Its totally crap. i am using Windows vista in my laptop and found very dumb comparing XP. The Switches an every function are complicated than XP.
Regards,
Bmora96

Completely disagree with bmora96's high level assessment. I found Vista easier to use than Windows XP. The problem lies in the fact that it is different and that usually scares people. I have been working IT for 18 years and this is a recurring factor with most newly designed application's/OS's. Our customers who are using Vista like it's better reliability, faster processing, and the tighter control on security. You absolutely must stop trying to use it like it was XP...it is not and you are fighting it. I would suggest buying a book on Vista and learning more about the features it has and how you can utilize them in a business setting. Memory and CPU as always is very important, also choosing a better HD helps performance tremendously. So if your issue is with performance I have not seen that. If it is about the user interface, then we are back to getting a book. But to be perfectly straight...if you are in IT then you SHOULD be using it so that you build the experience and knowledge now to assist and answer questions for your end users. Calling it crap is way off the mark and only makes you look inexperienced. I am not trying to ruffle your feathers but you made a horrible impression with our staff who forwarded this post to me. It shows that you are not ready to assist in the next level OS that "will" win the market.

Sorry, Mr. IT_Mark with 18 years of experience - but you are a losing minority. Windows Vista is fighting a losing battle. Vista has caused widespread disappointment, not only in the consumer and business markets, but also in the IT field. Aside from your point about the user interface, you have to realize the target audience. This is why you are a computer support technician and not a business owner. If you want to sell something and make a lot of money, you do not overhaul something that your target market has come to love and be comfortable with, then force your market to change for you. Changing the GUI of their OS is a very real and valid reason for people not to like the operating system. Regardless of how "easy" it might be for someone interested in changing and adapting, the vast majority of the public using a Windows based OS simply does not want to have to re-learn how to use their operating system. Forcing your target market to change is NEVER going to happen... they will choose a different product out of spite before that. Dell was flooded with customer complaints about only having Vista as an option... as a result, they changed the options for their PCs to come stock with XP as an option. Other than the GUI issues, Vista's "super security" is also something that interferes heavily with work. As comical as it may be, the PC vs. MAC commercials with Vista as the secret service agent asking permission for near EVERYTHING is a huge setback for people on a time schedule that need to get their work done. Time is money, and with performance issues that ARE present whether you want to acknowledge them or not coupled with this "enhanced security," people are wasting lots of valuable time. While the few clients you may be dealing with like Vista, every client that I have dealt with has said Vista has been a nightmare. Not to mention, compatibility issues with the Vista OS and countless software applications out there. I think Mr. 18-Years-of-Experience needs a reality check and needs to look at the larger picture, not just what his 15 PC with one small business server law office client running only MS word and Adobe PDF with the Vista OS feels about it.