On a reasonable system (i’m running an AMD 3000+, 1.5gb mem, Nvidia 7600gt 256mb with IDE harddrives !) Vista runs just fine. I know i’m not running a cutting edge machine, but so far i haven’t found a great reason to upgrade. When i moved up to Vista i did have to upgrade my 5700fx video card but all else has stayed the same. Any flaws i’ve faced are now fixed. Any tweaks i’ve needed to do have been done. Un-needed services disabled, UAC gone, Windows Mail speeded up etc etc. Sidebar and Aero are off. Get under the hood and alter Vista from its “i will hold your hands” default settings and it works beautifully. I reboot less often. I can recover more fully, more often from crashes (which are software caused, not OS) and by adopting early i am learning the ins and outs of the OS. Something i need to know for my I.T. based job.

There are 10 types of people that understand binary. Those that do and those that don’t.

Theres also 10 types of people when it comes to OS’s. Those that have a clue and those that don’t. The ones saying “Vista suxx0r5 OMG Lolz !!11!” are primarily the clueless 1x year olds. It gets so hard to ignore them when they are so prevalent… sigh.

lol. more info here if you wanna read a review about it. I found it pretty interesting.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/e7e48a137b144110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

You were right about vista being desinged for strong hardware, but you missed the point. The hardware requirments, especially the 1GB+ RAM, is a result of a highly aggressive SuperFetch memory management, and not for any Eye Candy(which is, by the way, offloaded to the GPU – actually saving you processing power and memory). You can argue the benefits and drawbacks of this or that memory management, but only the design folks at Microsoft have the information on why it’s like that. Bottom line though, is that Vista really shines at the 2GB+ area, and that’s where PC hardware is headed anyway.

Your claim about Vista being eye candy only is so off base, it ain’t even funny. Vista brings to the table a brand new kernel, designed to scale with current and upcoming technologies and serve as a basis for future Microsoft OS’s. The task of designing a new kernel is terribly difficult as it is, but microsoft also has to log around a two ton weight called “Backwards Compatability”. This is probably the biggest cause to the delays of Vista and, judging by my experience with Vista, was done exceptionally well!

There’s no doubt that Vista still has some quirks, glitches and implementation issues, but most are in the bearable area and minor annoyances. Looking at most issues I encounter with Vista, i’d say that alot of the problems come from 3rd party drivers, which are of low quality and late to the table. Companies like Creative and Nvidia, 6 monthes after release, are still working on offering full functionality. It’s fucking sad, but they abuse their market dominance and take their sweet time.

Closing notes:

Didn’t get the iPhone reference. It was probably supposed to be something about the iPhone being only eye candy as well, but… meh. (btw, i hear the multi-touch is a pleasure of thing, but fuck me if i spend 600$ for a phone).

Do me a favor friend, and try working on vista on an above avrage PC, with a decent GPU and 2GB RAM, and I promise you you’ll feel the difference. It’s fluid, snappy and a pleasure to work with on everyday tasks.

PWNED!

Fucktard: Invariably, discovery of fucktardedness is preceded by denial, often verbally, especially in the form of “There’s no way anyone could be that stupid.” Fucktards do not just defy common sense, they are pathologically incapable of recognizing the obvious, and are space-and-time bendingly stupid, More Basically said for the Fucktart in U: its the peak level of ultimate stupidity gone horribly fucking bad.

Seriously now, this is basically the same shit that was going on when XP came out, only the percentage of people that think they have a clue have grown beyond proportion. The fact that you can install a driver doesn’t make you a fucking computer guru. Most of you wouldn’t know a trend or a software lifecycle if you were hit by one in the face. Despite your comments (such as: “Vista sucks” and “fist you format hard drive then install XP and wait for vista service pack 10″) being tech-saavy, professional, and containing critical review bought with years of practical experience and extensive research, they do leave something to be desired (e.g intelligence, meaning, coherency, and the use of the English language). In light of this, do us all a favor and have a nice big steaming mug of shut the fuck up.