I won’t hide the fact that I’m down on Vista. I had high hopes for the latest OS from Microsoft, and given the massive Microsoft hype-machine, I figured it would be a substantial improvement over Windows XP.
It didn’t take long to realize I was dead wrong. I’ve written about my problems with Vista here, and here and here. Several friends swear that Vista runs fine for them and that might be the case but my experience with it has been atrocious.
Ed Bott from ZDNet says that Vista is following down a very similar path traveled by Windows 95. In short, both products saw massive hype, followed by long beta programs, then incompatibility issues, followed by service packs that eventually made for a decent OS when Windows 98 came around. It took three years to get it right.
I tend to agree with Ed. But my expectations have changed drastically since Windows 95 arrived. I’m no longer willing to put up with constant driver problems, heavy handed DRM, degraded performance, and software compatibility problems. Since Windows XP works well for now I’ll stick with it until Windows 2010, Vista is stabilized.
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