I’ve got Vista!

Oh yeah! It’s been more than half a year since Windows Vista was released, and now I finally got Windows Vista Ultimate, which I’m currently dual booting with Windows XP Professional.

Well, I’ve been using it for few hours now, and I can tell you that it’s great! There are some minor drawbacks, though. First is incompatibility; Manhunt doesn’t run on Windows Vista, though the Game Explorer detected it. However, Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City and San Andreas worked, so did all the classic Grand Theft Auto games (which did not work on Windows XP).

Also, Windows Vista was slow when logging in and loading the Welcome Screen, although it took only 7 seconds to boot up. Actually, I’d rather Windows Vista took longer to boot up then to hamper the load times of the Welcome Screen.

Still, driver compatibility problems plague Windows Vista, until now. I had difficulties finding drivers for my Canon Printer. Luckily I still had Windows XP installed and I can always switch back. But that’s the hardware manufacturers’ fault, isn’t it?

Well, other than that, I don’t think Windows Vista had any other minus points. Actually, I thought Windows Vista wouldn’t play Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City or San Andreas, but interestingly, it handled it well, much better than Windows XP. Also, the classic Grand Theft Auto games did not work on Windows XP, so I was shocked when it worked on Windows Vista - quite interesting.

Actually, in my opinion, if you have a decent graphics card, I don’t think Windows Vista really sucks as much as some people claimed. This time round in Windows Vista, explorer.exe didn’t crash so often, and non-responsive applications usually didn’t have to be terminated.

So far, I’m still enjoying Windows Vista, which I think is great! What’s more, dual-booting Windows XP and Windows Vista couldn’t be any easier. For those who thinks Windows Vista sucks, I would like to prove otherwise - Windows Vista has better compatibility for Windows 95/98/2000/ME applications than Windows XP.

Ok, guys, I hope you’ll get Windows Vista, if you haven’t. Dual-boot it with Windows XP, and I guarantee you’ll enjoy it! Windows Vista just rocks - more than Mac OS X Tiger! Leopard rocks, by the way, much more than Vista, if not for the fact that Vista actually plays more quality games than OS X. Both Operating Systems still rock, though. Don’t you guys think so?

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