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Originally Posted by efjay
I thinks its more a case of Vista's initial perception as a failure leading to being regarded a failure in other areas. It runs well now with few problems for the majority of users, so why is it still regarded as a failure?
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Actually, it doesn't run any better than it did 2 years ago unless you have the hardware to support it and aren't running old apps. The compatiblity improvments in Vista (and there have been some in Sp1 and Sp2) are a drop in the bucket compared to the problems it still has, and it has done
nothing to reduce system requirements. Many people with a new PC purchased in 2006 still cannot run anything but Home Basic and some cannot run it at all. The only reason more and more people run it successfully is their PC is 2007 or later, and for those devices, it runs fine - assuming you find drivers for your printer/scanner/name-your-external-device-here. It is a bandaid approach though.
Again, I run it daily and generally like it, but it is a failure. The best thing Ballmer had to say about it is it is a work in progress.
Ballmer: Vista a 'work in progress'
Damning praise.