My initial experiences with Windows Vista were mixed. My Vista experience has gone down since! First of all hardware support in Windows Vista is very poor indeed! I installed Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit) on a computer using the Intel D865GBF Motherboard. The Motherboard features builtin graphics and sound cards. Now, when I installed Vista it failed to recognize my sound card. The drivers available from the Intel CD don't work on Vista, and Intel doesn't even provide new audio drivers for Vista! So I'm stuck. No wonder it was claimed that you require new hardware for Windows Vista, because the old one is just not supported any more!
Windows Vista is a step back! I remember when Windows XP was released, it supported all hardware at that time, and I remember that I tested Windows XP on a Gigabyte motherboard running on the AMD K6-2 processor, and I was amazed and thought that Windows XP pushed back Linux Desktop penetration for a few years. With Vista I think it makes the case for a Linux migration even stronger! After all who will expend his resources on buying new hardware for an OS which actually doesn't feature any real innovation or any productivity enhancements, as I see it so far Vista is all eye-candy!
