At present, all kinds of problems existing in the early version have been basically solved. The following is a specific comparison:
1. Poor compatibility.
For a long time, many people accused Vista of poor compatibility, and even some netizens claimed that "you can't play games on Vista", but this is not the latest situation. With the release of Windows Vista service pack1and the cooperation of many software vendors, Windows Vista has been compatible with 98% of consumer-grade software, and some professional software may not be used because of too few users or outdated versions. There is nothing wrong with the commonly used software in Vista. Many people have tried Vista for a long time, and then left the impression that Vista is not compatible. Time has passed, and now Vista compatibility is not worthy of criticism, at least for individual users, it fully meets the use needs. At present, Windows 7 is well compatible with mainstream software (Windows 7 and Vista are based on the same system core).
Consume resources
Many netizens like to judge the quality of the operating system through the use of system resources, but Vista will consume 30% to 50% of physical memory when it is turned on, which is unacceptable to many people. In fact, this is not really how big Vista is, but the SuperFetch pre-reading function in Vista. SuperFetch can give full play to the performance of machines with physical memory ≥2GB. Many people often misunderstand SuperFetch, which is as controversial as UAC. However, turning off the SuperFetch service will not improve the performance of large memory computers.
3.UAC is useless and redundant
UAC in Vista has also been questioned by many people, who think it is "useless" and even "insults human wisdom". In fact, it is precisely because of UAC's security mechanism that Vista's file management authority is more clear and does not give Trojan virus an opportunity. In addition, UAC cannot be closed.
4.Vista is a transitional product, and Microsoft is eager to develop Windows 7 and so on.
Windows Vista was officially launched at the end of 2006. If Windows 7 was released at the end of 2009, Vista has a history of three years. Throughout the history of Microsoft products, apart from XP and 98, Vista is the only one that can reach a three-year period. From this perspective, Vista is not short-lived. In addition, Microsoft is in no hurry to launch Windows 7. Many people take Windows 7 without Beta2 and go directly to RC to prove their claims. Actually, this is unscientific. Windows 7 is completely written and developed on the basis of Windows Vista, fully drawing on various achievements of Vista, and even directly applying it. Windows 7 started the development process in 2007, and two years of development time brought it to Windows 7 now. Apart from touch technology, there is really nothing to show off. What's more, Microsoft has confirmed that it is developing Windows 8. According to fatalism, it should be Windows 7 instead of Vista. After all, there was no rumor of Windows 7 when testing Vista.
5.Vista runs very slowly.
Vista doesn't run as fast as previous versions of Windows, but there is a reason. Vista has far more core codes and services than previous versions of Windows, so the speed of system loading process cannot be compared with previous versions of Windows. Switching speed has always been the focus of attention. In fact, after the release of Vista Service Pack 1, the startup and shutdown speed of Vista has been obviously improved. Tested by netizens, Vista with Service Pack 1 installed is not much slower than XP. Therefore, as long as you have enough configuration and hardware can keep up, Vista will not be as slow as the legend.
6.Vista requires too much hardware.
Many people say that Vista requires too much hardware. This may be credible when Vista was first released, but in 2009, when 2GB of memory and i7 platform were everywhere, the configuration of Vista was not too high or too much. Configuration problem is the fundamental problem, which determines the user's experience effect. An important reason why Windows 7 is very popular with users now is that our current PC configuration is different from Vista beta. The radical "Ting V School" believes that some classic computer users really want to experience the super effect and safe environment of Vista, but they are unwilling to spend money to upgrade their computer hardware, which makes them jealous when others use it, leading them to be dissatisfied with Microsoft and abuse Vista. In fact, the configuration problem should not be the standard of evaluation. After all, our computer configuration can only be high or low in the future. What kind of horse and what kind of car, that is more appropriate.
Many people judge the popularity of operating systems by market penetration, but I think this view is not reliable. XP has a product history of five years, and its influence in all walks of life has been deeply rooted. For enterprise users, XP+Office 2003 has fully met the daily production and office needs. Enterprises are reluctant to invest more in computer upgrades and maintain a standard of "just use it". A good example is that many enterprises are still using Windows 98 system, which has stopped supporting for a long time, and many primary and secondary schools are still using Windows 98 or Windows 2000 for teaching. Moreover, Windows XP has been widely used, such as ATM machines, multimedia touch inquiry systems in banks or telecom business halls, outdoor electronic advertising screens and so on. It seems that it won't take three or five years to change them. Domestic Internet cafes have a large market share, and the diskless system model of Internet cafes has formed an industrial chain. The technology and application of integrated management with Windows XP+Windows Server 2003 are very mature. I remember when XP was released, many Internet cafes insisted on Windows 98/2000 for several years before switching to Windows XP.
What is truly flexible is the personal consumer goods market, which is not limited by various factors and links. However, the author believes that with the rapid development of hardware and the increase of upgrade frequency, it will directly lead to the reduction of hardware cost and the upgrade of mainstream configuration. In the product market a few years later, maybe a dozen or dozens of GB of physical memory is nothing, and the cost is basically the same as the current 5 12M and 1GB (the development of hard disks in recent years is a good example). The popularization and application of new things must be a long enough process. If Microsoft does not launch Windows 7 and gives Vista enough time to develop, the situation may be another result. However, the introduction of Windows 7 is still necessary, which can fully drive the market and give full play to new technologies and achievements. Although Windows 7 may not completely overthrow XP, it is undoubtedly of great value to the personal user experience.
To sum up, people have too many misunderstandings about Vista, largely due to Microsoft's publicity before the launch of Vista and many defects in the early version of Vista. In 2007, users saw the birth of a failed Vista, just as I exchanged my defense opinion with it: "Who will continue to pay attention to a system with a bad first impression?" .
Vista can be said to be successful, and the new technologies it contains are of epoch-making significance; Vista can also be said to be a failure, which is caused by various human factors centered on the failure of Microsoft's marketing strategy. In any case, Vista users have enjoyed various benefits brought by Vista, but they have also suffered from early problems. Things are not perfect. Compared with Vista, XP has its advantages and disadvantages, or the beginning, which cannot be summarized in one sentence. Whether they are pro-V or anti-V, their views are all derived from their own experiences and some kind of experience results, and various comprehensive factors lead to different results. But Vista is progressive and worthy of recognition. Finally, the author clarifies his own suggestion: If your computer configuration meets the requirements of running Vista smoothly, you'd better give it a try. Vista will not be the wrong choice until the official version of Windows 7 is released.