Saturday, November 03, 2007

Windows Vista... Wait a Year or Two

Recently I lost the video input on my Dell laptop and I decided to try a new Toshiba unit. I was excited to try a new laptop product line, and especially interested in using Windows Vista for the first time...

So after 2 months, I can tell you without hesitation, that Vista is not a stable operating system. I am not sure how Microsoft makes an operating system, but I do expect it to work fairly flawless! From a business position, I think Vista is too much too soon and much to do about nothing. I have used NOTHING in Vista that has enhanced my sales productivity that wasn't already present in XP.

In addition, Vista start up and shut down is a dicey endeavor. It takes forever and it often runs me through a system safe-mode/restore routine. Hit the wrong button and you can lose everything. Vista also runs me through error messages on a daily basis. Add to that the security issues it presents in browsing and I call it a lame product.

This isn't a bash Microsoft post. I have a desktop unit and three other laptops in my office that run on XP and it is extremely stable.

Only one thing is more stable... my 24 inch iMac running Mac OS X.

TK