Is Windows VISTA for me?

Yes, if you desire to be Bill Gates' personal guinea pig.  Just like XP prior to the second service pack, all of those that "enjoyed" the new operating system also got to enjoy all of the bugs yet to be worked out.  For those that waited until SP2 was distributed, they enjoyed XP without having to help Uncle Bill each day.

Yes, if you desire to purchase either a new computer since with very few exceptions you cannot get XP installed.  Think about a minimum of 1gig of RAM and a graphics card that is compatible with DirectX 9.  And remember to double whatever system requirements are published to keep from daily crashes.

Yes, if you desire to spend $240 for Vista-Premium since Vista Home-Basic is not even worth getting for $200.  And please forget "upgrading" your current XP install to VISTA.  So far more systems have crashed doing the upgrade than the 98-to-XP upgrade.  If you're getting VISTA, go for a clean-full install.

Yes, if you must have the "latest" not so greatest operating system Microsoft has to offer.  You must be asking, why are we so hard on Vista?  Because once again, Microsoft will convince billions of computer users that they need VISTA to survive.  The truth from our perspective is that VISTA is a cute OS that will do little more for the average user but empty their wallet.

09/01/07