Over 78 Percent Say Windows 7 Makes Up For Vista

[windows7user]

Found this article interesting: Over 78 Percent of Lifehacker Readers Say Windows 7 Completely Makes Up for Vista

 

[Lee]

Never really had a problem with Vista. On my Mac I run Win 7 in boot camp, and Vista SP2 64 in VMware Fusion. I like having Vista in the VM because it allows me to jump into Windows (using Office 2007) when working with Word (just hate Office 2008 for the Mac; poorly designed).

 

[smarteyeball]

I liked and preferred Vista to XP from the get go, (warts and all).

Although, in hindsight, it did require a lot more tweaking out of the box than Seven does.

I couldn't go back to Vista full time (or XP) after Seven though.

 

[kucing13]

never use vista and i had to wait until seven comes. so far seven does its job

 

[pparks1]

The negative hype about Vista just wouldn't go away. It was bad at launch, was substantially improved with SP1 and beyond and was pretty decent thereafter. I guess it just proves the old saying, "A first impression goes a long way".

 

[kucing13]

never judge windows by it's box design

OOO wait....

 

[severedsolo]

I liked and preferred Vista to XP from the get go, (warts and all).

Although, in hindsight, it did require a lot more tweaking out of the box than Seven does.

I couldn't go back to Vista full time (or XP) after Seven though.

god no.... couldn't imagine it I have well and truly fallen for 7, to be honest, although i preferred Vista over XP, If i hadnt tried 7 before i tried Ubuntu then id be off the Windows train for good

 

[kucing13]

did you had bad experience with XP severedsolo ?

 

[MattRainier]

I always liked Vista over XP. Always. My XP machine required shutting down every single night; Vista would stay up and running for a month and a half before I started feeling it. And my Vista only crashed once (XP countless times). So I never understood why people hated Vista so much.

*I also used Vista and XP both every day for the last three & 1/2 years, so it's not like my experience is exactly limited, either.

 

[Win7User512]

Only 78%?

Too often using Vista was like using Windows in slow motion all the time. Thing was so slow.

I always liked Vista over XP. Always. My XP machine required shutting down every single night; Vista would stay up and running for a month and a half before I started feeling it. And my Vista only crashed once (XP countless times). So I never understood why people hated Vista so much.

*I also used Vista and XP both every day for the last three & 1/2 years, so it's not like my experience is exactly limited, either.

That's funny. I had the exact opposite situation. Vista required me to restart almost daily because it would slow down and become sluggish. Rarely had that issue with XP.

I still like XP, but prefer 7.

 

[kucing13]

I've used XP 2-3 years and facing BSOD only 2 or 3 times. I admit in terms on performance,XP can't withstand heavyworks. But it rarely have issues with compatibility . me myself also wondering why I didn't migrated to vista

 

[Lee]

When I go to my oldest sons house he has a computer running XP, and it is like looking at win95 when XP was the new kid in town.

 

[whs]

I never understood the hype about Vista. I used it since day one (literally - Febr. 1, 2007) and never had any problems that I could not manage. Not a single BSOD in all these years and I am still running 3 Vistas. My wife even refuses to use Win7. She has never had a single problem - maybe because she does not use anything exotic. I think all you have to do with Vista is to use it straight forward and stay away from tweaks and "optimizations".

 

[Win7User512]

I never understood the hype about Vista. I used it since day one (literally - Febr. 1, 2007) and never had any problems that I could not manage. Not a single BSOD in all these years and I am still running 3 Vistas. My wife even refuses to use Win7. She has never had a single problem - maybe because she does not use anything exotic. I think all you have to do with Vista is to use it straight forward and stay away from tweaks and "optimizations".

It's like any product, different people have different results.

 

[kucing13]

well said user512.

 

[KazeNoKoe23]

When I go to my oldest sons house he has a computer running XP, and it is like looking at win95 when XP was the new kid in town.

Nice analogy.