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Second Windows Vista review
by Onuora Amobi 8/5/2007,
www.windows-vista-update.com
My opinion of Vista several
months in
I have been on Windows Vista since it was a Beta and have had a
chance to review this operating system at length. I am writing this
follow up review because many readers at the
site have written
to ask me exactly what I feel about this operating system.
Since I run a Windows Vista related site, I often get asked
questions about Vista and what I think about the quality of the O.S.
Here's my honest opinion.
It's not perfect but it's very
very good and it's a major improvement from XP.
First, let me state that I have a 3.06ghz cpu combined with a 500gig
hard drive and 1 gig of RAM. I have a LOT of applications and I
drive my PC really hard. Under these circumstances, Vista behaves
really well. The graphics are slick and smooth, the operating system
generally looks beautiful and applications tend to respond pretty
well.
Further more, the combination of Microsoft Office 2007 and Vista is
a really potent coupling for the end user. I will write about Office
later but I thought I would just throw in a quick mention.
I also use 2 monitors and was very easily able to split my monitor
setup in two and get
productive within 10 minutes ..
The graphical user interface makes it easier to find files and
generally find your way around the PC. The control panels etc are
generally intuitive and it's a pretty good experience in general.
Now, having said that, there are some kinks that still need to be
worked out.
- The OS tends to slow down mysteriously once in a rare while, It
feels like deja vu with XP. Now with 1 gig of Ram and a 3.06ghz cpu,
I don't find that in the least bit amusing. Not sure why this
happens and whether this is a memory leak or something but I know
several readers have written me to tell me that same thing. Maybe SP
1 will fix.
- AERO - The new fancy graphical user interface. Umm...useless. I
have a 512 meg graphics card and a fast PC and have had no problems
with the implementation of AERO. It's just that several months
later, I hardly ever turn it on. It's almost like there's really no
point to actually having it there. It was a nice idea but this is a
great example of having something just to have it.
- Installation of some apps is difficult. This is the most
understandable "flaw". Not every vendor is on Vista but most of them
are getting there and this is not a major problem.
Other than those "flaws" I mentioned, Vista is superb. More stable
than XP, better icons and intuitiveness than 2000 and Microsoft's
most solid OS to date.
People talk about this not being as good as a Mac and I am a Mac fan
as well.
Truth is, after what I went through with XP, I am just fine with
Vista thank you very much.
It's (relatively) stable, beautiful and it works.
Regards
Onuora Amobi
CEO
Editor
Windows-Vista-Update.com
If you liked what I wrote or thought I
sucked
let me know
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