Was windows vista really that bad?

5. The sleep mode works. Sleep mode in Windows XP was essentially a shortcut for locking up your
computer and forcing you to reboot. It actually does what it's supposed to in Vista.

2.Vista is not slow if you have enough RAM. One of the main complaints that users have is that Vista is
slow, but they either upgraded Vista from an old machine or they purchased a "Vista Ready" system with
only 512MB to 1GB worth of RAM. You can run Vista with 1GB of RAM, but like OS X, you really want to
have at least 2GB. Modern operating systems get fatter because they DO more stuff for you under the
hood, such as optimizing your memory for the applications you run often so they load faster.

3.Network Map

The Network Map is a new feature inside the Network Center that displays graphically your connectivity
to the network and to the Internet. If a computer on the network loses Internet connectivity, you can
graphically see which connection is down and then use Network Diagnostics to help determine the cause
of the problem and find possible solutions.

Windows Aero, a completely new GUI and unlike any previous version of Windows.

We're not saying that Vista doesn't have its faults or that Windows 7 won't be better, we're
saying that Vista is just not as bad as people are making it out to be. If you're on XP and you're
afraid to upgrade, don't be. It's no worse than Windows XP if you pay attention to the stuff I
mentioned above. As long as you've got a reasonably decent machine