Microsoft Vista beware......

Submitted: Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 10:08
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New Laptop week before last, and had no choice but to get Microsoft Vista.

For those contemplating Vista, this is my summation after a week and a bit....

If you were going to buy it because it is:
More stable than XP......................NO
More compatible than XP.................NO- much worse
More user friendly than XP................NO
Easier to use than XP........................NO
Faster than XP................................... very definitely NO
Easier to "set up" than XP.......................NO
Easier Networking than XP......................... very definitely NO

"Prettier to look at" than XP...(begrudgingly) yes. Whoopie!
More features than XP..........(begrudgingly) yes.

BTW, had my guru son (software engineer) helping me out yesterday solving "issues" for about an hour and a half- solved a few, found a few more.
Eg: Still can't see other computers on the network most of the time. Still can't print on my network printer. Still can't run my preferred Antivirus programme. Still can't use my preferred Dvd burning program. etc etc etc

It just "crashed" half an hour ago during an attempted file transfer on the network, and after Ten minutes (unbelievable) of constant disk grinding trying to shut it down normally, I put it out of it's misery and powered it off.

Well done Microsoft! Outstanding job! Bloody brilliant. Highly recommended! (NOT) :-( :-(
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