Why Windows Vista Won't Suck
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 02/28/2006 01:52 PM [ Print | 4 comment(s) ] · 5839 views
It's taking forever for Microsoft to finish it, and many users are still cringing from past OS upgrades (like Windows ME). We present some of the big changes in Windows Vista that make it a true generation leap over Windows.
Many users view Windows XP (and Windows 2000, and previous Windows versions) as unsafe. No matter how many patches and updates Microsoft releases, the foundation of the OS itself?the kernel?is designed and built in a way that prevents it from being truly secure. The only solution, it is argued, is to redesign and rebuild the kernel with a focus on security and stability.
Well, that's exactly what Microsoft is doing with Vista. The whole kernel has been reorganized and rewritten to help prevent software from affecting the system in unsavory ways. In Vista, it should be much more difficult for unauthorized programs (like Viruses and Trojans) to affect the core of the OS and secretly harm your system.
That's not all, of course. Microsoft has made it their aim to make life easier on developers by improving and simplifying the way software interfaces with the system and the underlying hardware. Naturally, performance has been a major concern, too.
ExtremeTech
Many users view Windows XP (and Windows 2000, and previous Windows versions) as unsafe. No matter how many patches and updates Microsoft releases, the foundation of the OS itself?the kernel?is designed and built in a way that prevents it from being truly secure. The only solution, it is argued, is to redesign and rebuild the kernel with a focus on security and stability.
Well, that's exactly what Microsoft is doing with Vista. The whole kernel has been reorganized and rewritten to help prevent software from affecting the system in unsavory ways. In Vista, it should be much more difficult for unauthorized programs (like Viruses and Trojans) to affect the core of the OS and secretly harm your system.
That's not all, of course. Microsoft has made it their aim to make life easier on developers by improving and simplifying the way software interfaces with the system and the underlying hardware. Naturally, performance has been a major concern, too.
ExtremeTech
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Killermac Posts: 0 Joined: 2007-09-09 |
#64226 Posted on: 03/01/2006 03:42 AM
yes well coming from ME to vista that will be a huge change. I am sure that people will love the fact that USB works all the time.....I love XP and will move to visa when it arrives but to say that it truly is unsecure then why do enterprises use it insted of sticking with NT.... |
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Juomaru Posts: 112 Joined: 2002-03-29 |
#64227 Posted on: 03/01/2006 07:30 AM
Let me see ... everything was and is still unsafe till Vista? Boy, what pathetic lives people have all these times? We must still be "Caveman". |
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Dapple Posts: 2 Joined: 2002-07-21 |
#64228 Posted on: 03/01/2006 12:18 PM
The only thing that will make vista not suck ,is to remove all the embeded DRM crap . |
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Nemo Unregistered |
#64230 Posted on: 03/01/2006 01:18 PM
MS is king!!!! vive Vista!!! cant wait for IE7 either.... the nail in the coffin for the fartfox fanboys  |
