What's Vista's One-Year Grade Point Average?
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Uh-oh! Two Fs and only one A mean Vista won't be going to the head of the class.
Windows Vista's one-year anniversary is Wednesday. Microsoft released the software to everybody on Jan. 30, 2007. A day earlier, Microsoft held a launch gala for Vista and Office 2007 in New York.
In this post, I score how well Vista has done in 12 areas since its real launch 12 months ago. Microsoft also launched Vista on Nov. 30, 2006. But the release that matters—when businesses or consumers could buy PCs—happened two months later.
I chose attributes that I believe matter most in evaluating Vista's real relevance, particularly in relationship to Windows XP. The scoring is my own, based on my personal experience using Windows Vista for nearly two years and on my assessment of other users' perceptions and experiences, including Microsoft customers and partners.
n fairness to Microsoft, each grade should be explained:
Technology. Vista isn't exceptionally better than XP, but nuances do matter. Improved manageability, networking, search and security—the plumbing—are worthwhile benefits. B.
Marketing. Microsoft killed the "Wow" ad campaign nearly as soon as it started. Ever since, Microsoft has failed to seriously market Vista. D.
Application Support. Those apps not broken by security and architectural changes run very well. B.
Application Compatibility. Security and architectural changes break too many apps. C.
Supporting Applications. Where are they? Have you seen any? F.
Driver Support. Vista ships with lots of drivers, more than XP out of the box. My grade will be controversial as I place greater blame on hardware manufacturers than on Microsoft for any problems. B.
Security. User Account Control is a nuisance, but Vista is more rugged than XP. To get an A, Microsoft would have needed to make security measures less complex. B.
source:
microsoft-watch.com
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Comments(3)
technology. vista offers very little over xp professional. the eye candy just doesn't
make up for poor performance and programming. the os runs like a dog and is a memory
whore. sp1 can't save this disaster, it will sink faster than the titanic. f
marketing. the wow! ad campaign prmomised more than they delivered, lots of misery and woe
to the people who chose to be a part of the train wreak known as vista. f
application support. vista offers no better security than xp for applications. porgrams
like uac and ie 7's protected mode are poorly designed and do not work. if you leave
protected mode check marked the os will not allow the user to download files. you will
receive no warning as to why, because vista is not user friendly. f
supporting
applications. see above f
driver support just try and get drivers for vista
64. you'll be lucky if your video card functions with 16 bit color. good luck with
that! f
security. again vista offers nothing that xp does not have worth
having. if i add a good anti virus and firewall xp is more than a match for vista. f
yes right vista is like a running dog and is eating memory like a horse for
nothing....vista is a joke yes and i now that i am right
windows vista, i think was for microsoft to rip of xp my making it prettier and making
most applications not work so they could market it is an entirely new operating system.and
look what they've done they've made millions of £'s from it. i'm currently dual
booting xp and vista and go back to xp if i get to pissed off with vista.
oh and
another thing, vista seems to be a lot like me doesn't it application compatibility
issues, prettier and unnecissary. (sorry for bad spelling)
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By Wild Bill on 30.01.2008 - 06:01