14 DAY TRIAL // Windows Vista is a bad motherf***er is a title illustrative of all the bad press the latest Microsoft operating system has been receiving. Bad press, bad reviews, bad user comments... They are among the reasons why the operating system has experienced a muted welcome simultaneously with its commercial availability. Because all the ink that has been spilled over Windows Vista contributed to creating the customer perception of the operating system. From articles to editorials to reviews and to the comments users are posting, a public perception of Vista is being built. And this perception may not always be in accordance with the truth.
Users should always pay mind to objective reports on Windows Vista and on anything else for that matter. Subjectivity, coming either from critics or hardcore fans, should not be swallowed without filtering it first. I recently came across a user comment that outlined several problems with Windows Vista that he read about right here on Softpedia. Support, compatibility and security issues were among them. Is this bad press? No.
Let me make this clear. I deal in information. Presenting the faults of Windows Vista is one way of ensuring that customers can mitigate the issues they come across while using the operating system. Lack of information on Windows Vista does not qualify as a case of "ignorance is bliss". Users need to be updated on all problems so they can stay one step ahead. Does vista have bugs, security vulnerabilities, and support and compatibility issues?
Yes. And users should be kept up to date on all of them. But this does not mean that Microsoft is not hammering away at Vista in order to resolve all issues. There is a plethora of knowledge base articles, advisories and updates dealing with Vista problems. However, since November 30 - the day Microsoft released Vista for businesses - the security updates for Vista have been somewhat of a rarity; so claiming that Vista is insecure is to deny the obvious.
Additionally, I do not think that Microsoft is to blame, because Adobe and Apple have dragged their feet in adding support for CS2 and iTunes for Windows Vista, not for any device or application that is not compatible with the operating system, for that matter. Vista has been around for a while, and Microsoft provides assistance to software developers and manufacturers that wish to get their products working with Vista. This is in Microsoft's best interest. Now, Adobe will soon release Creative Suite 3, maybe there is a reason why they are not rushing to support CS2 on Vista. And this is not a singular case.
Still, in the end, it is not the vulnerabilities, bugs or compatibility, not even the fact that you like or down right hate the graphical user interface. It is a sum of all these things, but filtrated from various sources. In my case, this proved a positive result when it came to upgrading to Windows Vista.