Originally Posted by
JClishe
The general acceptance of Windows XP went something like this:
Years 0 - 3: "Windows XP is awful, it won't play my games, won't play on older systems, is slower than previous versions, uses too many wizards, hides all my settings, makes it too hard to find stuff and consumes too much system resources. Windows 98 rulez!!!"
Years 3 - 6: "Eh, Windows XP ain't all that bad"
Years 7 and on: "Oh my god Windows XP is the greatest thing since sliced bread!!! Windows Vista is awful, it won't play my games, won't play on older systems, is slower than previous versions, uses too many wizards, hides all my settings, makes it too hard to find stuff and consumes too much system resources. Windows XP rulez!!!"
See a pattern here?
I still haven't gotten to the "Windows XP is the greatest thing" part. When will that happen for me?
The pattern I see is that Microsoft introduces an OS that is full of bugs, runs slowly on current PCs, and creates a lot of incompatibilities that breaks a lot of existing software and training.
It takes about 3 years for MS to release Service Packs to address the bugs, for PC processor speed to increase enough to make the new OS as fast as the old one, and for companies to upgrade their software to work on the new OS.
Vista isn't there yet, which is why most of us computer types recommend against upgrading to it unless there is no choice. (Not much software
requires Vista yet, but you can bet it's coming.) Wait a few more years, and Vista will be just fine. It just isn't the best choice right now.