Don’t Buy Vista
There is absolutely no reason for anyone to buy a version of Microsoft’s new operating system labeled “Vista”.
The time to upgrade to Vista will be when you buy a new computer and Vista comes preinstalled. This way you won’t have to worry about hardware incompatibilities and slow execution because your machine may not have enough horsepower.
Most software vendors say their software is “Vista Compatible”, but I wonder how true that is. Things like tax software, and anti-virus could be issues. If you’re not dreaming about the bleeding edge of technology and you like your computer to work for more than a few hours — then just wait. Don’t be an early adopter unless you want to deal with the upcoming issues that are bound to surface as the code base is explored by more users in new and exciting ways.
Is XP broken for you? If not, just keep on trucking because your web browser will continue to work if you don’t upgrade.
Here is a new argument against Vista based on the environmental impact of replacing tonnes of computer components. While I don’t endorse all the political ideas of the green party they do have a valid point in this specific case.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:03 am
dude, you don’t think right at all.
you seem biased, maybe you need a better job.
vista’s hardware support is improved over xp.
“bound to surface as the code base is explored by more users in new and exciting ways.” are you stating that people view vista’s source code? like, sure, there is a secret hacker svn.
how about, get vista and enjoy the inherent speed, stability, productivity and new features.
your article is basically in vein though — it’s not going to stop anyone from buying. the only true way a person can know if vista is for them is to try it themselves. :)
March 4th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Those are some strong words you have used about me. Putting that behind me since you are probably a small shell script – I’ll discuss your ideas.
The code base cannot possibly be tested for every configuration and usage that a user can attempt. There are just far too many states of the software. Therefore the untested parts of the system and possibly more important the interfaces between well tested components will be exposed by the huge number of users.
I am not suggesting that people don’t use Vista. I’m suggesting they wait until they buy a new computer and it comes pre-installed.
As for the non-functional features of the product you’ve mentioned. I question if they are truly an improvement over XP.
Most of the people I’ve talked to would suggest people purchase OS X instead of Vista.
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:23 am
Hey nesser, I’m with you on this one. Sounds like ‘lol’ is a doo-doo head. Heh..
But seriously. I just bought a 4 Gig Kingston-brand USB key and asked a fellow TA for some files. Popped in my USB key to his newly vista upgraded laptop and vista would not recognize it. Furthermore, there were no drivers or support available to make it work.
Having just performed a fresh install of XP on another laptop, with no updates or service packs, XP didn’t seem to have a problem with the USB key.
But I agree with you on this one. However, I can order a free copy of Vista for the computer I bought Kristin for xmas. So what the heck..