WhiteRabbit.....I actually like XP, and when I bought this PC 3 days after Vista came out, I was quite disappointed because I really wanted XP on it. But I also LOVED Windows 3.1 when Windows 95 came out. I still prefer XP to Vista. But I face the fact that no matter now much I like XP, Vista is the future....at least until their new OS comes out in Jan 2010 (Called Windows 7 right now).
The thing that gets to me is how many people are constantly saying they HATE Vista. I have Vista, and I really don't see what the problem is, unless they just have a lot of programs that won't run or upgrade to run on Vista. But that happens every time a new Windows OS comes out.
I honestly believe that there are really TWO things happening here that are causing such an uproar over Vista. First, people are actually having problems with Vista, as happens every time a new OS is introduced. But I think there is another thing happening that has helped to increase the Vista hatred. The last year to 18 months have been the worst in computing history for adware, spyware, viruses, trojans, and especially bots! I wonder how many people who own a Vista OS have bots or the other things mentioned, which have a negative effect on the operation of an OS? Since Vista is relatively new, it becomes the most convenient thing to blame the problems on.
I think that if the only people we heard from were people whose problems with their computers were caused by Vista, then you would see the typical complaint numbers that come with any new OS. But when you throw in every new Vista user whose PC is running slow because of other reasons, yet Vista gets blamed, the numbers get inflated. Vista is the convenient goat.
