Teething problems solved – and let’s not forget Windows XP was far from perfect on release – it’s turned out to be a stable, powerful OS. Yes, in some instances it wasn’t and still isn’t as fast as Windows XP, but there are plenty of reasons (enough to take too long to list) why it is a superior OS. Still, irritating as its early problems were, Vista isn’t quite the pig it’s often made out to be. But naturally Microsoft must shoulder most of the burden for what was a poorly handled launch: could manufacturers reasonably argue Microsoft didn’t support them well enough? Too many manufacturers failed to properly prepare for the new OS, resulting in late, buggy drivers for popular hardware products – anyone with a Creative soundcard will remember this particular heartache rather well. Putting aside some of its more esoteric problems, such as the bizarre file copying issues, Vista was largely tainted by the multitude of compatibility and performance issues users encountered in the early days. At release it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, proving rather too radical a departure and not an especially reliable one, either. We were, initially at least, wrong about Windows Vista. So we should probably start this review with an apology. Before you read our full, in-depth review of Windows 7, you may want to read the previous articles in our Windows 7 series: Windows 7: What’s New? and Windows 7: Performance Analysis.
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