vista...a joke?

Question

no offense to microsoft, but vista sounds a little...pointless.

basically to me, it sounds like the Win2000 - XP story. i mean, seriously, i had Win2k Pro, got a computer with XP for christmas, and the only difference i can tell is the "better" visual themes. same security, same reliability, same just-about-everything. (though i did just remember that XP has compatibility mode whereas Win2k did not. good job, gates.)

but i mean, what's so great about vista? i know it's supposedly a "revolution" for microsoft's file system as we know it, but who's to say that a copy of Win2000 or XP won't do the job just as well? (and for less $$$!)

i say we shouldn't be holding our breaths and waiting to buy "prettier" vista-standard computer systems, but i don't know. thoughts?

not to say that anyone's wrong (except maybe me) one way or another, buttt:

"2000 and xp has nothing in common"

really? because i'm pretty sure that XP was based on Win2000, but with visual themes and a few other minor enhancements.

"maybe the platform :win NT"

yes.

(and also, conradj213, i totally agree that security restrictions are a major pain, even in XP and probably in vista. i am a "power user" and am often frustrated by how naive my computer thinks me to be. haha, but oh well. and yes, you're not alone, i too am a sucker for pretty OS's. which is just about the only thing so far that would compel me to get vista.)

Answer 1

Well, that file system you mentioned has been scrapped. A lot of the other features of Vista have been cut as well. Though the sidebar and enhanced security have made it through. However, I intend to run as an Admin all the time under Vista like I do in XP. The reason is, I don't want to go through 7 or 8 dialog boxes every time I make a registry change or change my settings. And I change them quite often. Vista is trying to protect the user from themselves, while that is good for most. It isn't good for power users, advanced users, system admins and so on. I think they should release a version of Vista with all that stupid security stuff disabled and call it the Power User Edition or something. No, I'm not joking. As for being late, Microsoft had to make the thing compatible with new and legacy hardware. If I were them I'd just say, no we aren't supporting old(er) hardware and be done with it. Also, yes I am going to get Vista just for the GUI. I'm just that way. But I am also a gamer and the only way to get DirectX 10 will be to get Vista. Not only that but native driver support in Vista is much better. Now, most devices, including dedicated sound cards and video cards will be installed automatically, as well as many common networking devices.

It's not just a pretty face, it does have some useful facets but its user account protection is not one of them. It's a feature I want done away with. I just run as admin anyway. It's not like I open random emails or IMs (oh wait... MOST people do... nevermind).

Edit: You are correct that Windows 2000 and XP are very similar. Save for a few security tweaks and GUI enhancments, Windows 2000 and XP are the same operating system. Both are based on NT code and Windows 2000, in most cases, is compatile with programs written for XP.

Answer 2

Actually that revolutionary filesystem has been scrapped. Permanantly as was confirmed on the news.

Vista, as XP, has it's main point being that it locks out some older techs, and sets techs distinct to Vista as the focus of software developers. It is not that it's better, but it's that a few years from now, you'll find that new software won't be compatible with XP anymore. They need more money I suppose. You know how strapped for cash microsoft is.

Answer 3

2000 and xp has nothing in common
maybe the platform :win NT
but 2000 pro is the most stabile win and xp the easiest(driver for everithing and freandly interface)
vista is a combination
of course not very good
and is new:)

Answer 4

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