The pattern reads like superstition in the first place.
It is. However, having lived through Windows Me and then having to support Windows Vista shortly after launch, I drink deeply of that Kool-Aide. Microsoft seems to inflict monumentally bad ideas on their customers with every other version, with minor bad ideas sprinkled in between. Though really, the smart response to a new Windows version will always be, “Wait for Service Pack 2”. That usually give Microsoft enough time to sort out the worst of the bad ideas, while still updating early enough to not be running an unsupported version.
Can you tell me what was wrong with Vista? I was too green when it was released. All I remember about it is that the buttons looked (I don’t know the term for it) jelly-like instead of flat.
It was really slow compared to XP, and while it attempted to improve the security situation (notoriously bad on XP) that came with significantly reduced compatibility. The Windows Glass (if I recall its name correctly) feature that was on by default was horrendously slow.
I think Microsoft is too reliant on advertising money for this pattern to hold true anymore. The pattern reads like superstition in the first place.
It is. However, having lived through Windows Me and then having to support Windows Vista shortly after launch, I drink deeply of that Kool-Aide. Microsoft seems to inflict monumentally bad ideas on their customers with every other version, with minor bad ideas sprinkled in between. Though really, the smart response to a new Windows version will always be, “Wait for Service Pack 2”. That usually give Microsoft enough time to sort out the worst of the bad ideas, while still updating early enough to not be running an unsupported version.
Can you tell me what was wrong with Vista? I was too green when it was released. All I remember about it is that the buttons looked (I don’t know the term for it) jelly-like instead of flat.
It was really slow compared to XP, and while it attempted to improve the security situation (notoriously bad on XP) that came with significantly reduced compatibility. The Windows Glass (if I recall its name correctly) feature that was on by default was horrendously slow.