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I wanted to be going into the reasons why people thought and STILL think that Vista is the worst. Well, why is Windows Vista considered this way? Let's go back to the development of it. The original release date was supposed to be 2003, and Vista was supposed to be minimalistic, but Microsoft's developers added lots of little programs and tools, and they weren't sure of what was considered a major add-on. A great example of this is in build 4074, everything the developers had was thrown in this build because they knew all of these unfinished and buggy programs were never going to sse the light of day, as they were just too much for the system since they used lots of memory. After this they scrapped development for longhorn just a couple of hours after that build and decided to work on Codename Vista. They added lots of useless programs yet AGAIN, seemingly not learning their lesson, and Windows Vista got released in 06.
Another reason besides the fact that windows vista requires a lot of memory and eats a lot of it all on its own, is the way Windows Vista looks at free memory or space. When Vista sees free memory going unused, it sees this as bad because it could be used for the system among other things. That's definitely not the way it was in XP.
Also, when it comes to compatibility, Vista was not good at running older programs meant for older operating systems such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP, which were the two most popular systems in 2004/5.
Vista demanded faster and much better hardware, and most people were very mad to learn that the aero UI and designs couldn't run on their systems.
Now don't get mad, but I personally love Vista. I think they made a big flop and messed up during development probably due to miscommunication, but SP2 is pretty much just as good as Windows 7. They introduced different versions such as Enterprise and Ultimate, many different types of the OS depending on your needs, I find that a cool touch. Also, with a trick it can recieve updates until January 2020. I really like it and it was one of the first OSes I've had.
It runs fairly well on a VM Imo
Another reason besides the fact that windows vista requires a lot of memory and eats a lot of it all on its own, is the way Windows Vista looks at free memory or space. When Vista sees free memory going unused, it sees this as bad because it could be used for the system among other things. That's definitely not the way it was in XP.
Also, when it comes to compatibility, Vista was not good at running older programs meant for older operating systems such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP, which were the two most popular systems in 2004/5.
Vista demanded faster and much better hardware, and most people were very mad to learn that the aero UI and designs couldn't run on their systems.
Now don't get mad, but I personally love Vista. I think they made a big flop and messed up during development probably due to miscommunication, but SP2 is pretty much just as good as Windows 7. They introduced different versions such as Enterprise and Ultimate, many different types of the OS depending on your needs, I find that a cool touch. Also, with a trick it can recieve updates until January 2020. I really like it and it was one of the first OSes I've had.
It runs fairly well on a VM Imo
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