What are some disadvantages to windows vista?

Answer 1

it uses too many system resources .. slower than xp on any given machine ... not compatible with all hardware and software ..

Answer 2

Vista – more than you want to know
Source: http://www.theeldergeekvista.com/

I've said it before, I'll say it again. If you're running a system that is already marginal, don't bother moving to Vista, even if it is possible. You'll absolutely hate it within minutes of completing the installation. The idea that Vista will run on 512MB of RAM is a joke. It will crawl and gasp for life on 512MB, but what it won't do is perform in a manner that 95% of users will find acceptable. Dump Vista on a machine with a marginal processor, graphics card, and memory and you'll say "WOW" alright, but it won't be a good WOW - I assure you of that.
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MS Vista – Pros and Cons
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=272182
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Compatibility with older programs
Source: jcoates@ tribune.com (a writer for the Chicago Tribune)
There is no trouble loading earlier versions of MS Office such as Office 2003 on computers running the Vista operating system.

On the downside, there are vexing compatibility issues because Microsoft added so many bells and whistles to Office 2007 that they can be contained only in a new file type such as .docx in Word.

Unfortunately, .docx files cannot be read by the earlier versions of Office, so Microsoft offers a compatibility pack that can be downloaded to let Office 2000/XP/2003 view Office 2007 documents but with a number of features of 2007 absent.

Go to www.support.microsoft.com and use the search term “Office 2007 compatibility.”
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Way more than the ordinary user needs. Time for Microsoft to give it a rest. Takes too long to load, moves like cold molasses, requires much more memory than XP.

Answer 3

It does not recognize Windows XP computers on the same network unless you change their XP operating system to add a program that responds to Vista.

Its security asks you to confirm every action that involves the Internet, which gets tedious very quickly.

It hogs computer resources (memory and CPU) worse than any other operating system.

Answer 4

There are still many problems with it. anytime you want to do somthing, you will get a security message.

Answer 5

Everything!

Answer 6

everything, i miss xp.