Rich T said:
I wish to buy a nice new tablet laptop, but am delaying the purchase
because I am unsure whether to get XP or Vista. I have had Vista on my PC
for six months and it really sucks - not only is it unreliable but I just
hate the whole condescending, fussy, annoying interface. From what I know
about Vista in its current form it is a total lemon and I should order my
new laptop with XP.
But might I later regret the decision? Anybody know what future plans are
for Vista? Is Microsoft going to make it just a bit more pleasant to use,
fix all the bugs and bring in some new features?
Rich T.
If you have had Vista on your PC for six months and you think it sucks
you probably have not yet learned how to configure it or understand it. If,
for you, Vista is unreliable, it is probably due to the manner in which you
have configured it and the third party software installed on it. I could be
wrong, so don't take it personally.
If you hate the interface you should go back to XP, buy a Mac or choose
an open source OS. If you think Vista is a lemon then it is probably so
because of your configurations, third party software and your hardware.
Again, I could be wrong, so don't take it personally.
I'm not a Vista fanboy or a Microsoft fanboy in any manner. I am not
defending either in any way. However, I researched Vista before purchasing a
new computer and I made sure the new computer had the appropriate hardware
to run it. I haven't had any problems.
I am careful about third party software installed on my computer and I
will not install any third party software that is not totally compatible
with Vista. I don't rely on the third party vendors' claims that their
product is Vista compatible because more times than not these vendors are
not being truthful. I will first test the software in a virtual environment
or in a partition allocated for such testing. I haven't had any problems
with third party software.
I don't try to "tweak" Vista with third party software to make it
perform more like XP and I'm not saying that you do. As a matter of fact I
think Vista is far superior to XP and just as fast. It is also much more
secure. Some of these security improvements are what cause many people to
either dislike Vista or have problems trying to do things they could do on
XP but cannot do on Vista. I decided to move forward with Vista. I still
have three systems with XP installed but I personally like Vista better.
Personal choice, that's all.
Yes, I think Vista is a bloated OS and needs to be simplified and I
think Microsoft should have listened more to their own developers and the
beta testers. I think Microsoft could do much more to improve Vista and
make it easier to use. There are good points about Vista and there are bad
points. Most of Vista's problems are caused by Microsoft's desire to use an
abundance of code from several different operating systems and tie them all
together to work properly without problems. That's not going to happen.
I am not trying to start any arguments with you or anyone else. You
should use the OS you prefer. If you don't want to go back to XP you can
switch to a Linux based OS, which includes OS X. What matters is what makes
you happy and what you feel comfortable with.
I don't get BSODs. I don't get Windows Explorer crashes or Internet
Explorer crashes. Sure, I have minor problems with this and with that, which
is to be expected. I either research the problems myself or request
assistance from others in solving them. I've never failed to have a problem
solved or find a viable workaround..
If you wish to stay with Vista I'm sure you'll like it once you have
everything thrashed out. If you wish to go back to XP there is nothing wrong
about doing so and you should not be criticized for your decision. If you
wish to switch to OS X or go open source that's fine also.
C.B.
