Windows Vista: How It Can Be Better

What’s your take on Vista? I used to have the impression that it was slow, but that changed when I was over in Thailand and had to use a laptop that had that operating system loaded. Not only was it slow, it was also obtrusive. I was using a legitimate program that had to modify the registry every time I closed it and, you guessed it, Vista kept asking me if I wanted to allow the said changes. In the end, I got so used to allowing it that it didn’t matter whether I read the warning or not. In doing so, I basically rendered a supposed security feature useless.

PC Mag editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff points out what can be done to salvage Vista. And no, this isn’t some Vista-bashing column. Far from it. The article is critical of Microsoft’s operating system, but in a well-intentioned manner. Among his suggestions, here’s the one that’s right on target:

Stop trying to make Windows all things to all people. Build it for three core tasks: e-mail, Web browsing, and document creation (which would cover 75 percent or more of the computing world’s needs). Sell the OS for $19.99. Then build a dozen or so add-ons that users can bolt on to create the task-oriented OS they want: writing, music, video creation, art work, accounting and business, and so on.

You can read the entire article via the link below.

Source: PCMag

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