| The Good | | | | getting the warnings you would've wanted to |
| | | | get. There are also the features that are the |
| One of the first things people will tell you | | | | same as XP, but named something else. This |
| about Windows Vista is the graphical | | | | is confusing.Possibly most important is the |
| presentation is much better than previous | | | | issue of incompatability. Many printers, |
| versions. There are also are a few more | | | | scanners, cameras, and other peripherals |
| features, such as a Windows sidebar and | | | | don't work with Vista and if your computer is |
| "gadgets" that can be added to the desktop | | | | older than a year or two, you probably don't |
| for easy accessibility. An additional claim | | | | have the hardware capable of running it. |
| is that Windows Vista is more secure than | | | | You'd have to spend a couple hundred dollars |
| previous versions, Windows 98, Windows 2000, | | | | to upgrade hardware and then pay a couple |
| and Windows XP. Other than a few more bells | | | | hundred more for Vista. |
| and whistles that are hard to use/find, | | | | |
| that's about it. | | | | My recommendations |
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| The Bad | | | | Just like I don't buy a car the year it comes |
| | | | out, I don't buy operating systems the year |
| Where do we start? Windows Vista has fallen | | | | they come out. I suggest you wait anywhere |
| short in several areas. I know some of you | | | | from 12 to 18 months before upgrading to |
| have probably seen the commercials where one | | | | Windows Vista, if then. By that time, there |
| guy is a PC and one guy is an Apple (Mac) | | | | will be a service pack released to correct |
| computer. The Mac is basically teasing the | | | | some of the bugs that have been discovered in |
| PC because the PC can hardly do anything | | | | the code for the operating system. If you're |
| without the other guy (a Windows security | | | | buying a new computer, it makes sense to go |
| feature) asking "are you sure?" | | | | ahead and get one with Vista already loaded. |
| | | | It shouldn't cause too many problems and will |
| Security is good when it doesn't annoy you. | | | | save you the trouble of having to upgrade |
| The User Account Control (UAC) annoys you. | | | | eventually. |
| The problem is if you turn it off, you're not | | | | |