I've been using Vista for nearly a year now and I have had no problems with it "because it is Vista". The only issue I have is that it takes significantly longer to boot up than XP does. Once it's up and running, it runs as well on my laptop as XP does on my more powerful desktop.
It's funny though, nearly any reason I've ever seen someone give for not using Vista was applicable to nearly any new OS release. These are actual quotes from websites or people that say these are problems with Vista:
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"If your copy of Vista came with the purchase of a new computer, that copy of Vista may only be legally used on that machine, forever." True with any MS OS that comes packaged with a new computer.
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"If you bought Vista in a retail store and installed it on a machine you already owned, you have to completely delete it on that machine before you can install it on another machine." That's true of nearly any software you buy, be it an OS, a game, or some other program.
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"You give Microsoft the right, through programs like Windows Defender, to delete programs from your system that it decides are spyware." Turn it off, simple enough. Personally though, I've never had any issues with Windows Defender at all.
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"You consent to being spied upon by Microsoft, through the “Windows Genuine Advantage” system. This system tries to identify instances of copying that Microsoft thinks are illegitimate." XP and 7 use WGA as well. So how is Vista any different?
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"Vista wants a new PC." So did XP when it came out. So did 98 when it came out. It's called advancement. As the technology behind hardware advances, so does the technology behind software to take advantage of those hardware advances.
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"Installing any new operating system is time-consuming. You have to configure everything, load your data, install your applications, and get your peripherals working. Then, in the case of Vista, you have to figure out where Microsoft buried all the options, menus, and features, and get used to the ubiquitous Search boxes." Which is why we should have never switched to Windows 95 from 3.1, and Windows XP from 98... just because things are in different places. To be honest, I had no problem finding any options in Vista when moving from XP. They're pretty much in the same place as they are in XP, except they might be named slightly different. And if you really can't get into the Vista interface, 4 clicks makes it look like XP.
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"Buying Vista now, and installing it on old hardware, means doing additional, time-consuming tasks--possibly an additional day or two. Why? Chances are, you'll have to hunt down, install, and troubleshoot new drivers for your old peripherals and system components." What? This didn't happen when moving between 98 and XP? Or 3.1 to 95? Or even taking the jump from XP straight to 7? Absolute rubbish.
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"Vista is too expensive." So is any other version of Windows while it's still the latest thing.
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"Business and home users will be nonplussed by the blizzard of protect-you-from-yourself password-entry and "Continue" boxes required by the User Account Controls feature." From the control panel, 4 clicks will turn this off. To be honest, some people with computers DO need to be protected from themselves!
(Hi Mom!)A lot of people don't know about it, but last year MS found a bunch of "Vista skeptics" and invited them to come try out their "new" operating system codenamed "Mojave" and recorded the users' responses on video. More than 90% of them gave positive feedback on this fantastic new "Mojave" operating system that was in the works. After they had their chance to play with it and gave their feedback, they were informed that the new OS they were playing with, "Mojave", was in fact Windows Vista.
I'm just curious if anyone could point out to me what is wrong with Vista that has given it such a poor reputation. And I mean real problems, not all the rubbish and falsehoods going around. If you're going to comment, be ready to back up your statement with proof.
Oh, and if you do decide to post something negative about Vista, make sure it was Vista's fault and not your own. (Like no "Oh, I got 20 trojans on Vista that I never got on XP". Really, that's not Vista's fault.)
