look.

Windows XP has been rock solid since service pack 2. For me, service pack 3 made it even faster and more stable. I have heard of some programs not working with SP3 although I have yet to find one.

Many people have downgraded their new computers to XP because Vista causes so many problem as well as runs slow, I've even had people hire me to install XP on their new Vista ready computers. What I do is leave Vista on and install XP so when they turn their computers on they have a choice on which OS (operating system) they want to use.

Why am I bringing all this up? To try and stop people from making a mistake and spending money on Vista when XP is all they need.

Anyway, enough of my opinion, here's what the pro's say:

Computerworld - Vista: The kiss of death for Microsoft execs (click here)
"Think Microsoft is happy with Vista? Think again. Numerous top execs involved in its development and launch are no longer at the company, at least in one instance because an exec was put in a position that was certainly a demotion." (more)

Newsweek - A Gloomy Vista for Microsoft (click here)
"It's the same with smaller customers like Mouli Ramani, vice president of business development at Lilliputian Systems, a tech company in Wilmington, Mass. He's sticking with XP because he knows it won't conk out on him. "I'm not willing to risk my career on Vista," he says."

"It was sluggish. It had trouble going to sleep and waking up. It wouldn't work with some printers and accessories. Users launched a massive online petition begging Microsoft not to discontinue its old operating system, XP, which is stable, fast and, after six years of patches, pretty reliable. Many consumers like me, who'd bought new PCs loaded with Vista, reloaded them with XP."(more)

PC Magazine - Vista's 11 Pillars of Failure (click here)
"You're not supposed to deliver a new operating system that's been in development for more than four years yet performs worse than the previous OS. Performance should be at the top, not the bottom, of the to-do list. You get the sense that Microsoft just piles code on top of code and somewhere in the middle of it all is MS-DOS 1.0." (more)

PC Magazine - The Vista Irrelevancy (click here)
Here's when you know your operating-system upgrade isn't working: when people come into stores asking for its 7-year-old predecessor. But that's what's happening as shoppers come up to counters begging for Windows XP machines. For too many people, Windows Vista is just irrelevant. (more)

XP beats Vista? Could be the OS or poor drivers (click here)
By Dennis O'Reilly
For at least one organization, the choice is clear: you'll get more work done in less time when you use Windows XP instead of Vista. On the other hand, some problems you encounter while using Vista are not caused by the OS but by a third-party driver. (more)

The Inquirer - Microsoft admits Vista failure (click here)
"WITH TWO OVERLAPPING events, Microsoft admitted what we have been saying all along, Vista, aka Windows Me Two (Me II), is a joke that no one wants." (more)

I could go on but I think my point is made...