Windows Vista Revisited

Windows Vista was a good operating system introduced by Microsoft, three years ago. Now some of you might wonder why do I even bother to talk about Win Vista, seeing that we've heard of so many problems with Vista, and we are not using it on campus.

Well, all our Business and Info. System Labs are on Win Vista, and a lot of folks who have bought newer laptops in the last couple of years have Win Vista.

In my personal opinion, I feel that Win Vista simply had a bad rap. Sure there were a number of annoyances, like frequent UAC security prompts. We also have to keep in mind that when any new operating system is introduced, it will have some problems simply because some of the older hardware drivers have not been updated by the vendors.

Also Vista needs better system resources like at least 2 gigs of memory, probably a Dual Core CPU system, and a more powerful video card to run properly on any machine. Trying to run Vista on older machines is not a good idea.

Windows Vista contains many changes and new features, including an updated GUI and visual style dubbed Windows Aero, a redesigned search function, multimedia tools including Windows DVD maker, and redesigned networking, audio, print, and display sub-systems.

Vista aims to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network, using peer-to-peer technology to simplify sharing files and digital media between computers and devices. Windows Vista includes version 3.0 of the .NET framework, allowing software developes to write applications without traditional Windows APIs.

Microsoft's Windows Vista has been able to improve the state of security in the Windows operating system, and make it less vulnerable to viruses worms, and malware.