Complaints against Vista:
-Insecure (This is true for most new OS'es, so it's unlikely to go away anytime soon)
-Over expensive (Self explanatory)
-Requires at least 3 times the specs of XP (Vista: 800MHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 20GB hard drive with 15GB vs XP: 233MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 1.5GB of drive space)
-Over protective (User Account Control asks you about
everything)
-Uses massive system resources (Even without Aero on, Vista will use half a gig of RAM. With it on, it uses 1GB)
-Many old programs do not and will not run on Vista
-New Start bar / GUI is confusing, cluttered, and some features are hidden
-Refusal to allow access to a users own folders
Compliments to Vista:
-Pretty (Especially with Aero enabled)
-Better file search times (With SP1, it supposedly gets 86% better search times than XP)
-Gives local data transfer rates (If you're copying a file from C:\ to C:\Example, it will tell you the rate and the time left)
I'd say the cons outweigh the pros, and I'll stick to XP.
(By the way, on Vista I get 20% CPU usage; 42% RAM usage; and 1.2GB page file usage running nothing but Vista and AIM 5.9. XP gets 2% CPU usage; 3% RAM usage; 100MB page file usage running only XP and AIM 5.9, Linux gets 0.2% CPU usage; 4% RAM usage; and 20MB SWAP space used running Linux and Pidgin)
Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0Ghz
Intel X38 Motherboard
4GB DDR3 @ 1333Mhz RAM
Nvidia 9800GX2 (1GB VRAM, PCI-E 2.0)
750GB SATA-II 7200RPM Western Digital x2
400GB SATA-II 7200RPM Western Digital x1