Why Do People Hate Vista?
I want to write my thoughts about Windows Vista and why people seem to really want to hate it. I for one, think it is the best operating system out there. Now, on to the meat of the topic.
I started watching the progress of Windows Vista about a year before its retail release in February of 2007. I preordered it with a Christmas IOU from my parents and got it the day it was released. I have been using it since then with no problems. I want to know why so many people want to hate Vista. Keep in mind that most of these Vista haters have not used the thing for more than an hour, if at all. Some “experts” say that Vista is buggy but they never actually say what bugs they run into.
For one, people ran into problems installing it on their machines that were running XP. These people said that they ended up having to reinstall XP because Windows Vista “didn’t work” or was slow. I’m curious to find out what the specifics of “didn’t work are but I can tell you that most of the people that ran into this scenario did not check the System Requirements, and I stress requirements, before they bought it. If your machine doesn’t have the juice, don’t use try it. Honestly, does it get more simple? The thing is, most machines do have the juice to run it if they were made in the past couple of years.
The next thing people complain about is compatibility. I have only had one compatibility issue and that was with my video card. That isn’t a Vista problem because the maker of the graphics card has to provide the driver. Think about comparing Vista with OS X. There are an unbelievable amount of drivers for Windows vs the amount for Macs. In terms of program, I have had no issues of compatibility.
One of the other things to consider is how Windows Vista compares with Mac OS X. I still think that Vista is better on many levels. For OS X you will not need Virus or antispyware software which is great but there are also a lot of negative aspects of it. It is also a good looking operating system, but so is Vista. It is very user friendly, but so is Vista. I have noticed zero difference in speed (boot-time or general responsiveness) between the two. With OS X you have to sacrifice your compatibility with the rest of the world. Macs are holding only around 3% of the worldwide marketshare despite what Apple may try to report, more than that in the US. Mac users just have to face the fact that there is just not nearly as much software for their operating system. I want to use Windows as an architecture major since AutoCAD and related products don’t run on a Mac.
The last thing I want to mention is security. Some people are under the impression that Vista is virus-ridden, or more vulnerable than XP. That is blatantly false, Vista is much more secure than XP and also includes more security features. For the record though, I have had my laptop for 1.5 years and my desktop for about half that and I have never had a virus or spyware on either of them. One feature people complain about is User Account Control which pops up prompts when certain actions are attempted. These are the same messages that Linux users and OS X users have had for a while now.
Long story short, don’t avoid Vista. Embrace it. It is a great operating system that offers great speed, looks, security, and compatibility.
February 23 2008 10:35 pm | Personal and Software and Technology
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dejawolf on 02 Mar 2008 at 11:17 am #
I’ve used vista for a few months, and still don’t like it. i had issues with my external harddrive (after running vista for a few hours, it refused to read it, games ran 30% slower on vista(i had noticeable slowdown when running MTW2 in vista, but in XP its fine),
photoshop CS brushing was lagging, and every time that new copy dialog pops up, i’m completely at a loss of what to do.
then there’s fucking DRM, nuff said.
oh and bloodshed devC++ doesnt work properly in vista either.
bittorrent is giving error messages mid-download, which is an issue i haven’t gotten in XP.
there’s that issue with older printers and such not working with vista, which means my relatively new scanner doesnt work.
on a positive note, it runs stratosphere better than windows XP.
i couldn’t get dell to send me an XP CD,(which i had specifically requested for my new PC) so i got some counterfeit shit from a guy i know(most wanted),
which is giving me a bunch of issues i’ve never had with Xp before.
dejawolf on 02 Mar 2008 at 11:32 am #
oh, i remembered another annoyance with vista.
i use a dualscreen setup, but vista keeps “forgetting” where i put my second screen.
after each reboot i am forced to move the screen in the display properties above eachother.
which i just gave up after a while.
OSCAR EASLER on 14 Mar 2008 at 12:04 pm #
You say you have never had any problems with Vista except for your video card. I will say you must be one of the most dishonest people out there. I couldn’t even install MS OFFICE 2003 on Vista. I called MS. They didn’t have a clue of what the problem was. The OS is incredibly slow. It hogs memory and ran my Dual Processors at 55% and 35% even when I wasn’t doing anything. It took 5 minustes on to boot up with 4 gigs of RAM. If you like that little whirlygig going everytime you try to do something and repeatly asking you “Do you really want to?” you have more time to burn than I do. I switched back to XP and now everything works fine and much faster. Anyone who tries to push this mess off on the public should be ashamed of themselves. IT IS A PIECE OF TRASH!!!!
Brett Dunnam on 14 Mar 2008 at 12:38 pm #
Wow. These comments are just full of hate not only for Vista but for me. All I did was post my personal (and true) experiences with Vista and recommended it to others.
I know that unwarranted hatred can be a blast but come on. Let’s be professional people.
Keleus on 30 May 2008 at 1:27 pm #
What is everyones system requirements because I have had absolutly 0 problems. And User Account Control can be turned off if you dont like it. As for virus’s theres an easy way to avoid them. Dont use limewire/torrents and dont goto random websites that you dont even know unless you know for sure they are legit. And Oscar you must have a shitty processor because vista only uses 5% on my dual core.
Andrea on 30 May 2008 at 3:05 pm #
I hate Vista because I want to play Sims games and for some reason Vista requires more GHz to play the Sims.. Its the only system that requires it.. and I have a laptop. So basically I’m screwed, and it’s all thanks to stupid Vista.