Columnist Urges Patience With Vista
From LockerGnome Tech News Watch
Windows Vista – Give It Some Time?
Windows Vista has been compared to a cake that has not risen all the way yet. A great beginning for Windows improvement, but it still has a few things that need to be worked out before it’s ready to be “eaten.” I believe this is why we still see many consumers who would rather buy their next PC with XP SP2 installed for the time being. They know what to expect, all of their hardware and games work well with it, and considering the expense of purchasing the level of PC needed to run Vista Home Premium, I suspect there will be a number of users who have shown little interest in the upgrade. Now at this stage in the game, I have concerns over potential losses for retailers trying to offer PCs with Vista Home Basic installed. I have also spoken with a number of local PC repair companies here locally that are, not surprisingly, still insisting on offering XP SP2 along with the Vista option. The local vendors make it clear that Vista is more secure, but for gaming needs on the NVIDIA front and other select needs, XP is still being offered. I guess it’s just going to take some more waiting for individuals who wish to use Windows. To be fair, I believe much of this is forgivable as any Windows migration from an old version to a new version can be relatively painful. But I can’t help but feel reminiscent of Windows XP in some ways. Back when Best Buy was doing the pre-release, I remember the numerous headaches that my family had getting things to work as desired at that point. A year later however, things were grooving right along. I guess we just need to remain patient with this one?
Sounds right to me. I believe most people will encounter Vista for the first time when they buy a new computer that comes with it pre-installed. It saves all the hastle of trying to do an upgrade, especially if the target computer is older and doesn’t really have the hardware to run Vista correctly.
