Vista to XP Pro
I recently opted to scrub my four year old laptop with Vista Business from the Action Pack and reinstall XP Pro.
Vista had been running very well (without Aero as the graphics chip couldn’t cope) however some dodgy Vista wifi drivers put me off slightly. The old adage about buying hardware that is designed for Vista is true.
I had now done what many people seem to be doing and gone back to XP. Good old solid, working XP!
Unfortunately, I have a deflated feeling now. It all just seems so bland. It’s exactly like the days of early (Early, Vista has been out for over a year!) XP and Win98. People moaned about new ways of having to do things, couldn’t find menus etc. What do these same people say about XP now? They love it and think it was the best OS MSFT ever made!
The major reason people do not like Vista is because a certain bit of software will not work with it. Well why not? Is it MSFT’s fault?
It’s like my favourite technology analogy: cars. When Unleaded petrol came out, some cars could be retro fitted, others just had to stay with 4 star and all new cars were able to take Unleaded.
Just like PC’s today. Some like my old laptop can be retro fitted, some are too old and all new ones should be able to run Vista just fine.
What about software that helps run businesses though. By now, over a year on and especially with SP1, EVERY bit of Windows software should be able to run perfectly well on Vista. Some can be retro fitted with patches others have to have complete overhauls with new versions etc but they ALL should work.
Why then are there still software vendors who don’t or won’t support Vista. Imagine in the Mac market if some software was still stuck at OSX version 10.2! I know what would happen then. It really angers me that some software companies cannot or will not help their own clients with updated modern versions of their own software to keep up with technology and then blame it on Microsoft! L