| This is not about to turn out as an article on Ten | | | | superficiality. Live icons and thumbnails don't mean |
| Things I Hate About Vista. There is already a great | | | | anything on the performance arena. |
| number of technically enlightening pieces that will do | | | | Sounds |
| that for anyone. This article will instead focus on | | | | Users apparently put a lot of thought on system |
| what basic common user observations point out as | | | | sounds. This is because some feel that sounds can |
| unfortunate Vista innovations from old XP features. | | | | better communicate computer generated messages |
| Some of the items are humorously simple and | | | | like battery low or log on or off. XPs grand, booming |
| superficial. They should not be ignored though | | | | sound is no longer around. It ha been replaced by |
| because a great majority of people around the world | | | | more soft and subtle sounds that some users do not |
| are not technology experts and can only make basic | | | | find indicative of whatever the system wants to say. |
| observations. Sometimes though, basic observations | | | | Boot |
| are what can make or break a product simply | | | | It is surprising to note that XP seems to boot faster |
| because there are more average people than | | | | than Vista in some cases. People, of course, want to |
| computer geniuses. | | | | know why and are wondering if there are also other |
| XML | | | | things that are slower in Vista. |
| Shockingly, some user tests show that .net | | | | Hardware Requirements |
| applications simply run faster in XP than in Vista. If | | | | The best thing that is in XP that is not in Vista is that |
| you have to process great amounts of data on .net | | | | it has lower hardware requirements. Vista is simply |
| applications, you may get frustrated with Vista. Users | | | | too high end in everything. This means that if you |
| feel that in this respect, Vista only beats XP in the | | | | have a unit that cannot live up to what is required |
| "looks" category. XP is still on top on the aspect of | | | | then you should just forget Vista unless you like |
| performance. | | | | having headaches. Users therefore who use their |
| Shell | | | | units for basic actions do not need to replace XP at |
| XPs Luna shell has now been dethroned by Vista's | | | | all. |
| Aero. The elegant 3D look and feel of Aero is | | | | Mail |
| probably an effective marketing strategy for | | | | XPs Outlook Express is no longer around. It is still |
| average users. Experts point out however that a | | | | questionable however, if Windows Mail can really do |
| shell is still a shell and does not show real system | | | | any better as some claim it should. |
| capabilities. The Luna shell may have looked plain but | | | | Photos |
| it did not point to XPs real performance ability. | | | | The Picture and Fax Viewer of XP are no longer |
| Battery Life | | | | around. Vista now has Photo Gallery. For ordinary |
| In another user comparative test, the battery life of | | | | users however, there seems to be no sense in |
| laptops seemed to have held on much longer with XP | | | | improving the Picture Viewer if all you wanted was |
| than with Vista. Vista's heavy graphics apparently | | | | to keep pictures. Major editing is still commonly done |
| drain more energy than the simpler XP graphics. | | | | with other kinds of software. |
| Icons and Tumbnails | | | | Search |
| XPs static icons have now gone six feet under with | | | | XP had no indexing feature to help with searches. XP |
| the introduction of Vista's live icons and thumbnails. | | | | is generally slow with searches. Computers for |
| This is good right? Some users feel though that there | | | | ordinary use however, do not always need the fast |
| was absolutely nothing wrong with the unresponsive | | | | indexed searches provided by Vista. |
| icons of XP. Again, this is more an issue of | | | | |