Windows Vista pros and cons

By Robert Vamosi on 13 June 2006

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The decision for some home and small-business users to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista once it becomes available in early 2007 will depend largely on what the new operating system can do for you and what hardware you have to run it on.

Microsoft has prepared a Get Ready page listing the hardware required to run Windows Vista, and for Windows Vista beta 2 there's a public download available now. It's still early, and Microsoft could easily change aspects of individual features between now and the final release. But based on what I've seen after living with Windows Vista beta 2 for a week, here are five things I think you'll like about the new operating system -- some of which might persuade certain fence-sitters to upgrade -- and five things that may convince others to stick with Windows XP for a few more years.

Topics: windows, os, pros, cons, operating system, vista, windows vista, con, microsoft, new

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Comments (44)

  • forro005 commented on 16/06/2009 05:19 Report abuse

    First of al, i would like to great all of the intervenients. Just to tell you that I agree on some and disagree in other points about some comments. The reason why is because, I also am using windows vista and had great moments with it and also had less conforatble moment with it. The only fact is that Vista will take place one day and XP and all other will just get old and die. I would suggest instead to start investigating it a little deeper.

  • lgjpage commented on 31/12/2008 07:55 Report abuse

    Having similar problems as mentioned in above comments : While typing my cursor will disappear, and sometimes it moves and startes typing into my sentences above. Also sometimes when I backspace, it takes me from the page I am typing on to the previous page, or while typing it will move down the page on it's own.

  • armf17249 commented on 15/12/2008 16:53 Report abuse

    After reading all the coments ,I think widows vistia and all the ones before sucks I'm useing XP PROFESSIONAL witch i uninstall and start useing MAC SYSTEUM wich out strips widows so anyone out there go for the MAC OPERATING SYSTUM WITICH IS MUCH BETTER.

  • jgates00 commented on 27/11/2008 07:23 Report abuse

    Any respectable IT person knows Vista is a hunk of junk for now. No large corporations use it, in fact most have made contracts that Microsoft provide Windows 7 immediately on release. Most corporations have not and will not install Vista. And yes you are wrong most games and programs are incompatible if they are more then a year old. If you go to Vista get ready to purchase all your programs again. These words come from experience and knowledge.

  • dirtdragon51 commented on 21/11/2008 03:00 Report abuse

    I agrre the Windows Vista is a great operating system when it comes to safty and popup features, but what i disagree on is that many games and programs are not compatable with the system. This makes it all pointless,

  • STR8KRAZY commented on 15/10/2008 09:33 Report abuse

    I don't think I hate Vista, as a matter of fact I've never used it in-depth, only temporarily while using my brother's Vista running laptop. I didn't see any problems with it then, only sharper icons and window previews before restoring my program from the task bar. However, I still do not wish to upgrade to Vista, because it does have higher system requirements, and my computer simply isn't high grade enough to have high enough upgrades to match the requirements of some programs I would like to run. That, and there's the ever present money issue. I'm sure I'll upgrade to Vista or the next operating system the next time I get a computer that can run it more efficiently, however for now, XP is here to stay.

  • mohammad commented on 08/10/2008 14:47 Report abuse

    Guys, let's stop arguing about vista and talk about the article! I found it very useful and thank you for it! I needed to figure out what operating system to choose and this may have made my decision! Check out the cons too!

  • mohammad commented on 11/07/2008 16:36 Report abuse

    O pepole......stop right there,its enough.just i want to make attention about very very very very very important thing ,which is, u can master vista within almost 3 hours by reading so cool vista help.but in xp u read help in 20 years and the result not only no understanding but also more and more of confusing about thing u search.and in turn more and more of hating xp.in vista help, the information is arranged in a perfect manner without any of dump branching.also using and manipulating vista is easier than doing so for xp.this is due to the new arranged direction for tools.

  • pragggSP commented on 28/06/2008 05:52 Report abuse

    I like some of the features vista has. I am currently working on networking at home and at school which has winxp. I had problems downloading Microsoft student software. A technitien said it had memory cruptions. I don't know what that means. My computer starts up slow. I hope I can work out the problems, otherwise I will go back to xp.

  • Get over it commented on 28/06/2008 05:46 Report abuse

    I think the majority of people complaining about Vista are just mad because XP will soon be obsolete. Get over it, it's part of the deal in the modern technology age. Eventually Vista will be obsolete too.

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