The jump from Vista to Windows 7 will be flawless and I won’t have to invest as much time as you (in the future).

Vista is not user-friendly “from scratch” but after a few very easy tweaks it’s running smoothly. If I need all resources I’ll reboot and switch to XP fast, because Vista is eating more RAM.

So to anyone considering upgrading to Vista, do it today and be prepared for tomorrow. Use the best of both worlds.

in short, you sir, purchased a crap product and are in complete denial, or you just don’t know enough to realize it.
but hey, ignorance is bliss.

To those of us who work in the field, it was really no surprise that Vista sucked so bad. Pretty much every-other major windows release is total crap, but somehow sheep like yourself still flock to it.
Vista is the new Windows Me. remember how you people ate that up?

So to anyone considering upgrading to Vista: don’t. Like i tell ::ALL:: my clients who want to upgrade, wait for Windows 7, which should be out 2009-10.

I certainly do not have these problems, nor do I stare at my desktop background, because I have better things to do
Actually I do not use animated wallpapers myself, but I know that a lot of our readers like them. The feature itself is very popular.
Believe it or not.

Also because the Vista desktop is completely rendered in 3D (polygons), 3D applications have less problems if they are mixed with other windows. At least I know of a couple of games that crashed from time to time if you opened up several instances or if you switched between the windows regulary.

Don’t have the time to fully answer you here, will do that tomorrow.

It’s a controversial topic unfortunately.
I appreciate your comment although, gives this blog a bit more stuff to talk about

1) File Indexing is available on XP.
2) http://www.otakusoftware.com/topdesk/
3) Gadgets reduce a mass amount of your screen, providing objects that would be simply desk toys. A clock, post-its and a jigsaw are easily found in the real world.
4) I’ve been in tech support for years, and never had to give help setting up a wireless network.
5) If you’re looking at your desktop wallpaper, you’re either slacking off work or have no friends.
6) ‘I have the choice to kill no-one, kill a family of four, or genocide an entire ethnic race.’ Just because it is not as bad as the worst case scenario, doesn’t make it an advantage. Also, an animated screensaver makes this a moot point.
7) I don’t believe XP was made for geeks alone.
8 & 9) Simple measures are easily made to avoid family members & imbeciles ruining what isn’t broken. Tell them if it’s okay to do anything if they haven’t had experience doing it before.
10) Are you advertising that Vista is okay running without a suitable firewall & antivirus program?
11) People need to get into the habit of turning things off themselves to conserve energy. This is just laziness.
12) There are plenty of alternative defrag programs out there. Linux’ ext3 file systems do not even require formatting.
13) Or, use XP and it’s perfect. last time I checked, that’s better than ‘absolutely great’.
14 & 15) XP has already been using priority based memory management & runtime for some time now, as well as CPUs taking this into account directly.
16) System crashes are not random, usually the PEBKAC.
17) Again, laziness. If you do not keep backups by yourself, I daresay you deserve to lose data.
18) Companies have been developing antivirus/spyware systems far better than side-projects Microsoft throw in to attract an audience. Windows Defender makes your PC safe, but anything else makes it safer. You’re advertising poor defences again.
19) I don’t see your logic in this. If you have a high end connection, you have a better download speed. Vista has no say in that.
20) I can’t see how hard pressing the ‘Search for wireless networks’ button is in XP.
21) If you can give me examples, I’ll listen.
22) The quality of video is not determined by Vista, but by the encoding within the file. A Media Center is just a flashy program to attract those who enjoy your animated screensavers.
23) As opposed to the ‘one’ I used with XP?
24) XP has speech recognition. Microsoft just didn’t advertise it, as it was mainly used for people with disabilities who needed it, rather than lazy people using it as a toy.
25) A Favourites is not a good replacement for a good filesystem and tabbed exploring. This promotes laziness.
26) Freeware apps have been doing this for years.
27) The only good reason on this list. This should’ve been an article on the benefits of DX10.
28,29) I said it’s the only good point. You obviously see this, so you choose to say the same thing thrice to pad your list.
30) …same in XP.
31) System Restore provides adequate backup to your installation. File backups should be managed by the user to avoid overwriting with incorrect data.
32) …XP again.
33) XP has been around for longer, and is easily more familiar to your developers you mention. Also, customise what, exactly?
34) Icons on a desktop are impractical, requiring you to minimise all other windows or move them to get out of the way. A dock or launching utility sorts this problem.
35) I haven’t seen a game made past the year 2000 that didn’t have the option to be run in a window.
36) You mentioned gadgets and a desktop before. Both were bad points.
37) XP’s default explorer does not utilise this, but a folder path can be created by clicking ‘Folders’. Breadcrumb navigation and tabbed browsing (which Vista does not have) can be added with simple addons.
38) Encryption tools have been around for years, and are vastly improved upon compared to Vista’s additional addon.
39) The first mention that you need something else other than what Microsoft gives you. Very wise.
40) Parental control is only required for when children surf the internet alone, which should be managed by the browser, or an antivirus/firewall app. Unless, of course, you plan to keep your porn collection within their reach.

If this doesn’t make it past moderation, then I ask the author to have a look and see if my points are arguable. It’s not the OS, it’s what you do with it. We don’t need flash and cash to get things done. The pursuit of Vista is probably an overall setback to getting work done while you set everything up and get used to it. Then find the absolutely great driver updates aren’t… perfect.

The only reason I need Windows anymore is to play games, sadly that’s not worth the $200 or whatever Microsoft wants.

Animating the background is a waste of resources. If you are starring at your background you aren’t using the computer correctly.