First of, I can't agree more with you, not just agree with you, but I also share the same whole feel of using Vista for about a year now.
Here is the thing you guys, based on my use and experience with Vista I can definitely say that this OS is the best OS I've ever used in my entire life; wait a second there, don't get all pissed off at me, I want to share my thoughts and all what I'm saying is really and truthfully my sincere thoughts through my one year of experience with Windows Vista Ultimate.
Let me say that again, for me, Windows Vista is the best OS I've ever used in my last 10+ years of PC experience; I've tried all Windows old products, Apple's, and others such as Linux and friends. I can't but say that my experience with Vista was "full and complete", this OS has taught me a lot about how people think of stuff around; I might sound little "poetic" but believe me I did really learn a lot from Vista.
When I bought Vista Ultimate, I was kind of scared, thinking: What the hell did I just do? buying an OS that has only 10% or less support from companies all over the world! I thought that what I did is a mistake, buying something this early. So I went back home opened the box and loaded the disk and in a matter of minutes the OS installation had started, so I thought: I have to continue this, no returning back.
When Vista finished installing I went through the settings, walked around the files just to learn how stuff is structured, I tried stuff, missed up with other stuff and then started "hunting" down the required drivers to make everything work well. I wasn't all that happy from all of this, but I just kept going through everything in the OS so that I could learn where to go every time I needed something, just like what I did when I first used an Apple OS and a Linux OS.
And now, after 11 months, I can tell what I found out from using Vista and from the people who used Vista (my friends and family):
1. My sister: she is new to PC's, Vista was her first or maybe 2nd real experience in the world of personal computing, so I didn't have lots of choices, I made her use Vista. She was "normally" enjoying and playing around the OS, I watched her start programs and close others, told her to ask for any help if she needed it, and told her to check out the "help" documentation before she asked me for help. So, just last week, she was using her friend's laptop which had Windows XP on it and guess what did she tell me? She hated everything about XP!! She told me that it looked a lot like Vista but everything was in the "wrong place and looked lame"!!! lool, I seriously laughed at what she said and told her that XP is old and bla bla, the whole story which she wasn't interested in at all, hehe.
2. My brother: me and my brother started using PCs at the same time, only my brother is not very interested in technology advancements of the everyday world, he is more into cars. He has his own PC, so I convinced him to upgrade to Vista just 4 months ago. He installed it, and he told me what I was expecting: What the hell is this? Where is everything gone? Where is "File" and "Tools" and questions of this type; I helped him learn and told him to chill and look for stuff around, I asked him to forget about XP a little. So he bared with me and since then, he still uses Vista until now, his PC had some issues with the "Creative" sound card, but it got solved before a month or so, and since then he tells me that everyday he goes to the library at his university he feels outdated by using the XP computers they have, he says that XP is dull, "things do not tell you where to go", in other words each window feels different; which I have agree with, Vista has really done a great job in unifying the system window components, meaning that wherever you are you feel that you just were there and links are provided in a clean clear friendly look.
3. My friends: Some where like my sister and others like my brother and some still fight with me about making them buy Vista, huh.
Based on these incidents and on my experience with Vista I can say this: Vista is great, in every way possible to explain, it is just that it isn't an "XP" anymore, it is more of a first version of the next generation of Microsoft's OS's; I'm in love with everything about it, the UI, Windows Mail, Calendar, Movie Maker HD, DVD maker, Contacts, Photo Gallery, Defender, Media Center, the way games get organized, the way folders show you information inside and outside, the sidebar, gadgets, adding to that the Windows Live services for "FREE"!!!! (Not advertising :p)
Now listen to me, I don't want to sound like a fanboy, as a matter of fact there is a fanboy inside each one of use "Tech readers", but I sincerely am expressing my true thoughts on my experience with Windows Vista; With Windows XP I use to do computer stuff, now with Windows Vista, an OS to me is more like a life style, meaning that if I'm loyal to it, it is loyal to me. :)
Don't get all pissed at me for any misspellings or for the long fat post, but I felt like sharing my thoughts with you guys. Have a nice day.
