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Vista, the infamous OS from Microsoft that was cursed from the beginning has received yet another death blow. This time the news is that one third of all users who buy Vista actually downgrades to XP. This is not a testimonial of XP’s prowess but an outright failure on part of Vista.
The survey was conducted by a software developer Devil Mountain Software which shows that 35% of PCs built to run Vista have been downgraded to XP. The results came in as a result of performance testing 3000 computers. The computers in question were either downgraded by OEMs like DELL, HP et all or by customers after the bought the PC.
This is not a new revelation even for the execs at Redmond. Microsoft had a really tough time selling Vista since it was released last year. Developers who form the most important constituency also gave it a thumbs down and with this Microsoft was left with no option but to abandon XP completely.
Once that was done users fought back and asked the software maker to give them an option to some how have XP. Microsoft complied by giving them an option of having XP by actually buying Vista and than downgrading to XP. Even after erecting so many hurdles the latest report sheds light on the fact that how unpopular Vista is. It couldn’t even keep users who are actually put into its pockets by default.
I never tried it. It looks good on other computers, but I have a mac @home and XP @work. Is it really worse than Windows Me ?
Or is it just bad word of mouth ?
I prefer mac OS, but I cannot think of Windows performing that bad. XP is so old now…
Every new laptop I order has been Vista Business Downgrade to Windows XP.
I just can not do Vista
Yeah, i’d say it’s worse than ME. (I use to run ME back in the day - and it wasn’t that bad for me at the time)
When I got my laptop last year I was “lucky” enough to have been one of the first to get Vista. It was a massive pain in the butt. Having a new computer with the latest bells and whistles you’d think that the OS would run quick and smooth. Well it actually ran slower than my girlfriends 2 and a half year (at the time) notebook that was running xp. It truly sucked eggs big time, and so many programs were not compatible with it at the time - I also had hardware that was no longer compatible. That really sucked.
I was naive about it and thought all the companies would have new drivers for the hardware. Nope. Stuck. I ended up just working around all the hassles, but still have lost the hardware that I used to have. In my opinion, if you don’t have to use vista than don’t. Stick with xp.
Btw, it does look “prettier” but if you want form over function stick to xp. Otherwise get a mac :p
Rofl Vista Death is near, i support windows XP and will do it in future,but after windows XP death that will time for UBUNTU to rise