Sorry jason, this was aimed at spam for brains x1.. But I felt your points were good enough to warrant a second reading by other people
I have vista installed on my system - dual booted with XP pro. Have been beta testing since the start so have seen it progress and improve all thanks to the people who are willing to put the time in to improve things. The only problems I have had with vista personally came up in this order....
Web downloaded version of HP printer software would not install - as in the installer wouldnt work. This was mainly something that HP did I think to the installer as the original dizk with XP drivers worked fine!
And some music I purchased from Tescos online music store are not able to be played in vista, but come up with a licensing error - which says to me that Tescos need to update their licenses as it still works in XP, and other music I purchased elsewhere works fine!
Other than that, my mail opens quicker, my computer is more secure, my games including battlefield2, bf2SF, AF, EF, and battlefield 2142 ALL run better on vista than they do on XP, The look and feel of the main windows area is more friendly and a pleasure to use especially with Aero Glass running.
Networking while a little more involved is in some ways more flexible than XP, and the old server OS's, and you can get more details abou the connection status etc. Router connections to the internet have more useful info, and have better repair facilites.
Memory is utilised much more effectively and efficiently with windows automatically taking unnecessary programs and services down to HDD to free up memory when you go to open large resource hungry programs, a friendlier parental control interface, the list could go on for hours really, but the majority of people who have it and have used it for any lngth of time would hopefully agree with me when I say this is a good step forward and is a massive improvement from microsoft (except from the licensing stuff which isnt an issue for me, and wont be that big an issue for most home and small business users)
Do you have a copy of Vista? Do you have a computer capable of running vista? If not - is this just sour grapes from a misinformed individual who is basing everything on some dubious documents produced for the web?, which everyone knows only harbours pure, innocent and above all honest people!
Bear in mind that yes there ARE pure, innocent, and above all honest people on the internet, but there are a lot of Dishonest, biggoted, bare faced liars out there too whos main goal in life is to use their talents listed a second ago to try and destroy people through jealousy.
I also use Vista on 3 of my systems and am enjoying the added features. Here is just a few of the features that either my family members and/or I really like.
a.. Better Graphics
b.. Improved finding files
c.. Better built in security (I also use Live One Care as a added bonus)
d.. Built in Parental Controls (3rd party companies can build on top of the parental controls)
e.. Windows Meeting Space is a great feature for both training in businesses and meetings
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Jason
Windows Vista RTM
MS Office 2007 RTM
Just some of the multitude and ever growing reasons not to get Vista.
Government agency tells schools to shun Vista
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39285414,00.htm
IBM will not use Windows Vista - but will move to Linux desktops
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/5436/
Long list of Vista bugs
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=402
Becta report slams Microsoft academic licensing, dismisses Vista
http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/01/becta_report_sl.html
Vista is not an option
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36653
For a whole lot more visit
http://badvista.fsf.org/portal_fact...getRssDate&sort_order=reverse&getRssID:list=2