

I'll admit, Windows Vista truly wasn't ready when it was released in its RTM version, as it still caused heavy disk I/O which drastically decreased the life of hard drives and degraded performance. Introducing a new kernel caused compatibility issues with legacy applications, and an entire new driver model caused a number of driver compatibility problems. Windows Vista, when released, introduced a completely different and totally new kernel and driver model than that of its predecessor, Windows XP. In this article I am going to explain why I believe Windows Vista deserves more respect and really isn't bad, and hopefully convince some of you XP and Windows 7 fans that Vista is a very viable OS, especially by today's standards. Still today, several years later, I see it being criticized for having high system requirements and being a memory hog. Windows Vista: it's the OS everyone loves to hate.
