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1.5 stars
"I'm still not impressed"
Pros: My computer crashes less
Cons: Still not convinced that Vista, even with SP1, is a good product
Summary: I am not a fanboy, and I don't see the point of going to bat for MS or Apple when they won't go to bad for you when their products suck. I use both Mac and PC. I am not a tech-head, just an average user. And I have been supremely disappointed with Vista from day 1. I thought SP1 would fix some of the glitches, but it hasn't. Of particular note:
1. Start-up time is still excruciatingly slow;
2. I still occasionally get a BSOD;
3. Programs are still rather unstable on my OS, especially Firefox and Office (they freeze up a lot, Firefox crashes on me a lot).
At the end of the day, I'm an average user. So-called "power users" may not have problems, but not everyone is going to be a "power user." I do not find myself using any of the new "features" of Vista. Accordingly, I am still at a loss as to how this product is a quantum leap forward as some people are saying, even with SP1. In my day-to-day usage, it has just caused me more headaches.
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Something seems screwed up on your particular system, assuming it meets minimum hardware requirements.
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i was lucky enough to purchase vista at a low price, at the beginning all worked fine, after 60 days certain applications started crashing thinking sp1 would solve problems did download not knowing things would get worse,formatted and went back to xp,two thumbs up for xp i think bill gates did good in retiring
