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[DarCowAlways]

I personally could never go back to XP. It's so plain and boring...Vista is packed with features, and it doesn't have performance issues with hlafway decent PCs. I've got a 2GHz single-core AMD and it runs great.

[Yert]

The only thing Microsoft has done wrong was to not have a major feature thats in every version of Windows Vista that customers would use. For example. Shadow Copies. Why the hell is that only accessable on the more expensive versions?

[aardvark54]

It's very simple. IT administrators are result and functionality driven, and XP has the capacity to do what was needed in the vast majority of commercial environments. If it's not broken, don't fix it.

Additionally, for a commercial user, the new "features" are useless and problematic at best.

Microsoft, however, has to pay its programmers. Imagine if a vehicle manufacturer stopped changing its models and stuck with the 2005 versions, focusing only on after-market sales and maintenence. Layoffs would ensue.

[piyushsingh]

Dont know why others hate vista, maybe people are afraid of changes.

[thebigsix]

I don't think most users hate Vista, I think its all the Mac loving so called journalist. Most of the "user" comments I've seen on other sites don't have major issues that these writes seem to be writing about. I have personally had only 1 issue and that was my Maxtor II external drive did not work and that's because Seagate decided not to write any drives for Vista with that device. Other than that, I have not had any problems.

[Vercer]

Almost every complaint I've heard about Vista is the same as the complaints I've heard about EVERY OS to come down the pipe since DOS 3.11.

People complain about backwards compatibility, I had more problems getting drivers and software to work the first year of Win XP than I've had yet with Vista, let alone trying to get a lot of old DOS based programs to work in Win 9x.

As for bloat, software always gets bigger as we expect more and more from it. My first machine was a lightning fast Sanyo running an 8088 chip 20 years ago with 512K of RAM. Should I expect to be able to run todays software on that?

[redbaron60]

6 MONTHS AGO I WAS PRESENTED WITH MY 1ST EVER COMPUTER.A LAPTOP WITH VISTA PREMIUM PRELOADED AS 60TH BIRTHDAY PRESENT
IT SIMPLIFIES THINGS FOR FIRST TIME ''SILVER SURFERS''EVEN I'VE BECOME ''CAPABLE''. COME ON PEOPLE WE ALL HAVE TO EVOLVE !
EVEN DEDICATED LONGTIME XP & MAC USERS @ WORK HAVE BEEN AMAZED HOW MUCH I'VE LEARNED IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME

[viperch25]

from my point of view its the magazine's that don't like vista not the users. it seems every magazine that comes out lately has to bad mouth vista yet everyone i have talked to ether loves vista or cant wait to get it.

[netman2670]

Oh yes, it's horrible. HORRIBLE. I come in to work, turn on my computer, get all my work done without a single problem. It's just the worst OS ever. C'mon PCWorld...give it a rest already. Buncha Mac Loons.

[karcat]

Had Vista For A While, But To Many Screw Ups,

So Went Back To Windows Home Xp, Waiting For

The Day They When They Can Honestly Fix It,

tyvm karcat

[rtfire1]

other then a duel booting problem Vista works great. I am hoping that with the new service pack it will fix the little issues it has in the back ground. when I was testing the bata pack my system booted faster

[DoctorDoom]

I'm with Viper, I don't think the USERS hate Vista, I think it's some of the PCWorld WRITERS that hate Vista.

I personally use Vista every day and I think that Vista is a far superior OS to XP. I actually have my old XP installation loaded in a dual boot configuration, but after I installed Vista, I have NEVER had to go to XP for any reason other than to keep it up to date with MS Update.

Furthermore, after readin the article, it would appear that the majority of the Vista users who spoke actually LIKED Vista better than XP, so why the article title?

