my experience with Vista ultimate is just fine. I have no problems with it. I am mystified by the alleged fact that it is unsatisfactory and believe that to be an urban myth started and repeated by those who would complain about not being hung with a new rope.
I have Vista Home Premium for my home desktop and, like you, have found it to be a terrific OS that has saved my bacon a few times (like when my wife installed some kid games that, EUREKA!, had spyware on them). She’s been demoted, thank you. Vista’s recovery has been used with excellent results.
That said, I also have a work laptop with Vista Ultimate that recently pulled such a user profile stunt as to permit me to understand why some view Vista as buffoonery from an OS standpoint. It essentially forgot my user profile when attempting to logon to our domain at work and, long story short, this Vista-specific issue required an administrative logon to the machine with the intent of registry hacks to fix.
In our small company’s enviro, this was not a great big problem but in a large-scale enterprise, I could see how this would be a deal-killer.
I have applications that do not run well on Vista if at all, and I use these applications to earn money. Vista’s out for me if I wish to continue use of some critical tools.
Vista is fine if you have or buy current applications.
my only complaint with vista is the constant updates that come across....seems like 2 or 3 big ones every week...other than that, i have had no problems with it
The problems with Vista are widespread and well-documented, and are no "urban myth". Many, such as yourself, have had no problems with it (good for you), but many have had problems and unsatisfactory experiences, including myself.
That is specifically why computer manufacturers and in turn M-soft were pressured by the public to keep XP available longer, and then to offer free downgrades to XP.
I have had a good experience with Vista. It is more stable than XP and the auto-defrag feature is nice. The problem is that I had to buy a lot more computer to run it and it’s not really a great bargain.
I would like to hear more about what Windows 7 has to offer and what the system requirements are. My suspicion is that new operating systems are a way of forcing consumers to buy higher model computers at a time when “simple” computers are reaching all time low prices.
So you're ok with being hung with an old rope?