This is hilarious - a link of 16 reasons why you should switch to Vista
16 Reasons You Should Switch to Vista
If those are 16 valid "can't miss" reasons to switch to Vista I have some swampland in Yuma, AZ for sale.
Here's a summary of my favorites from that list - as I had a hard time controlling my laughter after reaching 6:
1. The start button in Windows Vista does not include the word ?Start?.
----------Theres innovation for you.
2. New Amazing graphics: With Windows Vista, Microsoft has surpassed MAC OS in terms of graphics. It is for the first time, Microsoft offers a great deal of high graphics features including 3D effects. This will help to boost programs meant for 3D games and is code named ?Avalon?. There is one more new feature called ?Aero? which gives 3D renderation to the open Windows.
----------translation, you need to switch if you are a gamer because DirectX10 will not be supported in XP.
3. Live Taskbar thumbnails: enable one to view a small view of the applications that are on the task bar.
----------Like you don't already know whats on your task bar to begin with.......
4. Improved Search make use of Indexing services, which makes searching faster than ever before.
----------If you don't know what you have on your system? BTW, isn't this the feature that virtually everybody disables as a speed tweak?
5. Security: As far as security is concerned, the older versions of Windows, had lot of security problems. It is the hackers who invade the system, sitting miles away from the system, and take the data that they need, such as personal information, banking details, that one might have stored in the computer. The default browser Internet Explorer has been upgraded to 7.0. It contains lot of security features like, Protected Mode Browsing, Antiphishing, Outbound and Inbound firewall, Standard user account functionality, User Account Control, Windows Defender, and Parental Controls.
----------translation, like every web browser before it in the IE line - it will be outdated by the time you install the OS or at the very least a very short time later. Isn't this an APPLICATION? surely not an OS feature.
6. Faster startup, new sleep mode, fast shut down: Vista has got fast startup and shutdown processes which completes within 5 to 10 seconds.
----------ummm, my Windows 2000 system already boots up in about 5-10 seconds (or less). Amazing how fast that system is when you gut all the CRAP from it - i.e Internet Explorer, WMP, Indexing Service, etc.
If I'm gonna switch from Windows 2000 it's gonna take more than playing games for me to switch (as I don't play games anyway). If I wanted to do that I'd get a game console. This is more of the same with the Windows 2000 to Windows XP switch - no reason to. Eye candy and mostly useless features and improved (so they say) applications that I already have proven and trusted applications to do the job with anyway.