You can be sure that a lot of people will be writing about how Intel “backstabbed” Microsoft by refusing to upgrade its workstations to Vista, but here’s my take on this development.
Imagine using a pretty powerful XPS M1330, only to find that, thanks to Vista, thing are still slow. I’d understand if it takes forever to render a computer animation, or to compute the value of pi to the 3,000th decimal point, but taking a minute to start up and shut down? C’mon!
To Vista’s credit though, there are some decent improvements in functionality. The search, which mimics Mac OS X’s spotlight, is much faster for instance. Windows staples like Control Panel are also much easier to navigate, and Vista’s graphics are much more welcome than XP’s “Fisher Price” look.
But please, if you come out with a “next-generation” OS that makes it tough even for top-of-the-line machines, you can expect everyone to complain. Even if Microsoft allegedly formulated Vista to boost Intel’s bottom line (by forcing consumers to upgrade their hardware like processors), I can’t expect Intel to support an OS that represents a step backward for Microsoft.
To anyone who also uses Vista and shares my pain, I recommend downloading Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (434.5 MB). It may not fix everything that’s wrong with Vista, but it does make the experience a bit more bearable.
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