Why do people say vista is bad

Joined Jan 30, Messages 0. I don't get the whole Vista thing. To me it's like upgrading any other component, what does Vista do for me that XP can't? It adds some security options that most people turn off right away.

I wonder if they still officially call it the start menu or is it now the menu formerly known as start? It has drivers for more stuff right out of the box, I like that.

At least I can usually access the internet to get the latest drivers without having to install old ones first. I can flip through windows like a roladex by clicking on a button on the task bar. Not sure why I didn't just click on the app I wanted to look at instead clicking that button, scrolling and clicking again but ok. One of my favorites is the security manager.

I disable it so instead of being warned I'm missing something it thinks I should have, I'm now warned the warning mechanism is off. I can understand the argument that a new OS requires more resources if it does more.

So the real question to me is what more does Vista do that XP? I have two systems, one I use for work and one for gaming. Joined May 19, Messages 4, 0.

I suppose its a personal preference i dont mind Vista and put up with the odd little gripe but alot of ppl dont its whatever were happy with. Joined Jun 1, Messages 0. Is that with sp1? Live OR Die said:. The only really noticable thing with me was itunes not werking i had to get a drivers wich got it werking other than that havnt had ne problems.

Joined Mar 13, Messages 0. Edito said:. Despite ever thing i prefere Vista cause its naturally more beautiful than XP in my opinion XP was beautiful once but Vista its something else Joined Oct 19, Messages 7, 1. I dont understand why people call it another Windows ME because its just not. Usually the people that call it that either go by heresy or used it for like 2 minutes and said "fuck this, this is a retarded OS.

Windows ME crashed a lot and was so unstable it wasnt even funny. I dont see Vista doing any of the shit ME did. Mussels Freshwater Moderator Staff member. Joined Oct 6, Messages 51, 8. I also multitask. I run six monitors and frequently have something on all of them. It's so bad that I have moved my speakers over to the gaming machine because Vista makes Winamp skip. I would also add this is a fresh install with all patches and absolutely nothing but work software installed.

That is everything installed on this machine except for drivers. I have SP1 for office but not Vista. I think I'm going to have to go with the bit version. This is driving me crazy. Third day of install and it crashes about once per hour.

Sometimes it just reboots. Apps hang blah blah blah. I still have the same things to say about XP that I did in the start. Wile E, I agree with you and I would go so far as to say it's still dorked up. Prevalent throughout the operating system were crashes, slowness, and strange performance issues. People's mileage varied, but most users experienced bugs and other annoyances that made the OS hard to use. Many users reported that when returning to their machines after a few minutes, just moving the mouse caused Windows ME to crash.

We can attribute most of these problems to the aging Windows 9x architecture, coupled with a rushed product that simply wasn't ready for release. Windows ME was quickly replaced with the superior XP, and people never looked back. Those who never used Windows ME usually think of Windows Vista, released in early , as the worst Windows version ever. Vista was actually much different from Windows XP, so it didn't bring any baggage with it like ME did. In practice, this led to some of its many annoyances.

This was developed because of a major security issue with Windows XP. Most software in XP required an admin account to work properly, so standard user accounts could do next to nothing. To keep programs from running with administrative privileges freely, UAC prompts the user to confirm that they want to run a program that could make changes to their computer.

It's still present and greatly toned down in every version of Windows since Vista, but it was overwhelming in its initial state. It seemed that every time you clicked an icon, you had to confirm something. Apple mocked this and other Vista problems in its famous "Get a Mac" ads, which certainly had a hand in the public view of Vista.

Vista also required much more powerful hardware to run than Windows XP. This makes sense, since it launched six years later and had more features. However, Microsoft ran into issues with PC manufacturers over these requirements. Despite Vista running terribly on low-end machines, companies still placed "Compatible with Windows Vista" stickers on computers that barely met the minimum requirements.

This led to people becoming frustrated with their new machine's sluggish performance. Finally, Vista suffered from lots of compatibility issues. To work on the security problems of XP, Microsoft changed the driver model, which made the system much more stable. This greatly cut down on the number of blue screens, and Vista was able to recover from graphics driver crashes that would have taken down XP.

Since these changes were significant, they also resulted in a learning period for developers. Older drivers also didn't work under the new model, so many people trying to use old software or devices found that they were incompatible or crashed. It's clear that many of the problems in Vista arose from changes that were necessary to make from XP. Sort of like Windows ME, Vista was an initial testing ground for changes that were later perfected. Just two years later in , Microsoft released Windows 7.

It was what Vista should have been, and fixed the majority of the problems that Windows Vista had. Windows 8, which released in , is the worst Windows OS that's still fresh in some people's minds. Let's review why Windows 8 got so much hate.

For most people, the biggest problem with Windows 8 was that it changed so much for no reason. Windows 7 was only three years old at the time of release, and people still loved it.

After the rocky Vista, it was refreshing to have an OS that not only looked great, but was rock-solid and fast as well. Ignoring all this, Microsoft followed its vision for a multi-device OS and Windows 8 got rid of the Start Menu, a Windows staple since the s. That was only the beginning of the issues, however. Windows 8 introduced the Windows Store, an attempt to have a central location for downloading Windows software. However, it quickly became filled with garbage, and most people knew where to download the best Windows software already.

Windows 8 also included some Modern apps that confusingly duplicated normal software's functionality. Windows 8 suffered from a split personality. The traditional desktop, almost copied and pasted from Windows 7 minus the Start Menu , was still present. However, it was clear that Microsoft wanted you to get invested in the new Modern apps.

These Modern or Metro apps were aggravating. Apps on smartphones make sense because they're more efficient than mobile websites. Websites are already built to cater to desktop and laptop browsers, though, so apps really weren't necessary. Changing basic options required figuring out whether your desired setting was in the new Settings app or in the old Control Panel.