kristenjo
Texarkana, AR
They kept us waiting for three years...for what?
2 star rating

PC owner, willing to give things a try, a fan of decent software, a person who enjoys quality, an owner of a digital camera, pc-user, a fan of Windows XP, computer enthusiast
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Pros

    neat window viewing, nice look

Cons
    memory hog, too many changes, Many programs are not compatible, Buggy Drivers, Have to confirm all actions, Some might find it a huge change from XP

DEC
10
2007

Microsoft Vista Home Premium — 

It is a huge leap from anything Windows has done, but it's a poorly executed one. They meant to jump over a puddle, but they fell into the one next to it.
  • With all the security features, it tends to suffocate the user, rather than protecting him/her. Lots of functions aren't even possible without disabling some security.
  • The fancy graphics and window viewing don't mean a thing if they slow down every other function the system tries to perform.
  • Doesn't play well with other manufacturers' software/hardware.
  • Doesn't execute hardware drivers well (or at all in some cases).
  • Made too many changes in areas that worked perfectly well and left buggy areas untouched.
  • More difficult to disable unwanted Windows features. (example: I always disable MSN Explorer and Windows Messenger on my XP installations.)
Supposedly there were three extra years of work put into it after the initial announcement of its arrival. I want proof. It's like a well-sharpened blade: it looks oh-so-smooth, but too much contact with it will make you bleed. After three weeks of dealing with it on my brother's computer, and dealing with compatibility issues with his Xbox 360 (and Xbox Live subscription), I offered to spend the several hours it took to backup all his data and reformat to install XP Pro on his brand new Lenovo desktop. It was worth every minute.

Last edited on Mar 04, 2008



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TheBard wrote on Apr 18, 2008 at 7:21AM

I bought my wife a brand new computer and it shipped with Vista. She hated it so much that did as you did and removed it and installed WinXP in its place! Ditto for my 3-year old computer! Good review...

mrkstvns wrote on Dec 10, 2007 at 9:29AM

Vista is a puzzling thing. There are so many things so very wrong and so highly unusable that you just scratch your head wondering WHY Microsoft would want to give people a nudge to go try Linux...or to buy a Mac. Vista sucks so much you'd think it was a product of the Hoover company.

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