Windows Vista in August 2008

Mon 18 Aug 2008

Filed Under: Computers, Windows Vista 

My experience with Vista has not improved.  Yes it has been stable – but slow and stable.  The issues I have with it include:

– Every time there is an OS update or patch the media center reorganizes all my TV channels.

– The current version of Internet Explorer 7 is NOT a good experience.  It still has a mind of its own.

– Internet Explorer 7 is not compatible with at least 2 major banks.

– To stop me complaining about it I’ve stopped using it.

– It is still very slow on a modern PC with a ton of memory and CPU power.  Yet it does not do anything more than XP except a slightly prettier interface.  More to the point it costs twice as much if not more.

– I’m using Mcafee Anti-virus suite now and by gosh it’s made the PC notably faster then when installed with Norton.  When I say ‘faster’ it’s relative.

– It still isn’t compatible with all the software I’m using.  However I guess it’s the fault of the software developer rather than MS.

On the bright side of things Windows File Explorer is still better than the Mac OSX Finder!

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