You’re Pointing Out Vista’s Flaws. Cancel or Allow?
I’m a Mac user. I’ve never been a fan of Windows because of security and the inconsistent look, but I recently decided to give it another chance. I decided to put away my bias and look at Vista fairly. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out very well, so here are 5 reasons why I will not be buying Vista.
1. Way Overpriced.
Seriously, I just checked out the prices and it looks like Vista is about the same price as a budget PC. Erm, I’m sorry but I don’t see the logic here.
No wonder they only sold 244 copies during the first two weeks in China, how do you expect people to buy something that is so exorbitantly priced?
2. The ‘Bling’ Factor.
I’m betting that during the development of Vista, a Microsoft employee must’ve looked at Mac OS X and remarked: “Gee, we need Longhorn to look better than this.”
They didn’t make it better looking, they went overboard with too many visual enhancements like gradients and shiny reflections. Sure it looks (slightly) better than XP, but it doesn’t actually improve my productivity.
3. A Snail Stuck in Jelly.
I saw this one coming. Even on relatively fast hardware (we’re talking Core 2 Duos), Vista still felt slower than the XP machines.
Sure you can tweak/customise/beat it to submission for more speed, but I’m talking about real-world usage. It’s a downgrade for the majority of users.
4. Cancel or Allow?
Does Microsoft take pleasure with annoying it’s users? I noticed several of these annoying questions immediately after I logged in. Certainly not cool at all.
Hah! Apple decided to ridicule Microsoft by pointing this out. If you haven’t seen the ad, you gotta see it (.MOV file).
5. Compatibility Woes.
It turns out that some drivers and applications won’t run properly in Vista. Which really makes you wonder what Vista can do that XP can’t.
Aero decided to take a toilet break whenever I ran WebCT (a tool for distributing lecture notes and what not). Yea, it was that bad.
You know, I really wanted Vista to “wow” me. I really wanted to see a big improvement. I really wanted to say “here’s a version of Windows that I can actually recommend”. But you know what? It hasn’t changed my thoughts one bit at all. In the words of Steve Jobs: “No matter how you spin it, ah, what can you say?”
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Hi, I’m the blogjunkie from myMacBUZZ. I’ve not managed to check out Vista myself, but this post has confirmed my suspicions. You think it’ll be improved when its first Service Pack comes out?
Check out my entry for Darren’s group writing project too.
@blogjunkie: Although I find many faults with Vista, it does have several improvements over XP. Not sure about SP1, just have to wait and see.
Oh by the way, you have a nice blog. Keep up the good work!
Interesting article! I really enjoyed the link to the Apple commercial, which I haven’t seen before. Your experience matches what I’ve been hearing from others, so I think I’ll be sticking with XP for a while. But one day, hopefully far in the future, XP won’t be available. Perhaps then I’ll have to think about a Mac system.
Check out my Problogger submission, which I think you’ll find relevant: Top Five Essential Practices for Developing Software
In my opinion Vista has been a huge disappointment. I can’t believe that a multi billion dollar company can’t get something innovative out the door.
It just amazes me that Vista doesn’t have hardly any improvements when compared to Xp, 5 years making this product for nothing.
But hey, I have been using Mac OSX since 2005, I’m glad I switched, its been a wonderful experience and I can’t wait for Leopard to come out, unlike Microsoft, Apple really loves to be innovative.
@Basil: Hope you get your Mac soon. It’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Great article, by the way.
@Edwin: Agreed.
Yes I am also extremely disappointed with Vista… I would rather keep using Xp…
It’s put a bad taste in my mouth, and I’m surprised that it didn’t go under beta testing a little longer to fix all the bugs before release.
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