Installing Vista can be a very exciting experience, sometimes positive, sometimes negative. Of course, like any new software product all upgrades, updates and drivers are yet to be released. If we set these problems aside, which will most certainly be resolved in the next 6 months, Vista is a very nice product.
On the one hand Vista keeps the original interface for an operating system. On the other hand however, Vista has many changes in the menus, settings and icons. These ‘innovations’ can drive even the most dedicated Microsoft fans up the wall, as they will have to change their habits (pic1 right desktop click, pic2 the new network tab left and right click). For some languages, with phonetic alphabets there is a change in the keyboard layout. There is also a very cute window that keeps on popping up asking whether you are sure you want to make a certain change in the OS configuration and if you do not know how to remove this window, you just might have a nervous breakdown by the end of the day.
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From an administrator point of view Vista works much better in a network environment. Of course there are the inherent problems here as well. They can be most commonly observed when you are allocating an address over DHCP – in this case it is necessary to specifically assign the DNS servers of the connection (pic3 this problem occurs when there are incompatible routers). Some of the problems with the drivers can also be very frustrating, but overall they are not so difficult to solve.
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In respects of the hardware it can be said that Vista has higher requirements, the simple fact that it is recommended to have at least 2 GB of RAM speaks for itself, if you have less memory Vista will not be able to display all its ‘extras’. These requirements will force many people to buy new hardware (which might be a market trick). It is also expected/fact that Microsoft will stop selling OEM versions of XP and only to offer OEM for Vista (which is for sure a market trick).
Regarding the graphics very few criticisms can be made, for safety’s sake it is too early to make any specific and general conclusions.
Overall my recommendation, if you still haven’t purchased your copy of Vista, will be to hold out a little longer, at least until the first couple upgrades come out. On the other hand if you want your operating system to offer a better graphic experience then go to the store and buy some RAM, video card and Vista sit back and enjoy.
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author: written specially for pc-os-reviews.blogspot.com by Thomas Dall - computer engineer.
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