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Saad Rabia @ Dec 17th 2007 6:29AM
First of, I can't agree more with you, not just agree with you, but I also share the same whole feel of using Vista for about a year now.
Here is the thing you guys, based on my use and experience with Vista I can definitely say that this OS is the best OS I've ever used in my entire life; wait a second there, don't get all pissed off at me, I want to share my thoughts and all what I'm saying is really and truthfully my sincere thoughts through my one year of experience with Windows Vista Ultimate.
Let me say that again, for me, Windows Vista is the best OS I've ever used in my last 10+ years of PC experience; I've tried all Windows old products, Apple's, and others such as Linux and friends. I can't but say that my experience with Vista was "full and complete", this OS has taught me a lot about how people think of stuff around; I might sound little "poetic" but believe me I did really learn a lot from Vista.
When I bought Vista Ultimate, I was kind of scared, thinking: What the hell did I just do? buying an OS that has only 10% or less support from companies all over the world! I thought that what I did is a mistake, buying something this early. So I went back home opened the box and loaded the disk and in a matter of minutes the OS installation had started, so I thought: I have to continue this, no returning back.
When Vista finished installing I went through the settings, walked around the files just to learn how stuff is structured, I tried stuff, missed up with other stuff and then started "hunting" down the required drivers to make everything work well. I wasn't all that happy from all of this, but I just kept going through everything in the OS so that I could learn where to go every time I needed something, just like what I did when I first used an Apple OS and a Linux OS.
And now, after 11 months, I can tell what I found out from using Vista and from the people who used Vista (my friends and family):
1. My sister: she is new to PC's, Vista was her first or maybe 2nd real experience in the world of personal computing, so I didn't have lots of choices, I made her use Vista. She was "normally" enjoying and playing around the OS, I watched her start programs and close others, told her to ask for any help if she needed it, and told her to check out the "help" documentation before she asked me for help. So, just last week, she was using her friend's laptop which had Windows XP on it and guess what did she tell me? She hated everything about XP!! She told me that it looked a lot like Vista but everything was in the "wrong place and looked lame"!!! lool, I seriously laughed at what she said and told her that XP is old and bla bla, the whole story which she wasn't interested in at all, hehe.
2. My brother: me and my brother started using PCs at the same time, only my brother is not very interested in technology advancements of the everyday world, he is more into cars. He has his own PC, so I convinced him to upgrade to Vista just 4 months ago. He installed it, and he told me what I was expecting: What the hell is this? Where is everything gone? Where is "File" and "Tools" and questions of this type; I helped him learn and told him to chill and look for stuff around, I asked him to forget about XP a little. So he bared with me and since then, he still uses Vista until now, his PC had some issues with the "Creative" sound card, but it got solved before a month or so, and since then he tells me that everyday he goes to the library at his university he feels outdated by using the XP computers they have, he says that XP is dull, "things do not tell you where to go", in other words each window feels different; which I have agree with, Vista has really done a great job in unifying the system window components, meaning that wherever you are you feel that you just were there and links are provided in a clean clear friendly look.
3. My friends: Some where like my sister and others like my brother and some still fight with me about making them buy Vista, huh.
Based on these incidents and on my experience with Vista I can say this: Vista is great, in every way possible to explain, it is just that it isn't an "XP" anymore, it is more of a first version of the next generation of Microsoft's OS's; I'm in love with everything about it, the UI, Windows Mail, Calendar, Movie Maker HD, DVD maker, Contacts, Photo Gallery, Defender, Media Center, the way games get organized, the way folders show you information inside and outside, the sidebar, gadgets, adding to that the Windows Live services for "FREE"!!!! (Not advertising :p)
Now listen to me, I don't want to sound like a fanboy, as a matter of fact there is a fanboy inside each one of use "Tech readers", but I sincerely am expressing my true thoughts on my experience with Windows Vista; With Windows XP I use to do computer stuff, now with Windows Vista, an OS to me is more like a life style, meaning that if I'm loyal to it, it is loyal to me. :)
Don't get all pissed at me for any misspellings or for the long fat post, but I felt like sharing my thoughts with you guys. Have a nice day.