Was Windows Vista THAT bad?

I mean, was it that bad?

Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[haisuri]

I thought the CPU meter was a speed meter of the computer, so I always wanted to make it 100% as a kid.

[OneTwoMark]

I remember back in the day on my Windows XP machine downloading skins to make it look like Vista and thinking I was the shit.

[InkyPony]

I was 12 years old when Vista launched, and as a kid who didn't care or know about any technical faults in the OS, I always really liked Vista. In fact, both XP and Vista are incredibly nostalgic for me. Playing World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade on the family PC with Vista on it, that bubble screensaver. Just everything about the design was really pretty. And I don't recall my parents complaining too much about it. It was a good time.

[colescrustycars]

When my mom passed last year, I inherited a old computer she hasnt used in years. A dell inspiron 530 running Vista. I decided last night to see if I could get it going and see what's on it. I'm so glad I did. Hundreds of pictures she had saved on it. Alot I've never seen before! Besides a dead cmos battery, it just fired up an ran fine. I put another 2g of ram in it I had laying around, got the wireless card working, put a working internet browser on it and mess with it last night till 3am. I literally told my wife to trash it 6 months ago, so glad she didnt!

[alwanrosyidi]

I actually prefer the glass look of Vista/7 to modern retro flat design.

[MyInstantSearch]

That intro - ad transition was smooth AF 10/10

[petreopashinovopasinis]

I had zero issues with Windows Vista. I had a mid-grade system that had way more than the basic requirements for the OS. Maybe I just had the right combination of hardware, or maybe I was using peripherals that had updated drives; I'm not sure. Regardless, I never had Vista crash constantly and I was able to run everything I needed with a new pretty OS. I never understood how so many people had a problem with it, because I thought it was pretty decent. Also, as you said, when I ungraded to 7, it felt very similar to Vista with a new theme.

[ugh.idontwanna]

I mean, the main reason nobody talked about Windows system requirements from Windows 7 to 10 is that they barely changed since Vista. On the Japanese image board 2chan, "XP-tan" - A manga personification of the OS - was often depicted with an empty rice bowl with "memory" written on it. She was considered resource-hungry and yet Vista required SIXTEEN times more bytes of RAM. No wonder it left such a bad first impression.
Also, not having drivers ready on day one of a massively delayed OS release is such an Nvidia move.

[panzerstef]

2007: Aero is beautiful but my computer is too weak

2018: Computers are incredibly powerful but there is no Aero today

[nogoat]

4:22 I remember seeing Monitors, Yes, Monitors shipping with 'Works With Windows Vista" Stickers.

[edwardwilliams]

Can I just say out of all of themes windows has experimented with, I love the look of vista more than 7. It just has that calming yet punchy colors that really grew on me

[kphoenix]

"After this word.. from our sponsor"
Me: *tap tap tap tap tap*

[leipa]

"yes ...and no. Which makes a yo"


~Linus Techtip

[kristofs]

I loved Windows Vista! It was a true game changer after the old XP. I never understood why people complained about it, although I only played games on it.

With their innovation they should have stopped at Windows 7. It was the best out of them for me personally. Since Windows 8 all the garbage came with every release. After a new install you have at least 200 applications from which u won't ever use more than 10.

[Namel_]

I will always love Vista purely because of nostalgia, this was the first OS I ever used on my grandpa’s PC.

[jayscoottey]

My parents laptop, the first computer I really used, had Vista, so it holds a soft spot in my heart.

[bonniebishop]

Microsoft in 2008: Windows Vista "The Mojave Experiment"
Apple in 2018: macOS Mojave

[bunnygirl]

I actually really liked it. I got it after Service Pack One though so most bugs were ironed out. But it really was a huge leap forward from XP

[Dheeidjdndbd]

4:02 reminds me of new windows 11 hardware requirements

[alandcapelari]

"OS full of bloat" they have improved very much in Win10, and by that I mean they have filled it with a lot more bloat.