Is Windows XP too good for Microsoft’s own good? by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley — Did Microsoft make XP Service Pack (SP) 2 too good for its own good? Or is Vista just an off release that Microsoft should hurry up and replace — and definitely sooner than 2010, when it is slated to roll out Windows 7?
Personally, I would not quite say that XP is too good for MS own good, just that its a hell of a lot better than Vista, XP is chunky enough and I often revert to Windows 2000 on older machines. XP simply allows you to muddle through your day with relative stability, if an OS is not stable it is counter-productive. Vista has a lot of kinks to work out and lords knows how there are so many after a 6 year development cycle. I recently purchased a new laptop with Vista installed as standard, after an hour or so of playing around I found it too awkward and unresponsive for even the most basic tasks and installed XP, my sympathies go out to those who may not be so knowledgable of OS workings, especially those who have become comfortable with XP and fear change, as many do.
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