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Windows Vista Ultimate

By Robert Vamosi on 29 January 2007

Windows Vista is essentially warmed-over Windows XP. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.

Editor's rating:7.8 User rating:7.5

Comments (98)

  • Mark gave 3/10 on 11/06/2007 16:47 Report abuse

    I could metaphorically describe this OS as a car that has been given a new paint job, new interiors, a sound system with more subs than Germany had in World War 2. But the car happens to be a Russian Niva.
    I will wait until SP 2 comes out, (just like XP all over again!)

    • Good: Uber cool display
    • Bad: Could only view the Uber cool display between it's predominant setting- a blue screen with an error message.

  • anonymous gave 10/10 on 30/05/2007 01:44 Report abuse

    Fair enough it makes computers run slower but hey it was not released 3 years ago. I was more then happy to ugrade my system to run vista after beta testing it for a month.

    • Good: Very visualy appealing, great connectivity with xbox 360 as media extender, media centre is wonderful and about time micro$oft learnt how to manage a filesystem
    • Bad: Activation is a pain when it comes to upgrades

  • jeason gave 3/10 on 30/05/2007 00:15 Report abuse

    SLOW vista

    • Good: none
    • Bad: so slow the system with windows 95 that my grandkid use when they visit will download faster.

  • anonymous gave 4/10 on 28/05/2007 04:15 Report abuse

    I've used Windows XP since it first appeared. It has never crashed.

  • hello gave 2/10 on 28/05/2007 00:38 Report abuse

    looks nice but too buggy

    • Good: AERO
    • Bad: Too slow
      memory hungery
      and many many many more!

  • bill gave 7/10 on 25/05/2007 09:21 Report abuse

    how can it take 5 years to develop something new which isnt in any way innovitive or interesting

    • Good: cool looking
      cool looking
      movie maker dramatically improved
      did i mension its innovation in looking cool
    • Bad: need 2gb of memory or its sluggish
      requires a dx9 gpu or it doesnt work as designed
      i have no idea how to work it
      everything is blurry even at 1280x1024
      i want to punch it in the face

  • blahihaisdlnaskdn gave 2/10 on 21/05/2007 23:10 Report abuse

    just hopeless. brand new laptop and it is slow as hell because of vista. i'm taking the laptop back and demanding they put xp on.

    • Good: Visually Appealing
    • Bad: slow slow slow

  • suresh gave 10/10 on 09/05/2007 20:41 Report abuse

    demo version to use

    • Good: i dont know how is vista
    • Bad: i want to work

  • anonymous gave 4/10 on 03/05/2007 16:53 Report abuse

    I wish I stayed with XP.

    • Good: Nothing over XP.
    • Bad: Endless issues with drivers (video cards, wireless keyboards etc). Attempts to improve security simply cause irriation.

  • Defender of Rights gave 3/10 on 30/04/2007 14:24 Report abuse

    Vista is a high serurity risk.

    Having to be activated at central servers every 2 months or so will be the death of the USA.

    It is urgent that you report this before Vista get's too out of hand.

    What happens if & WHEN Russia, China, or some script kiddi writes a code that wipes out MS activation servers, or their headquarters get hit by a severe earthquake or natural disaster?

    Not only will you be unable to phone it, call in, web in your activation, but you will be left with a dead windows box.

    Any US business (OR Foreign) will be vulnerable at that point, with no way to use their data that they PAID for.

    Vista, essentially, strips the control from the user & MS tell you what to do with what YOU paid for.

    MS must realize, they get THEIR $$$ from you, not the other way around.

    • Good: Looks good
    • Bad: - Trusted Computing nightmare
      - 1 to 1 digital copy restrictions too prohibitive
      - Painfully slow, buggy, crash prone as verified by MS, with little more than .ANI cursors. Oh, don't say the patch fixed it, there are new ones in the works

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