Originally Posted by robots
I don't think this is fair really. Some of the software I use has issues with Vista, and those issues don't exist with XP. So why should I switch? For the see through windows and analogue clock? You say it's people wanting to be fashionable to not like Vista, but what if they are happy with XP and wary of Vista? Perhaps it's you who is trying to be fashionable by waving the Vista flag when it's largely unpopular. I am trying to learn to use a few bits of specialist software at the moment, and on the forums there are threads about issues with Vista and what to do to try to fix them etc.. I can do without those complications.. It's hard enough learning something new like C++, but having to deal with stuff like that isn't welcome. Not to mention gaming. I've enjoyed the last few years of gaming on XP and it's been great, and games work right out of the box for me. The review of Crysis on this very site shows you what kind of issues it had with Vista. And Crysis is just one example of many.
You also can't say ner ner! to the people in this article, because seeming like a nice OS at first glance, was never Vista's problem anyway. It looks nicer, has more features etc, and nobody ever contested that. The problem is when you make the switch and start using it as your full time OS, and you start coming across problems. These are problems that you just don't get on XP. If XP was holding people back in some ways, then maybe more would stick with Vista and deal with any issues as they come up, but XP isn't holding most people back. There is very little Vista offers that you can't already do on XP.
You shouldn't try to defend Vista like that. It has a bad reputation because it had a crappy first couple of years. You shouldn't blame people and dismiss them as trend followers, you should blame the crappy OS. The list of serious problems with Vista was endless, and it's only more recently that it's becoming more stable. Maybe you would be better off arguing that people are slow to give it a second chance. Although even then I would dispute that. If you want the version without lots missing, it is a major expense. So why would I want to switch now? What am I missing out on? From my point of view, it's expensive, it's still got a way to go stability/compatibility wise, it means me reinstalling everything, and it doesn't really offer me anything I need. So the sensible option for me is to stick with XP. I can always get Vista later in the year.
Again, I've already covered this, broken software != broken OS. It's not that the OS doesn't work with your software, is that the broken software finally shows it's bugs with a more sane OS.
And again, further highlighting people's ignorance in such matters, and their trend following.