Comments on: Vista vs XP: Where is Windows Going?

By: XP 4ever

XP 4ever — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:59:44 +0000

im 15 and i continue to use my XP that we got in 2003.
my parents gave it to me after they got their vista…and guess what happened!?!
battery doesnt charge (2nd one) gone through 4 or 5 power cords, crashes, blue screen of doom, and all that jazz.
my XP runs beautifully and i love it. macs beat all though i must say…

By: Anderson

Anderson — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:11:12 +0000

Vista is one of microsoft’s worst OS.
A simple way to put things…Vista eats RAM.My sister’s laptop has 1gb Vista and it moves slow. My previous pc had 512mb with xp and moved much faster. However I bought a new system 6gb ram with vista but i will downgrade to xp.

By: Harry Williams

Harry Williams — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:53:49 +0000

I have just received my new PC with Vista on it, and I have to say that I cannot wait to get back to XP. Whenever I try to install something, it always asks me if I am sure that I want to install something, even with the User Account Control turned off. It also is very hard to adjust from XP to Vista, as it is so stupidly organized. The way to the future is from the past.

By: Ayequitas

Ayequitas — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:56:29 +0000

I have to say, I congratulate you for getting off Vista. I know some people may disagree with me on this point but to tell you the truth, Vista requires too many resources to be a decent OS. And those endless pop ups about if you’re sure you want to do something is annoying, and have yet to find a way to turn them off on my laptop, now I’m not saying Vista is a bad OS, you just need a pretty recent computer ( 1 1/2 years at the latest) to run it decently. So if you have an old computer like me, and need a good stable OS, use XP, but if you have a more recent computer, and you don’t mind occasional hiccups, then Vista is the way to go.

By: noneofurbuisness

noneofurbuisness — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:06:59 +0000

absolutly spot on well done we nearly bought vista but because of you we bought xp instead which is working amazingly well i look forward to reading more of your great advice and if anyone else is reading this buy it or lose it your chice !!!!!!!!!!!

By: James Newman

James Newman — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:34:22 +0000

My borther has Windows Vista on his new PC while I continue to use Windows XP on my PC. One thing which as put me off trying to install Windows Vista on my PC is the fact that you constantly get a message come up which requires you to confirm. This becomes rather annoying over time since it starts feeling like my computer is treating me like I retard.

I’m not a retard, when I want to instal a program on my computer I don’t want my computer asking me if I’m sure all the time. Another thing with Vista which has put me off using it is its compatability with my software (Counter Strike, Elite Force 1 and 2, Transport Tycoon, etc, etc)

Furthermore, Vista uses too much graphic hungry features (Aero) that is simply not needed. Some people may wish to have a large clock on the right hand side of their screen with shortcuts to programs but this is something which slows the system down and takes up resources.

By: Johan

Johan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:29:39 +0000

Just buy a mac they just work… Vista sucks!!!

By: david coston

david coston — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:48:34 +0000

While I enjoyed reading your article it dawned on me that your talk of “The over complicated windows kernel buried in a history of patches etc. really is very inaccurate as Windows Vista is in fact a ground up rewrite of the Windows core for that very reason (The XP kernel however does suffer from this bloat and patch layering to the extent that Vista had to be re-written from the ground up.)
Most of the Problems people are having with Vista are due to Microsoft doing what needed to be done and writing Vista core from scratch with a more modern, modular and secure architecture.
I guess to sum it up I think Its not fair to bring up Vista/Windows development and just neglect to mention this, Like Vista is suffering from hand me down bloat!
To be fair you need to mention that Vista is a massive ground up re-write (Minus the core file system) of the Windows Core.
Best Regards, David Coston

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:51:44 +0000

David, I completely agree with your comments. If Microsoft continues trying to mesmerize users, rather than provide true functionality, more users will seek a performance alternative O/S to Windows. As a PC user, I am much more interested in performance, efficiency, and stability than useless eye catchers. I was a PC tech in the late 1990’s and Windows 2000 was a major breakthrough in Windows stability. I think Vista is a wrong turn. Vista’s excessive hard drive space requirements is a flaw and represents O/S inefficiency.

By: TS

TS — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:16:57 +0000

I upgraded to vista on my desktop pc not to long ago and I wasn’t happy. The ONLY thing good about vista is that it is fancier than xp. Everything else is just irritating. Also, Microsoft put so much junk into vista that it uses up so much more memory than xp. I am the kind of person that just likes the classic look of windows and not all that fancy crap. Vista also has all that “permission” crap that you have to deal with. I went back to xp not very long after the upgrade and love xp even more. I don’t know if I will EVER go back to vista. It is the worst operating system ever created by any company. The next computer I buy will either be a windows that will be wiped clean of vista as soon as it comes out of the box, or I will just switch to Apple.