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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)

  • Anonymous gave 7/10 on 30/08/2006 17:14 Report abuse

    iTS NICE WAN A TEST IT

  • Anonymous gave 4/10 on 29/08/2006 00:18 Report abuse

    All style - No substance

    OK, it looks über cool, and there are a few nifty little features that I really look forward to, but at the same time it seems like it's the new Windows 95: great new look, loads of new features, full of bugs and chews through way too much in the way of system resources to deliver it. I can almost guarantee there won't be a truly stable version for another few years at least. Then I might buy it. Maybe.

  • Anonymous gave a review on 11/03/2006 11:20 Report abuse

    Give me a Break!

  • abcdefg gave a review on 14/02/2006 20:25 Report abuse

    Vista will be junk

    Where is the new faster file system? Hopefully they start patching all the bugs that will be popping up for the next 3 years after it is released and Bill gets his money. The new high resolution desktop icons im sure will make it into the final system requirements

  • Anonymous gave 1/10 on 13/01/2006 18:27 Report abuse

    Better than the Mac beta

    Since this is beta software, it is only fair to compare it to other beta software. I have used both Vista and the Mac OS x86 and i'd rather keep messing around with Vista than OS x86. The Vista beta is much more stable than the Mac beta. What? A Mac unstable? Yea, they are both beta, remember? Most people here don't seem to realize that. I look forward to the final version of Vista, but so far the Mac beta only crushed my interest in Macs. I was thinking about getting one in the future, but I think I'll stick with Windows.

  • the Insider gave a review on 06/01/2006 12:25 Report abuse

    In the future..

    this is crappy "inovation." I can't wait for the free google OS based on Linux with its free "office" software and free well everything...your desktop everywhere and anywhere...;-)

  • LinuxBoi gave a review on 06/01/2006 12:16 Report abuse

    nothing special or innovative as mac os x

    i lies somewhere between xp and mac os X

  • Anonymous gave a review on 22/11/2005 10:15 Report abuse

    Windows Vista is just a bad copy of Mac osx that will not work. You should just get a mac

  • Mickey J. gave 1/10 on 21/10/2005 08:50 Report abuse

    Yo! Yo! Yo!

    Get this operating system little boys! (and everyone else!)

  • Billip J. Randolph gave 1/10 on 21/10/2005 08:47 Report abuse

    I don't have it

    My friend said it sucks.

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