Windows Vista Review: Is Windows Vista Ready for Our Computers?

These days Vista-or-not-Vista arguments may remind us so much of about five years ago when Windows XP was just released. As you may remember, most people resisted upgrading to it because they were just doing well with Windows 98. Similarly, when Windows Vista was launched late this January, in spite of the fact, believed by many experts, that it was too soon for that, there was no rush for buying the new operating system. Although you may think that it's an inevitable situation with every new operating system, no difference it's Vista or XP, in fact, the situation of Windows Vista is a little different from the situation of Windows XP some years ago.

Of course, it doesn't mean the new version of Windows doesn't have anything new. And as you may know, Windows Vista project, which used to be codenamed as Longhorn, was launched even before the release of Windows XP. Therefore, using Windows Vista, you get a completely different experience, in contrast with Windows XP.

After the first moments of using Windows Vista, you may get excited by the Aero interface and other enhanced features of Windows Vista, and you may also praise it for its big improvements over Windows XP. Beginning your serious work with it, however, you may experience some problems. Some of your important hardwares, such as your printer, scanner or graphic card, may not work with Windows Vista because the OS either doesn't have the driver or their own drivers don't install in Windows Vista. And some of your applications may not run in Windows Vista as well. Also, perhaps you can't access some websites merely as a result of enhanced security features in Windows Vista.

Although few of these problems can be fixed somehow, the big part of them may need, at least, a service pack to be solved. And it's likely that they won't release one until some months later. Meanwhile, you may just move back to Windows XP, which is probably the best alternative for Windows Vista, forgetting the glossy windows and the 3D features for a while, at least until the first Windows Vista service pack will be ready. Or you could also, like many users, take the chance to try other operating systems, such as Mac OS, which Windows Vista new interface resembles a lot to, or Linux, which also offers a 3D desktop in some of its distributions, such as Mandriva.

So it may make more sense to ask ourselves: "Is Windows Vista Ready For You?" when considering a move to Windows Vista, instead of that one: "Are You Ready For Windows Vista?" Given that your system hardware meets, even, the maximum requirements for Windows Vista Ultimate edition, the issues with incompatibility and other problems don't disappear. But it's not like what many say about new features of Windows Vista merely being an eye-candy.

The fact is that it's been proved, and not just by Microsoft, that Windows Vista can actually manage more software and hardware resources than Windows XP can, and therefore it can offer more speed and functionality. Now you may ask "So, what's the problem with Windows Vista?" and the answer is just a simple word: Time. It takes time for Windows Vista to be gradually a stable, reliable, and bug-free operating system, which also run all your applications and has no problem with hardware drivers.

Although Windows Vista, in the beginning, is with far more problems in contrast to Windows XP at its launch, we can hope that, in an optimistic way, the same, or even the better, improvement process will be for Windows Vista, than was for Windows XP. And in that way, we can be sure that some day in the future, we'll all love Windows Vista even more than we love Windows XP now.