What you really should know about Microsoft Windows Vista

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I've been reading so many topics on here regarding Windows Vista. Most of the time are those that complain due to hardware incompability problems, older software not working, new systems like laptops or desktops they bought is running slow - you name it you name it. And more people are wanting to downgrade Vista - I don't blame you because I would downgrade it also. Since the debut of Vista - not a lot of people were surprise about it - It was not a high seller for one, not many companies aren't recommending Vista for business - that's why to this day more people are using Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Microsoft Windows XP Professional. The structure and layout of Vista is not so different from XP - they added some new features, less more on themes, but focused more on Security which some features aren't on XP - but that's no big wow or woohoo! IT Techs said you must have a least a minimum of 512MB of RAM or better performance with 1GB of RAM - think again because I've tested systems with this amount of RAM on Vista and still runs sluggish. I have dealt with systems like this, repaired you name it - rip offs that companies sale computers like laptops with low end processors and small amount of RAM. I remember I bought me a Acer Laptop at Walmart that had Windows Vista pre-installed - It had 512MB DDR2 RAM - but that did no good. So I thought I'll put another 512MB DDR2 RAM to make it 1GB - and the performance was a slight change. The more programs I used and added on - it just wasn't doing good - then figured I was using a low end processor the Intel Celeron M - made me not want to think twice now. Now here's what you really need to know about Vista - for one you're going to need to buy a high end machine - AMD X2 +6000, or an Intel Core 2 Duo or an Intel Core 2 Quad processor - use your own video card at least 512MB GDDR3 and don't even try 256MB DDR for a video card. At least 2GB DDR2 RAM will do. Better performance if you have a motherboard with an FSB of 1Ghz. This seems a lot to you don't it? So yeah you'll be spending some bucks. So then to say if you want performance and less of problems, stick to Windows XP for now. Around 2009 or 2010 Microsoft is going to come out with a new version of Windows which codename now is Vienna a.k.a Windows 7. From what I read it will be much reliable, faster and more sufficient than Vista and XP.