[rgreen4]

I upgraded my first Vista machine, an HP Media Center in early May with the HP supplied free upgrade. Before I got it, I did one thing that I always do with new OS's, from 2000 Pro, to XP, to XP SP2 and now Vista - I bought the book. Specifically David Pogue's, the NY Times technical columnist, writes a very clear, but complete treatise on using the OS. It about $36, but it's also over 800 pages. Truly a life saver.
It is different, had a little trouble finding things at first (the book helped immensely), but then became accustomed to it and then loved it. I now have it on 3 machines, a home built C2D machine with triple boot - Vista, XP, W2K. My former primary machine a faithful HP business class machine with XP Pro, gets turned on about once a month now. It has Office 2000, and my Vista machine has Office 2007. Now there's a culture shock, far more significant changes than going from XP to Vista.
There is one small app in Vista that is a true lifesaver - Snipping Tool. You start it, the screen turns frosty, you highlight the section you want to turn into a graphics file and save it as a .jpg. Great tool for sending someone a portion of whats on your screen. Actually easier that use screen print, pasting in paint and saving.
I will keep XP around for a while as I still have 2000 Pro, primarily to answer questions.

[netman2670]

Amazing isn't it? That's like having one user say they don't like Mac's and titling the article 'Why Users Hate Leopard'. How about retitling this stupid article to 'Why SOME Users Hate Vista'?

[skimbell]

Vista sucks. Period. After purchasing a new PC with Vista I had to spend more than the cost of the computer to install all new software, because NOTHING was backwards compatible. Then I had to relearn all the new software with all the stupid bells and whistles, new menus, renamed functions, etc.

I could care less what the OS looks like. I don't want to see. it. I don't want the OS appropriating the job of my jukebox, photo editor, MP3 player, and I REALLY hate the way it won't let me store files the way I want. Stop trying to patty cake everything and let us keep all our songs in one directory, and tell me what the directory is. Search functionality sucks, and ease of use is practically non-existent.

Now ask me how I REALLY feel...

[4doggy]

The decision to upgrade is simple - does the upgrade offer value commensurate to the cost. In my case with Vista: ABSOLUTELY NOT! There's not one thing I see in Vista that I can't do now (which includes HDTV recording, viewing and video editing), and having to upgrade software and possibly a piece or two of hardware makes no sense. As for Aero, ATI has had Hydrovision for years which does much the same things as Aero. The vendors also push Microsoft for upgrades that force people to buy new hardware - it's part of the game. We have reached a point where hadware even 3 or 4 years old suffices for most home users that don't stress their equipment. There are many that can't afford to play the upgrade game: seniors, young families with children, lower income families. Part of the hardware upgrade game is that Microsoft gouges the home user for software if they upgrade without buying new hardware and puts a financial burden on small businesses that really don't need Vista either. As everyone becomes more computer literate and Linux continues to evolve, Microsoft will have to finally pay attention to the consumer (just as AOL found out).

[karcat]

Will Have To Agree With 4 Doggy, Forgot To Mention I Was Useing Vista Basic, First Thing i Noticed Was My Outllook

Express Mail Was Gone , Had Many Problems With It , Yet Windows Said My Puter Was Compatiable To Run Vista,

Maybe If I Shelled Out More Money For It , Am A Novice At This So Will Have To Learn At My Age, ( 72 ) , But Did One

Thing In My Time On Here , I Learned To Type Though Not Perfect, Tyvm For The Chance To Have A Reply karcat

[GS53]

I have used Vista since July 2008,& for the most part I really like it. The main thing you must do when running Vista, is have plenty of RAM (2 Gig minimum) & a fast processor, 2 Core Duo preferred. You can tone down some of the services to make it look & feel more like XP, & to preserve some of your RAM.

Probably the biggest drawback to Vista so far is, compatability with other software programs that you were using on XP,however that is starting to get better. I remember when windows XP first came out, & lots of people weren't to crazy about that either.
GS53

[Vercer]

I don't know Skimbell, maybe it's jsut me but I've found VERY few consumer level apps that don't work with Vista from the get go. The rest I've managed to get running in either Admin mode or XP compatibilty mode. Only 2 exceptions I've found so far are both KOTOR games. Not a huge loss given that all of my productivity apps work and I've yet to have a single spyware infection since Feb of 07 (according to both Adaware and Spybot free versions). Not something I could have ever claimed with XP.

All your music is typically put in the Music folder and subfolders for each album (at least it is on the 15-20 or so Vista comps I've worked on) and desktop search works like a charm for me. Maybe I'm just lucky, or maybe you're running some really odd configuration.

Now if there was some way to configure UAC to only apply to web based installs/programs I'd really be happy.