Ten Reasons Why You Should Not Buy Windows Vista
Why You Should Avoid Microsoft's Next Major Update
With the release of Windows Vista growing closer and closer (currently November 2006 for business editions, January 2007 for consumer editions) speculation has grown over whether the new Windows update is worth the investment. Each new update stresses features and improvements over the prior version, most importantly why spending a thousand dollars on the upgrade is worthwhile. Here are ten reasons why the newest update isn't right for you, or anyone.
10. Internet Explorer 7: Nothing New
IE7 touts it's "new" tabbed browsing, better graphics, and a more secure mode to block third party access. What's wrong with these features? The free Firefox browser does all this and more in a more refined and experienced way, leaving IE7 in it's cyber dust.
9. Outdated Updating
Windows Vista declares that it has the best updates. Problem is, they're web based, something the competition has foregone long ago due to problems associated with vulnerability. The new system does little to change it's updating flaws.
8. Parental Control, Sort Of
In Microsoft's latest addition parental controls are added for just the first time. For years these controls have been available from third parties and have undergone extensive refining, something
Vista
's lack. Best bet; go with proven third party software if parental control is required.
7. Spying Supported?
Do you want your computer to spy on you and report the results? Most users aim to prevent their computer from doing this while, rumor has it,
Vista
will include Digital Rights Management; a programmed designed to report user statistics.
6. Improved Backups
Windows has already perfected the backup and restore system. So have all their competitors and even some third party companies. Why is this a selling point for an expensive OS upgrade, it isn't.
5. Peer to Peer = A positive?
Also included in the newest major update, a form of wiki called peer-to-peer collaboration. Even though this may be a great internet and computer tool. Making it a key component of an operating system known for its flaws could turn out to be a disaster in the making.
4. The barebones of media
Microsoft and its operating systems have long been known as the least media centric of the operating system, even being parodied as such in commercials produced by Apple.
Vista
tries to play catch-up for the years it has not focused on media, and it shows.
3. Lacking graphics
For years, Windows has focused on more important things than graphics such as security. All the while, however, it has fallen far behind its competitors and tries to reestablish itself. Vista has failed to realize it's customer base, a group more interested in getting work done then a pretty screen.
2. Quick Setup
Vista
does get one thing write, setup is a breeze. Problem is, it took those years to get this right and now other operating systems have perfected the science of the setup even better than the company who created the operating system.
1. Security
Finally, the most important issue of all, security. Windows finally adds User Account Protection in
Vista
, over 20 years after it first became available and after multiple other operating systems has already integrated it into their programs. Need two phrases that go together, Microsoft and security flaws.
Windows in itself is not a bad operating system, but upgrading a past system is not a worthwhile investment. If you are still up in the air on Windows Vista, a lot of information can be found both for and against the operating system can be found by completing a simple search on the internet.
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6 Comments
Post a Comment"continued" has or can.I would not use it myself we'll stick with 1 XP system for our business "run in a virtual machine" just for our Accounting program thats not runnable in Linux through wine.
And the other 28 systems will keep running linux for all our workstations and servers and we have ran our business on linux for 5 years now started with RH9 on 14 systems 1 XP, now it's been fedora 4 on all 28 for 18 months and we'll be moving all the systems to fedora 6 and posssibly go with Kubuntu on the desktop workstations, "still testing".
Note Kubuntu is a great desktop os for those windows users looking at switching.
install kubuntu, do updates, install automatix, install the extra goodies you need using automatix, install Beryl, Get rag to cleanup drool from your keyboard when using Beryl. Have fun.
Any problems check the kubuntu, ubuntu forums.
All 100% valid points. Oh "favelill" if MS invented search where is thier patent? we know there would be one.
Also tab preview 3d flipping new technoligies brought to us by MS, HAHA what a joke where did you get your knowlege of Operating systems "#1 Microsoft way". (Obviously never looked at anything not from MS) My girlfriend has been running Suns looking glass on her Linux fedora system for at least 2 years "this is where MS stole most of those ideas from, the rest they stole from Linux and MAC OS's. and by the performance it takes to run vista's eye candy, you sure can tell whose code is better and its not MS. And i run a tech shop (mosty fixing windows but we install and integrate whats best for the customer not what MS dictates so we do alot of linux,MAC switch overs these days) so i know i've been running varoius versions of vista since early beta and MS bloat shows big in this OS. Linux's Beryl "eye candy" way out performs Vista and has developed faster and farther than Vista
Why should I take the advice of someone who cannot use proper verb tense?
You are one of hundreds of 'experts' who cannot speak well enough to tolerate the content of your message. You should take an English course.
The point is well taken. I don't think anyone with even a mildly technical background will be applying a Vista upgrade early on. The only point I'd like to make is: why the hell do we have to pay every time Microsoft feels like going to market with features that either a) aren't really needed or b) should have been there in the first place? I'll take Windows XP SP3 instead, lets not beat around the bush here.
I want to know what it has diferent.I want to know what it will help me out geting vista. Because all i know that xp is ben good for the pass years and i think vista is yust about looking and a little of protetion. But still do need to get firewalls antyvirus for windows vista ore it hass it? Because thas all i care no yust looking. I rely agree about the 10 resons.. To let you gys know that i can up date windos xp and make it look how i want it to look.I think it be beter if they add stronger fire walls stronger antyvirus and more Pravisy not less Pravisy..
Great list of reasons. BUT, I do not agree in many of the Items. It's true that almost every part of Vista will be a overdue upgrade (Like User Control, Tabbed browsing, GUI, and so on), but It also has a few technologies first thought by Microsoft (Like In Window Search -SpotLight only appear after Microsoft announce it-, Tab Preview and 3d Flipping).
Anyway, I won't upgrade to Vista as soon as is released, instead I'll wait until SP1 or a year, (what will be first....mmmm... SP1, of course).