Hot and Not Hot Vista Features
November 13, 2006 by Milo Riano
Filed under Computers
Computerworld lists their hot and not hot vista features. I would agree that the features of the operating system are definitely hot items on the list and to sum it up, the drawback will always go back to spending a lot for it to run well.
Below are the hot features listed:
Improved reliability and security.
Protected-mode Internet Explorer.
Aero Glass.
Media centricity.
Their not so hot features are:
Gratuitous UI changes.
Performance.
Compatibility.
Cost.
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wow another microsoft rip off, YOU WILL REQUIRE, like the bad old days of upgrades,
a dual processor, a min 2 gig ram to use the system.
you will need a pcie graphics card,
vista does not run with nvidia graphics cards very well.
I have tried it with them and had to buy an ati graphics card agp 256 mb ddr, and vista rated that as a 1 out of 10????
the overall rating of your system with vista is @ the weakest link@ so if you have no pcie graphics and or dual core, and ddr2 forget it,
makes me think that , there must be a real close link with manufacturers and microsoft on a certain amount of products,
do not believe then download vista from microsoft , for free, with a key that allows upto 10 pc`s to be used with one key, and watch it slow your system down with 18 gig, YES 18 GIG of op sys,
and the new ie 7 is flawed beyong belief by the likes of malware codeks, etc etc,
if that is a competitor to mozila then w are all doomed,
computer viruses will again rule with the all new crap ie.
gone back to xp, and will not be buying vista till it is fully sorted, trimmed down, and more user driendly, admin rules on it suck, even to remove something you have to keep saying ok to it, boring
I’m biased, but I think they overlooked the usefulness of the sidebar. As far as IE7 is concerned, I am impressed. The tabs are intuitive and the text quality is nice. I still use Firefox as well because I like its extensions.
I am pessimistic about this product. First, it is too expensive. Second, Microsoft alway has a problem with a product that will likely be vulnerable to security hacks.
I will wait one year to see if the price is much more favorable and the patches have been released before visiting this subject again.