[exist]

Ok I hate all versions of Internet Explorer. I think it’s inferior to FF or Safari.

But Vista IS NOT THAT BAD if you have a decent comp. Like of course it’s going to be slow if you have a crappy computer get over it.

[Slapshot68]

“Like of course it’s going to be slow if you have a crappy computer get over it.”

Actually even some people with screaming fast machines have complained about it’s speed. But it’s hit or miss, really. Vista has not been consistently stable. But then again, no initial release of Windows really ever was. The problem is, the user base has gotten a lot bigger over the years so the complaints are more pronounced.

[Lx]

I’m posting from Vista right now using FF for a browser. It is not nearly as bad as its reputation. You do have to shut off the annoying, “are you sure” questions every time you open anything but that was my only gripe.

I turn off all the special effects so I have no idea if the new interface (was it called Aero??) is that great but I do the same thing for XP.

[jeffc]

But Vista IS NOT THAT BAD if you have a decent comp. Like of course it’s going to be slow if you have a crappy computer get over it.

Not everyone can have, or wants, the latest, fastest, most powerful PC on the market. My PC is 3 years old, running XP Pro excellently and considered a dinosaur (939 socket AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core 4200+ - two 2.2GHz processors, 2 gig of PC3200 DDR RAM in four 512meg DIMMs).
Even my GPU is considered old - 256meg DDR3 PCIe 8600GT, but it runs TDU very well, and that's all I care about.

I want to see the shakeout of the 45 nm quad-processors and nvidia quad-SLI price drops before I invest in a new machine.

BTW, they're dropping Vista into PC's that shouldn't be running it. My wife bought a PC for herself without me there to stop her (she said she couldn't resist the price, and she needed a new PC!); it's a Compaq 1.6GHz dual-core with 1 gig (two DIMMs), running Vista HP! There are only two RAM slots, and the max the BIOS can handle is two gig! I replaced her RAM with 2 gig, and it still has trouble running all of her SIMS 2 add-on packs (takes forever to load!).
I run Spybot, Ccleaner and Defraggler on it religiously, but it's still slower than drying paint.

[messierhunter]

Like of course it’s going to be slow if you have a crappy computer get over it

Ubuntu runs just fine on my wife's crappy computer, the most stripped-down version of Vista doesn't.

[Lazamataz]

Vista is actually built for developers. A lot of the IIS stuff is set up correctly, right out of the box, for example.

[antiRepublicrat]

But Vista IS NOT THAT BAD if you have a decent comp

Microsoft ad: Buy Vista, it's not that bad.

I want an OS that's REALLY GOOD.

And I bought one instead of upgrading from XP to Vista.