I like Vista

There. I said it. This OS is actually pretty decent. Sure, Aero is a CPU/GPU guzzling freak, but once disabled the system looks nice and does have some efficiencies.

For the first time in Windows (and it really has taken them a long time…), I actually feel like I should put all my data in my user folder. The new clock is nice, and the program list on the start menu, while it seems unfamilure at first is very intuitive. I love how I can just type the name of my program to open it… much like what I’d been doing for years using the “Run” tool, but with the ability to search, and not have to know the exact exe name. The new add-printer tool is very good, it actually scanned my network and found my networked printer, which is a hell of a lot cleaner than the XP approach of adding a “Local Port” of the type “Networked”, and manually selecting the printer.

Thus far I havn’t encountered any problems, but I am certainly very pleased I waited almost a year. If you’re running a large number of old software or hardware though, then best to keep it a good barge pole length away.