Revisiting Windows Vista in 2023 - The OS that was too ahead of its time

Over the years, Windows Vista has been seen as one of the WORST windows operating systems ever. The operating system had constant BSODs, crashes, slow downs, and the entire OS development got reset in 2004... but is it really that bad in 2023?

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Timestamps
Introduction: 0:00
Installing Windows Vista: 0:25
1. Windows Aero 2:06
2. Desktop Gadgets 2:43
3. Windows Games 5:12
4. Control Panel 7:14
5. Web Browsing 8:36
6. Media Playback 14:08
7. Applications 16:03
8. Windows Media Center 19:01
9. Desktop Wallpapers 20:58
10. Windows Update 22:14
Conclusion 23:17

#windowsvista #windows #retrospective

[jayboo]

Windows Vista is a good OS along with Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10. But no thanks to Windows 11. I wish Microsoft can get rid of Windows 11 and keep Windows 10 as the lastest version of Windows.

[crpony]

I put together a gaming PC in early 2008 running Vista Home premium and it was pretty reliable. I didn't have too many problems knock on wood. I liked the GUI. I also had a Toshiba Qosmio in early 2008 with Vista Ultimate that was also reliable. Maybe I got lucky.

[Taterzz]

i remember going back to XP specifically because FFXI ran so much worse on Vista. good times.

[BracaTodorovic]

Windows Vista was very good OS, the beginning of Win 7!❤

[kevinsahm]

i use the extended kernel for windows vista 64 bit and can use up to date firefox web browser

[dimitriousdrake]

I appreciate a smooth video that gets straight to the point.

[odinankeraa]

Windows Vista and above are officially made for flat screens when it comes to themes

[Foxcola]

I like the installation process when the background music is the Windows Vista remix 🙂

[andrewcameron]

i never really had any issues with vista i had a rtm copy on my machine when i brought it from pc world back in 2008, i then had SP1 for a while till i upgraded to windows 7, i'd say the driver compatibilty was a pain and if you try to install it on a system that is natively slow then expect slow results but you could say the same for 7, infact any windows would be like that on a slow machine, i wanted vista alot when it came out and even 7 when it was released in 2009, 10 and 11 are good operating systems but the problem lies with making microsoft operating systems more fluid and tablet/phone like with fancey tiles and rounded windowed boxes all theses things consume processing and RAM power, so when you put these up against OS's like XP, vista and 7 even on todays hardware its going to work alot different with surprises. good video anyhow a little windows nostalgia right here :)

[Window]

i remember when once it was 2023 and i found some old windows 7 starter laptop and bcs it was so small i just sat with it for a few hours while watching yt (it already had chrome installed)

[MaruAngelo-bgvm]

Windows Vista RTM = Windows Me
Windows Vista SP2 = Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 SP1

[MaruAngelo-bgvm]

But SP2 fixed everything about the problems of Vista RTM so it just became as reliable as Windows 7 SP1 and that's why Vista SP2 is so much better than RTM.

[bedrocklolgame]

The graphics issues are only present on virtual machines. It's unlikely you'll encounter them in real hardware.

[MaruAngelo-bgvm]

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 doesn't suck.

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[WindowsXP]

How did u get Aero working in VirtualBox?

[Verizonfan_]

I wonder how windows 7 was so successful even though it was just a copy of vista...

[MaruAngelo-bgvm]

Windows Vista was one of the reliable versions when they hit SP1 and SP2.

[wofvhxq]

question why does your monitor keep going light to dark?

[Jordansklar]

for me it goes
3.11 good
95 okay
98 good
98se great
ME bad
2000 Good
XP great
Vista good
7 Great after 7 died i switched to Linux in 2020 on occasion ill use 8.1 if i absolutely have to but no way am i using 10 or 11
8.0 bad
8.1 okay
10 bad
11 absolute Crap

scores
4 Good 3.11, 98, 2000, Vista
3 Great 98SE, XP, 7
2 Okay 95, 8.1
3 Bad ME, 8.0, 10
1 Crap 11

[paolovolante]

Vista is the reason why I switched to Macos and then Linux. Too many blue screens per day.