5 Reasons Not to Upgrade to Windows Vista

Windows Vista

While you may have had a great time using Microsoft’s Windows XP, you may not find yourself having such a great time using Windows Vista. Not to say Vista is a horrible upgrade but it is rather unnecessary at this point. This article will outline 5 good reasons that you shouldn’t switch to Vista just yet.

1. You don’t really need it- Most of the features presented in Windows Vista are purely security and graphical updates, these are necessary for your computer to function and to use new software. One of the most significant features added in the Vista era, DirectX 10 is hardly being taken advantage of by many applications. So what real reason do you really have for upgrading to Vista yet?

2. UAC- Perhaps the biggest complaint against Windows Vista is Microsoft’s annoying addition of a UAC or User Account Control. The UAC is meant to protect you from opening harmful programs or files but instead has been counterproductive by alerting you when you try to open almost anything. Granted the UAC can be turned off, but the question is, why is this turned on in the first place?

3. Compatibility- One of the biggest problems people who upgraded to Vista faced was the fact that Vista wasn’t supporting much of the software that had previously worked flawlessly under Windows XP. Microsoft has been trying to address this in there service packs but there is still software that remains incompatible. This isn’t completely Microsoft’s fault because it’s the other software companies’ responsibility to update their software, but why isn’t Microsoft building so that previous software can be run?

4. Upgrade?- Windows Vista may be the next OS in line after XP but does that mean that’s really a performance upgrade? You could argue either way but one thing you can’t argue is that Vista machines take stronger technical specs to run. One gigabyte in RAM was sufficient for running XP but that amount struggles greatly in Vista if you try to open a few applications. So was this really an upgrade?

5. Money- The fifth reason that you might not want to upgrade to Vista yet is because it costs money. This is probably a bigger issue if you’re a company but for an OS that offers seemingly no advantages over its predecessor why would you want to upgrade yet?

Windows Vista by no means is as bad as the internet makes it out to be, but it is quite unnecessary unless you just like to be up to date on technology. The good news is Microsoft does care about the OS and has been working and fixing many of the common issues; it’s your place to look at the issues and decide if the OS is right for you.

Photo Credits: Victor Svensson

Originally posted 2009-11-26 03:39:15.

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