Was Windows Vista THAT bad?

95 was the best Windows change my mind

but...nice wallpaper

What no Vista? thank God drivers nightmare, long live Windows 7 Win 10 sucks

I'm using my vista laptop to type this. Online still works great for me! I use pale moon for my browser

Vista was fine, problem was it was installed on machines not capable of running it efficiently. Laptops and desktops with single core 1 ghz processors, 500 megabytes ram - 1 gig of ram. You really needed 4 gigs of ram to run Vista. You said it correctly, it was mis-understood. I had no problem with it.

I had Vista on a work computer. It worked perfectly acceptably, except for the weird fact that it it could not figure out that the Windows defender/firewall was running and kept giving me a notification that security was turned. Not recognizing third party I could understand. Not being able to recognize that Microsoft own native security features were running was just plane bizarre.

I'm surprised you're making a distinction between Windows Vista and Windows 7. In my mind they were just two different names for the same thing. Since I was happily on Windows XP the whole time it made no difference to me. When my XP machine stopped working they were already selling Windows 8. Windows XP remains the high point of Windows releases. I will probably run Windows XP in my next computer (but in a Virtualbox under Linux). Microsoft is ruining Windows 10 and making it unusable. I cannot tolerate an operating system that spontaneously reboots itself just because it feels I've been neglectful and haven't given it permission to update itself in several days.

Vista was a mess in its early years. Yet when Microsoft decided to finally fix it. Towards the end of Vista's life cycle. Vista was not that bad. Though I guess those who had issues with it. Likely those who were doing things they should not be doing with an OS....but hey what do I know? I dislike IOS. Linux is confusing. Windows. Well, hey I am not trying to figure out the meaning of life. So as long as it runs programs...okay. Fine. It works. I am sorry if I am some scrub.
Context: Look owned two Vista OS machines, had no issues with them. Even worked on countless others and downloaded the OS on School Hardware for an IT Class. Yes, before you ask. I know. Some people are asking "Why the fuck?" Well, simple answer. Most Workplaces use Windows vs IOS vs Linux. So you can whine. Yet Vista worked fine for those applications.

I would have believed this was an advertisement for the first few seconds.

7:41 wt* is that!

i love windows 7 but i upgraded to windows10 on septenber 5 2018

a lot of it was also, people's hardware werent good enough at the time of launch. It ran Crysis like dogsht.

Windows mojave ? did the longhorn studios sold their OS into apple ?

With an SSD Vista is fine. At least it was more stylish than ugly Windows 10.

I used Vista until like 2014, it ran Sims 3 better than my Winsows 8 did and my current Macbook Pro. It crashed less, too. People just like to make fun of things online.

it just works

I luvd vista!!bcuz of the graphics mainly....

??? I had Vista. NEver had any problem with it. Didn't particularly like 7. Hate 10. Use 8.1

Yes Worse, but not sooooo much. Thanks, but I'll stay with Win7, 64-bit, Ultimate... ;)

I have a 10 year old computer where I'm still using Windows Vista home Basic and I have never had a problem with anything.

I came here to check for the artifacts in Linus's eye

How much was the dell optiplex payed for that godly intro??

Yo!

8:08 That task switcher actually looks cool. Why'd they trash it? (Asking as someone too young to remember Vista.)
Edit: Never mind. The first (Win7) laptop I remember using frequently... I remember it having gadgets. Meaning, I actually must have used it some back before it had Win7 on it. I wanted those gadgets to just go away. Stupid input language gadget wouldn't get out of the way. I hated it so much. Thanks for bringing back memories I didn't even know I had.

My 2003 LAPTOP supports Aero.

At least it takes up 5 minutes of your time "installing a device driver."
Some of these things are plug n' play and don't need the dedicated drivers.
Oh wait, I just plugged in my Logitech Unifying Receiver on my Windows 10 machine... installing device driver...

"janky"
*monitor flops around*

I liked w2K and resitsted going to XP because of the security and driver issues Not till the service packs came out did I even install it. Ran XP till my hard drive failed last year and now it's Linux only no more Windows. However I still have vintage computers with 3.11, 95. 98 and 2000.

I used windows vista untill 2017 on my pc.

and witch Windows is the best?

That sponsorship killed the mood tho.

Yes it was!...It sits firmly on the shelf along with ME and Windows 8 as embarrassments to Microsoft.

one of the like, 5 computers in my house still uses windows vista

I felt so emotional after the cinematic in the start and al of the sudden MEMORY EXPRESS

i had windows 98, then XP , then 7. still using 7 because its stable and works with most new and older games.

