I've been hearing how people have been switching back to XP from Vista. They claim that their hardware just doesn't work right with Vista or it just doesn't work right because of other things, like driver issues. While those are valid concerns they aren't something that can't be overcome. For starters, the hardware thing is easily fixed. If you have a piece of hardware that isn't compatible with Vista, simply replace it. You don't need top of the line hardware to run Vista and if the hardware you have doesn't work with Vista it's probably time for new stuff anyway. I had a friend call me about a driver problem with an old printer and Vista. It didn't surprise me that the driver didn't exist since the printer was like 5 years old. It was probably new when XP was new! Simple fix: New Printer! Solved the problem right away!

I know the costs of upgrading hardware today. I've upgraded my own hardware recently and it cost about $2000. But the thing is that Vista has been around long enough to fix most of the driver issues and you don't need state-of-the-art hardware to enjoy all that Vista offers. My own computer is pretty much state-of-the-art but that's because I could afford it. Others with a much tighter budget don't need to go for broke but can get by on a system with 2GB of memory and a video card that would be considered 3rd from the top of any graphics line. With what those two things cost, upgrading should be cheap and easy.

By no means is Vista perfect. It doesn't have a very good search function and the User Account Control is a constant pain in the butt but it's easily as stable as XP. I've even heard it referred to as the new ME but it's nowhere near as bad as ME was. That OS was the worst Windows product ever! Vista isn't as good as it should have been but it can only get better. No new operating system is ever as good as it could be until its been given a bunch of updates, upgrades, and Service Packs! It shouldn't be given up on just after it's left the gates. That's just silly!