Microsoft Vista
Vista. Do I want it? Do I need it? Do I care????
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But do you really need it, want it, or even care about it? My general quick answer to the above is to stay away from Vista - for now. Why? Well the answer is pretty simple - there are no extra needed features (except maybe for a tablet user - more on that below), many programs do not work well in Vista, and it demands a lot of memory, hard drive space, and a faster processor to work well. The user interface works a bit differently which could be frustrating to some. There really is no business reason to do a mass upgrade for all of your computers that will justify the cost involved. Vista is not all that bad. It has some nice tweaks that make it more MAC like with the user interface so some things are easier to use and look prettier. It is also more secure, but that shouldn't be something anyone needs to worry or care about if an operating system is doing what it should be. So what do I use? I have a convertible Tablet and use Vista on it. A tablet machine allows you to write on the screen. Vista added some more robust tablet features which pushed me to adopt Vista. It works well, but even after months of using it, I still do not know how to do a few things I used to do in XP (and that is after hours of trying to figure it out and looking on the web). Additionally, the same laptop with XP used to take about 60 seconds to boot up but now with Vista it takes nearly 5 minutes. That feels like an eternity when you need to get something done first thing in the morning. So if you have Vista and are feeling some pain, just add a lot of RAM (at least 2 gigs), make sure you have all of the Windows and other program updates, and you should be OK. If you are not using Vista, then stick with XP for now. |
September 2007
