Comments on: Vista http://something-interesting.co.uk/2007/02/07/vista/ things about stuff Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:21:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Rob http://something-interesting.co.uk/2007/02/07/vista/#comment-21 Rob Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:19:26 +0000 http://something-interesting.co.uk/2007/02/07/vista/#comment-21 It appears to me that Vista is simply a 'prettier' O/S. A lot of the features, i.e. the widgets and floating window navigation is similar to Mac OS X. If pretty is what you want then go for it, but if it's functionality and overall performance, then stick with XP. Several tests have shown that Vista uses a lot more CPU power to run its fancy looking effects. Pretty pointless in my opinion. It appears to me that Vista is simply a ‘prettier’ O/S. A lot of the features, i.e. the widgets and floating window navigation is similar to Mac OS X.

If pretty is what you want then go for it, but if it’s functionality and overall performance, then stick with XP. Several tests have shown that Vista uses a lot more CPU power to run its fancy looking effects. Pretty pointless in my opinion.

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