As someone who actually had the pleasure of using this one hell of an OS, it's really not that bad as people make it seem to be. Not the best for sure, but not the worst either.

Windows barely change after 13 years. Seriously. I still think Windows 10 has Vista roots.

Every OS from Microsoft was good for their time. And yes, for Windows Vista haters, I consider that vista was good, probably not perfect, because nothing in world is perfect, but need perfection.

0:17 i have the same laptop OMG :o

Do you remember Windows ME?
BTW I'm sticking with Windows 7 !

I like how the Vista thing in the thumbnail was poorly edited onto the monitor.

Would use Windows Vista any day over Windows 8.

macOS then called v10.14: Mojave

hello children

Memory Express is great

I remember when Win 7 came. I was like: This is what Vista was meant to be. I never used Vista on a daily basis though. I used XP and 2000 Pro until the launch bugs of Win 7 was fixed before switching to 7. I really liked the look of Vista though, and that instant search was like a gift from heaven!

my first actual computer used windows vista home basic... dark days... dark days indeed.

fuck microsoft

Vista was my second favorite windows os

best widget program is rainmeter just that easy

One of my laptops is still running Vista, and runs perfectly. My NEW Windows 10 one boots up slower. I ended up running Chrome through the Vista laptop because it is unsupported, and I can't do some things in vista ( like RU-clip).... I really do not like 10 at all. If I find a Win 7 disc with a license that isn't looney expensive I will update the Vista unit, but so far so good. Watching and responding to this on my iPad.....Don't judge me.

@5:46 Everyone who knows what they're doing, don't even care for the UAC at all. That's pretty much the first thing I deactivate when installing a fresh windows. It's pretty much the "Noob filter" of Windows. If you're raging because of it, then you're one of the persons who needs it. If you're experienced enough to NOT need something like that, than you'll find the setting.

I actually liked Vista to some extent... Back then I build myself a highend gaming PC (AMD Phenom 9950 4x 2.6GHZ, 8GB DDR2 RAM 1066MHz and a nVidia GeForce GTX 280) and therefore I had no problem with running Vista. The major problem was for the old PCs and the "Office-PCs" of that time. Every PC with 2 GB of RAM (or less) had a hard time with Vista because of how demanding it was. But if you have a good enough machine Vista is almost as good as 7. In my opinion it's far better than Win10, but so is every Windows except for Win8/8.1.
I really REALLY hate Win10. It's a spyware with OS-features. And of course it doesn't provide as much freedom as older versions. It's my PC so why shouldn't I be able to decide EVERYTHING? And why should MY OWN PC send data to MS when I don't want to?
Other than that, I also can't stand the design, but that's more of a subjective term.

Was Windows Vista THAT baYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

Correct order of release would be - windows xp -> windows 8.1 -> windows 7 -> windows 10 -> windows vista

I liked Vista. ME was just a pre-XP OS

I ran Vista just fine, to be honest I never regretted making the move.
As mentioned in the video, it was pretty much up to hardware.

watch windows on windows' ( ru-clip.net/user/majorsky17 )
series on vista development

vista ftw
(i have a triple load of 10 7 and vista)

yo!

I have a place in my heart for vista because the first computer I ever worked on was my family’s dell with a single core sempron

Peer to Peer networking? New in Vista? What about Windows 3.11 for workgroups?

I liked vista.

1:17 my favourite screensaver when i was a lil boi. u brought me back memory [||_||_||_||]

I was probably one of the only people who actually had no issues with Vista growing up. Even my gaming friends at the time were snotty about me having vista, mind you, I was like 11... Maybe it was because I was just a kid and only used my computer for homework and MMORPGs haha

30 years old, and the worst computer experience I have had was windows vista. Was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo terrible that I can't explain easily. I had to change to windows xp FOUR TIMES, the four times in to computers that I tried to use vista (different builds).
It was unstable, it was buggy, it was fucking terrible man. Windows 7 didn't brought the blue screen of death EVERY TIME I TRIED TO USE IT, differently from Vista. In fact, it didn't brought it to me ever.
Was vista that bad? No. It was worse.
You can't judge the system after just try it. You must have it. You must use it daily. It will fuck you up in a few months. That's why people today seems to think better of it. Because they don't use or maybe they use very fixed versions. I tried to use Vista, I really loved its design and functionality. And It fucked me every time. It was only a matter of time, like a clock bomb.

