windows vista good or bad?

[andrea w]

I heard alot of mixed things about the vista program just likesome input before i buy a new computer.Thanks by the way i have xp on my current desktop and i love it its very user freindly.Thanks by the way i have xp on my current desktop and i love it its very user freindly.

[frk]

its a matter of opinion, vista is slower then xp, but it have more fancier look, most professional/advance users prefer xp, but most home users usually like vista (vista looks nicer)

[~Luke~]

BAD it only looks good it is completely pointless

[euro]

I prefer xp. but am ok with vista. Vista computers are going cheap at present if you look around. A new something or other to make us all spend more is supposedly coming out next year.I found an xp when looking for a new computer, but there was a wait and it was £100 dearer than a Vista with a larger screen.You can get xp on very small screens fairly easily. I believe to make us buy the latest Microsoft are limiting the screen size xp can be installed on.

[wellmaintained]

I Bought A Quality New Laptop With Windows Vista Home Premium Fitted, I Tried To Download Yahoo, Windows Live And Skype That I Use On My Pc, Well, What A Mess, Yahoo Messenger Would Not Work Properly, And I Could Not Download Windows Messenger, The Only One I Could Use Was Skype. I Took It Back To Service Shop, And Got It Back With Vista Ultimate Fitted, And Working Fine, I Was Told That Home Premium Would Not Support The 3 Messengers,only The More Expensive Vista. I`ve Got Xp Professional On My Desk Top And It``s Great. Vista, A Big Dissaster

[Vitamin C]

I don't like the dominance of microsoft so anything with that name is 'bad' to me. It means they deliberately inflate prices of their products.If you don't like VIsta you could try Ubuntu but it's not compatible with a lot of microsoft software but there are alternative open source programs you can use.Vista itself is not as bad as it's made out to be - but I really think it's an unnecessary 'upgrade' . Most of the stuff it does XP can do, if not better, as XP allows you to run older programs but Vista tends to have problems with that.