I came to contact with Vista today, again, after a couple of weeks since I first fiddled around with it on a friend’s newly bought laptop. That day, I swore to myself to never install Vista, unless I really have to or all backwards compatibility issues have been resolved.

But today, I had to help a friend over the phone to fix his internet connection. Not only was it a pain to actualy go through the network properties, something that SHOULD have been made easier decades ago for the casual laptop user who has to travel between different networks (luckily completely freeware software like NetSetMan are lifesavers when it comes to that), but the wait was excrutiating.

I mean, how slow can an operating system be? My friend has one of the latest Dell models, can’t exactly recall what it is, and it comes with Vista.

I have once heard from a friend that before installing Vista, it’s safer to install Windows XP, install all the drivers and software, games and what not, then upgrade to Vista.

But I ask: why even bother? It’s unstable, slow and many of the usability that should have been fixed, changed and just redesigned all over still remain as they used to.

If you’re presented with the opportunity, seriously, don’t even bother, unless you get a new computer with Windows Vista preinstalled.