Vista is not yet good as XP replacement, says Dutch Consumers’ Union
By Ruben Francia
In a study conducted by Dutch Consumers’ Union on the problems experienced by Vista users, it concluded that “Vista is not yet a sufficient replacement for Windows XP” and recommended to consumers to consider alternative operating system.
According to OS News, the conclusion was drawn after the union did a 4 week investigation, where it received some 4,200 consumer complaints on Windows Vista. Most of the complaints revolved around application and peripheral hardware compatibility issues.
With its conclusion, the Consumers’ Union advises its consumers to validate their applications and meticulously inspect their current hardware together with the peripherals before moving to Vista.
In addition, the union has recommended to the consumers to look out for alternatives such as Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux.
But wait. Since when did Mac OS X or Ubuntu solve the windows applications compatibility issues of Vista?
The union’s advisory may be helpful but its recommendation appears to be misleading. I hope, someone will come and share some lights on this issue.
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December 9th, 2007
“But wait. Since when did Mac OS X or Ubuntu solve the windows applications compatibility issues of Vista?”
Since OS X supported booting Windows XP and when Ubuntu Wine came out.
But that wasn’t the point. Too much commonly used software that was supposed to work with Windows XP didn’t work with Windows, whereas almost all software designed for, say Mac OS X 10.4 or Ubuntu 7.04 works in Mac OS X 10.5 and Ubuntu 7.10.