Joe Wilcox does not like Windows Vista. I can sympathize. I just bought a new PC and after using XP for the last however-many years, I was excited to see what all the Vista fuss was about.
After being randomly disconnected from my wireless network a few times each day for no reason and without being able to quickly diagnose or repair my connection (or install anything) without being bombarded with security warnings made me long for my trusty, reliable XP rig. My initial experience was overwhelmingly average. Vista is pretty, that’s for sure. But it’s got issues and it’s unstable, just like (gross generalization forthcoming) pretty people have issues and are unstable.
It’s not that I can’t simply turn off the security messages or take the time to figure out why my wireless card is so wonky, it’s the principle of the fact that Vista is supposed to be way better than its predecessor.
Before you start lambasting me with “quit being such a baby” and “if you hate it so much, why don’t you switch back” comments, take a moment to read Wilcox’s article. He’s far more brassed off than me.
His contention is that the Vista experience is so broken that it can’t be fixed. I’m not sure about that. I seem to remember Windows XP being a bit frustrating until SP2 was released. We’re a LONG way from Vista SP2, though.
Broken Windows [Microsoft Watch]
Vista is broken. Vista is irreparably broken. Never mind SP1, which will be nothing more than the typical collection of bug fixes.
Forget SP2 when it comes to repair Vista. SP2 will roll out new features to Vista. Features taking away the focus from the actually rather awesome platform that Vista is when one looks at all it offers. But no one can be bothered to digg deeper into Vista because there are too many annoyances.
But technically spoken, Vista (I use Enterprise Edition) is a rather well thought mini server platform with lots of network features, way too extended for the average user.
Btw, Windows 2k was an awesome platform too! After SP4.
I’m happy with my Vista Business Edition.
I upgraded to Vista soon after it was released. As a Network Engineer I wanted to begin to immerse myself into what I knew was going to be a painful transition. It has been – though it seems that these first two performance and stability updates have made some positive changes. I’m hanging in there, but I am by no means overwhelmed by the Vista experience….And I’m a big Microsoft fan.
I love my Vista Ultimate, you could not pry it from my cold dead fingers! Best OS hands down.
After modifying a lot of the default features in Vista, I can now say (6 months later) that I am happy with Vista. If you have a problem, google the problem and someone will probably already have a solution.
ew, i said problem twice in the same sentence. replace the second one with ‘issue’.
I have been using Vista for months now and am really happy. It has not crashed on me once and has worked very well. Small improvements like the in built search has really helped. I really cannot see myself going back to XP ever again. The Vista experience is much better.
What I do not get is who these people are who keep having issues with Vista?? Its like suddenly all the reports have some problem with Vista. thats true for bloggers too. I really think they are just spreading FUD and trying to gain more traffic.
Its a shame!!
Again a driver issue. Device manufactures do not want to spend the time writing drivers for old devices for Vista because it is a money losing venture; plus, they would prefer you buy new products, which do support Vista.
Even Linux’s main draw back is drivers Those are the hardest part of every OS because they need to work at a low level and are written by the manufacturers, who may not be the best coders.
But Vista is great if you happen to own devices with good drivers. The security warnings, I agree should be more tweak-able, but for a newbie user they are a great way to cut down on maleware (and Vista’s security protections have already shown their stuff a few times)
I love my XP… even if it was a downgrade from my OSX ;-) I simply don’t see any reason to upgrade (?) to Vista… so far, from what I have seen and heard from friends, I ain’t missing much anyhow.
Jon
frankly speaking the only thing holding me back from downgrading is the Aero interface. i hv gotten so use to it that i see Xp as shit,although stable. i think issues in vista are reducing.
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