Windows Vista is Great

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:01:03 EST

People really need to stop knocking Windows Vista. I listen to a lot of technology podcasts and I used to subscribe to the "vista is junk" paradigm before I actually used it. My job is so awesome that they got me a quad core machine with 4 gigs of ram and a roughly 30 inch LCD that runs Vista. I'll admit that performance problems can't even come close to the machine I use, but Vista is pretty awesome. I have been using it to develop applications and I haven't had any problems except for a driver for an old webcam.

I think probably the biggest problem that the average user has with Vista is that they didn't just change a few things, they changed the functionality of everything. Win 2k to XP wasn't too bad because most of the functionality stayed in place. However Vista completely changes (and renames) many of the usability aspects that you look for in Windows. I don't have a clue why people are complaining about UAC. I like it because I know exactly what the machine is doing.

You might be thinking, "man this guy doesn't know what he is talking about and he is a Windows loyalist". In fact I am far from it. I detest developing applications that have to do with anything .NET because documentation is horrible. PHP is my favorite scripting language and I think Ubuntu 8 is simply wonderful! However, I like to play video games every now and then and Linux doesn't offer anything in that flavor.

The IIS 6 administrative console on Windows Vista

The Windows Vista "is bad stuff" paradigm is total crap. Also anyone that brings up a blue screen in any modern Windows OS is not qualified to have an opinion. They probably got a blue screen because they were stupid enough to get malware/trojans/...etc on their machine. As a developer that doesn't run any type of anti-virus and has scripting turned off, I haven't gotten a blue screen in years. The hardcore Linux and Mac loyalists can complain all that they want, but the work that Microsoft did in order to transition to the NT architecture under Cutler was amazing from a technology standpoint.

I'm definitely an Ubuntu and Fedora Core fan, but for usability and getting down to business, Microsoft still gets my vote, except for developing in their environments. I commend the Windows Vista team for taking a chance, their hard work, and hope they get some recognition eventually.

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Charles Palen has been involved in the technology sector for several years. His formal education focused on Enterprise Database Administration. He currently works as the principal software architect and manager at Transcending Digital where he can be hired for your next contract project. Charles is a full stack developer who has been on the front lines of small business and enterprise for over 10 years. Charles current expertise covers the areas of human pose estimation models, diffusion models, agentic workflows, .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, Javascript, HTML, and CSS. Charles created Technogumbo in 2008 as a way to share lessons learned while making original products.

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Eric Kaschyk

July 30, 2008 5:07 pm

Going to disagree with you on this Chuck. I feel I gave Vista a very fair chance. Used it (with SP1 installed) as a primary OS for weeks and found too many flaws to say that it trumps XP. The exception maybe security,but that is difficult to quantify and ultimatley boils down to the user. Here are my issues with Vista: Performance - No matter how much overhead you have to run Vista, you'd have more if you were on XP. You can even use various 3rd party apps to replicate the graphical effects that Vista has on XP and would still be better off in XP. This is especially noticable in gaming. The same game can be run at experience-altering higher settings on XP as compared with Vista. Vista is a DOG when playing games released in the last few years. Stability - Random application crashes. Same apps in XP do not crash. Is that actually Vista's fault? Perhaps not. When my applications are not reliable, does it impact my productivity? Absolutely. The way I see it, Vista simply does not provide any compelling features which would make me want to leave the stability of XP or Ubuntu and venture down an uncertain pathwhich Microsoft has all but abandoned. With XP support extended to 2014 and Windows 7 slatedf for 2010, it seems as though Microsoft is admitting they've created Windows ME 2.0

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