Why does everyone like the old of the old Windows anyway?
You mean 3.1?
Because it did not crash, and I kid you not. When an application or something went wrong, you would press ALT+CTRL+DEL and Windows would tell you what happened, and you would either:
Press ALT+CTRL+DEL again, and restart
Press ENTER to fix the issue (usually just ending a crashed program)
Press ESC to do nothing and see what happens
It was simple. Now-a-days, with all the advanced drivers (older Windows versions didn't have all that great support of PnP drivers) and everything else we can do with computers, things crash and can go wrong.
Key word: Can go wrong
You see, in Windows 3.1 and earlier, crashes were likely. Pressing ALT+CTRL+DEL often resulted in lost information. (Keeping in mind that Windows 3.0 and earlier would only restart at ALT+CTRL+DEL, Windows 3.1 introduced a better way, which we still know today)
Today, things don't go wrong as often though.
Another great reason to get Vista: (having to do with Windows help)
If you have Internet, it access the Microsoft Help Database directly. You get the most current information, and an exact description and solution of the problem.
If you don't have Internet, you wont get that great of help, since its whatever came with your computer, which may be outdated.
Now, true, this prevents Microsoft from making money from support, but it gives a better satisfaction rate, since I recently had a problem with my computer, and I could find out what the problem was quite quickly.
But, we have to remember: Not everything in Windows Vista has a solution, but theres this cool program called "Problems & Solutions" that holds on to all your reported errors, eventually, a solution will be added, and that information put on the Microsoft Help database.
