Windows Vista Video

As you might recall, a few weeks ago, I posted my thoughts on Windows Vista vs. XP on YouTube. The response was relatively strong, generating hundreds of comments. Most of ‘em were written in netspeak, but I believe you’ll get the general idea:

• “Vista actually isn’t ready for public release. The only thing i heard from Vista users is either it crashes during installing or installing some software such as antivirus, etc. By the way, Miranda sux too. I’ve installed it 3 times and it crashes 10 times in a day even with no additional plug-ins. I even have a screenshot where Miranda opened about 1500 pop-ups… Trillian “eats” more but it’s also more stable.”
• ” You remind me of me…I just switched back to XP today after about a month of putting up with Vista…and nVidia’s BETA DRIVERS!!! I am a gamer, and with 60 FPS less, I CAN’T TAKE IT!”
• ” You have a good point here, but you also have to keep in mind, Vista is a new operating system, like XP when it first came out (Bugs bugs and more bugs) Your gonna run into a handful of… well bullshit. Let Vista get its shit under control for a couple years, let the hardware catch up and stick with XP for a bit longer.”
• “You see I knew it long before Vista came out. Learning from the mistakes many people apparently made when XP came out, Vista was going to have problems during it’s initial launch. that’s why I wait until all the bugs are fixed before forking over my hard earned cash for an operating system that actually works. It’s just history repeating itself. Nothing new here.”
• “But really do you know how hard it was a few weeks ago to find a PC without Vista already on it?, and then finding a copy of Microsoft office? it was a pain in the @ss, thanks to Billy Boy who made sure to get all Non-Vista computers and Windows off the shelves and FORCE people to buy Vista, a very vulnerable system with many security flaws and all for $”
• “I think it’s a good thing Microsoft sells Vista with new PC’s otherwise not a lot would be … sold I’m quite happy with XP MCE & my copy of XP Pro, there is really no need to upgrade as XP is very stable for me over the last couple years. Microsoft should be focused on improving their XP OS even more, tweaking it & whatnot. perhaps even offering some major upgrade.. they were doing fine! were…”
• ” Great vid and rationale. My software and driver needs are met by Vista, so I’m good, but it’s not going to work for everyone. Like many others, I just got a MBP and did a trial of Vista in Parallels last night. Best of both worlds I think. In fact, Parallels / Intel / Mac may actually help sales of Vista, Office, etc. Let’s see….”

Guess it’s still a 50/50 thing?