Windows 8-10 are absolutely trash, windows 7 is the superior system

Anyone with actual IT knowledge and not knowledge gained from videos and tips (meaning samples of knowledge), can customize an OS (and that PCs BIOS which is essential to customize) and make it work stable, nice and with minor issues, Vista included yes. Let's not forget that no matter the OS, they're all made by human hands, so none of them is perfect, they all have pros and cons and none is impervious to attacks and issues.
Btw, idk if it was intended, but my eye caught that Win xp pro SP3 reference in this video, while there was never Sp3 for pro edition (as far as i'm aware).

"Areo theme is too slow" *cough cough* windows classic and standard themes

adding wireless in xp was cavemen compared to vista :)

I remember really liking vista.. windows 8 was the one I wished would burn..

K, now shit on Windows 8 plz.

I loved Vista.

hahahahha,like in Telltale!!!Grat job again!

Windows 8/10 was way worse

I had windows vista office pro, I had no problems with it at all, then again I had quite a high end PC back then.

before i could remember, all the way to 2018, my dad used vista. then he finally got a pc upgrade

Whispers Windows ME

I had Vista at launch with a Q6600 and an 8800 Ultra.
Nvidia was the bane of my existence. Their drivers were absolutely appalling, and crashed even on the desktop every few minutes. Different cards didn't matter, Vista simply could not game on certain hardware, but it was due to third parties releasing faulty or outright bad drivers rather than the OS itself.
I ran Vista alongside 7 till 2014 in my home server. It was a fine OS for the average consumer.
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Nvidia crashes accounted for far, far more than what was represented in the chart - for god's sake, around the same time, Apple was prepping to outright boycott the company, and let's not forget what Nvidia did to Sony with the PS3. Nvidia was also extremely common in desktop GPUs at the time, which would explain why so many people experienced senseless instability.
Of course, Nvidia's hardware from the period had absolutely abysmal reliability records, so that could have contributed as well.
IMO Vista was just "beta 7", whereas W8 was the true antichrist.
Now running W10 for DX12 and OSX for creative work (applications not hardware). Vista was better than 10 by a long way.

nice plug! XD

I remember in 7th grade a friend of mine was bragging about a PC he and his dad were going to put together that summer. I dont remember specs as its been 12+ years but one of the things I'll always remember is him talking about it coming with Vista. I had no idea what Vista was at the time and it didnt seem all that important to me that it had a different OS. After my family moved to Florida that same summer and while we were initially staying with my Aunt and Uncle I had the extreme displeasure of getting familiar with Windows Vista on their computer and to this day I think back on how excited he was to use that buggy, unstable mess and giggle

You guys should totally do a review of Windows ME lol

(win ME, vista, w8 ) = lemons... WINDOWS vista ONLY worked ok, when you dumped LOTS of ram in it - which most pc's back then were NOT released with enough ram on a vista system. nearly all systems back then in retail, only decided to have 2gb ram.

ANOTHER VIDEO LINUS EXPLAINING WINDOWS 9 PLEASE.

I bought windows Vista Ultimate with my new PC.
Installed it. 3 hours later Uninstalling it.
Greatest decision of my life and my sanity.
Got back to my Windows XP Happily ever after.
Then I cracked Windows 7 just to get even.

Happy Days :-)

to sum it up in 3 words: yes it was.

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They renamed it "Windows 7" and then everyone loved it. I loved Vista, it was like Windows XP, but with less crashing.

vinesauce already did this.

I actually loved Vista, to me it was the modern age of Operating Systems, 7 was a good refinement. 10 After disabling all the crappy parts is a nice upgrade from 7.
PS: In consider WIN 7 and WIN 10 to be a part of the Vista lineage, with 8.1 being more mobile centric but still part of the overall family although I completely skipped 8/8.1.

Using Windwoes is its own punishment.

I liked windows Vista very much. But switched back to windows xp when service pack 3 came out

I had 3 computers in my life, the first two had the worse windows you can have, ME and Vista, i have windows 10 now and this its just caviar in comparison with those windows back in the day.

I had try windows 95 98 ME xP Vista 8 and 10 by far the worse ones was ME and Vista in my opinion.

I remember way back when after our old ass Xp finally broke, my dad bought a windows vista which was the newest windows OS at the time. Honestly though I remember it being a pretty big update compared to the Xp, and it ran perfectly fine.

Thought the beginning was an ad

Man it would be been so cool if you did the sponsor in the narrator voice

It worked FINE on powerful computers. The issue is that they kept putting it on pc's that couldn't handle it, and windows 7 fixed a lot.

I think windows ME was worst

The unsung hero.

Y E S !