I Uninstalled Windows Vista
Microsoft’s new operating system “Vista” has a lot going for it, and it’s beautiful to behold. The things you’d normally have to add are already part of the operating system: anti-spyware, disk-imaging backup, a screen capture utility, etc. I was very excited to get a evaluation copy of it.
Installation on my HP laptop seemed to go smoothly. Seemed to. Unfortunately my system, while rather fast and with plenty of memory, did not have the sticker on it that read: “Vista Ready.”
Now, I’m always up to a technical challenge, and so when my wireless network adapter didn’t work, I simply tracked down the beta drivers directly from Intel. I got everything on the computer working except for the memory card reader. And in doing so, while also installing software (Office 2007 rocks, by the way) I also began to realize something…
Windows Vista took my zippy and cool XP laptop and turned it into a moderately slow and slightly crippled laptop.
The turning point for me was when I discovered that no one, anywhere, had bothered to write even beta drivers for the memory card reader. I use that reader a lot, as it’s how I get info on and off of my camera and PDA. And I know if I am patient, someone will eventually write the driver to make it work. But still…
With XP, it already worked. Everything worked. It worked great, it was fast, and it had the benefit of running an operating system that Microsoft had been working to perfect for several years now. Why on Earth would I want to replace it with something brand new, full of bugs, not completely working, which made everything run much slower?
I uninstalled Windows Vista.
When I get a new computer that comes with Vista, that is when I will use Vista. Maybe. Or I might uninstall it and load XP and make that machine really fast.
