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April 11th - Microsoft Ends Windows Vista Support
It most certainly has had a good run for roughly 10 years, but today Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows Vista. Windows Vista goes down in history as one of the least popular Windows versions, ever.
As successor to the popular Windows XP, Vista was presented as a new revolutionary OS for the home user, with a completely new management and appearance. As it turned out, Vista was a bit .. well let's call it 'heavy' for the average PC,' as it had hefty system requirements. The lack of support from hardware and peripherals such as printers and video cards, was a significant problem as well. It however set the groundwork for what was to become Windows 7.
As the story goes, it was an expensive ordeal for Microsoft. The development of Vista (started in 2001) and Microsoft had to their own admission $6 billion in cost. Fortunately for Microsoft, Windows 7 was a great success. Perhaps that was Windows Vista done right.
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#5419402 Posted on: 04/12/2017 12:36 PM
It means no more updates, previously released updates should still be available.
Does ending Vista support mean that existing Microsoft updates for Vista are no longer available or just the cessation of addition updates?
It means no more updates, previously released updates should still be available.
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#5419513 Posted on: 04/12/2017 03:43 PM
I also said it was an important, adequate, and usable OS (after it was patched). But yeah, let's just focus on the 1 negative and dismiss it with a personal anecdote.
I have no doubt that you have used Vista without it being a problem, but just because something suits your needs, that never implies it is good. I suppose it would be fair to say that what is good depends on how you're looking at it. In terms of usability, Vista was very good. Vista is still comfortably usable by today's standards, assuming your hardware is compatible. In terms of it's capabilities vs other OSes, it was sub-par. Vista was bloated, it's security was very flawed, it wasn't very efficient or snappy, and there were many things that had room for improvement.
Look at in this perspective: Using Vista is like driving a Lada - when you look closely, it's not bad by any means; there's no shame in driving one. It will get the job done without leaving you stranded. But, it isn't particularly good at doing anything. There are other vehicles (used or otherwise, older or newer) that could offer more for the same price.
Talk about yourself. I used vista since it came out until some time in 2014. For me it was a damn great os.
I also said it was an important, adequate, and usable OS (after it was patched). But yeah, let's just focus on the 1 negative and dismiss it with a personal anecdote.
I have no doubt that you have used Vista without it being a problem, but just because something suits your needs, that never implies it is good. I suppose it would be fair to say that what is good depends on how you're looking at it. In terms of usability, Vista was very good. Vista is still comfortably usable by today's standards, assuming your hardware is compatible. In terms of it's capabilities vs other OSes, it was sub-par. Vista was bloated, it's security was very flawed, it wasn't very efficient or snappy, and there were many things that had room for improvement.
Look at in this perspective: Using Vista is like driving a Lada - when you look closely, it's not bad by any means; there's no shame in driving one. It will get the job done without leaving you stranded. But, it isn't particularly good at doing anything. There are other vehicles (used or otherwise, older or newer) that could offer more for the same price.
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Does ending Vista support mean that existing Microsoft updates for Vista are no longer available or just the cessation of addition updates?