Farewell Vista, Hello XP

[Sombeech]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140283/article.html

How to make the switch back and deal with the gnarly problem of transferring your Vista e-mail, contacts, and user data back to the old standby operating system.

After exploring Windows Vista for about six months on my test-bed PC, I decided two months ago that, along with upgrading the motherboard and CPU in my main work machine, I'd "upgrade" to Microsoft's latest operating system.

Vista's new navigation features had slowly grown on me, though I hadn't tried to work daily with the OS. Vista's appearance has it all over standard XP, and there are tons of usability features that beckon--after you turn off the incredibly annoying User Account Control that constantly bugs you when you want to install programs or tweak things....

[asdf]

yeah dood.... vista is in beta right now.
Anyone who installs it before sp1 is a beta tester.... thanks guys!

[Alex]

yeah dood.... vista is in beta right now.
Anyone who installs it before sp1 is a beta tester.... thanks guys!

Couldn't say it better myself, yo dood!

[DiscGo]

I have really enjoyed Vista for my notebook. I feel like it's wireless settings are much more user friendly than xp, and I love the updated (mac like rip off) search bar.


I have not encountered a single problem with Vista, and I have been really surprised by all the negativity surrounding it.

[shaggy125]

Vista has some annoying compatability problems for me, but overall its been OK. Media center works great for the most part since my computer is also my TV and DVR.