Although this blog’s name isn’t specific to the XP version of Microsoft Windows, for the moment that’s the only version of Windows I recommend. Why? Because it’s the most commonly used version of Windows right now (2007) and that means:
- It’s likely to stay the most common version for at least another few years,
- It’s the most well-supported, by software and especially by the manufacturers of hardware who write drivers (video, sound, motherboards, peripherals, etc.),
- It’s the most tested, and most patched and fixed,
- It’s the cheapest version - it probably was included with your PC.
If you are not a PC hobbyist or Microsoft developer and you’re actually using your PC to get work done, there’s no reason to upgrade to Vista. NONE. Resist the marketing demons whispering in your ears, saying you can’t be productive/hip without it!
I know people who hastily upgraded from XP to Vista, and are now regretting it: days of work lost to reconfiguring, re-installing, and other ridiculous wastes of time, just to do the same thing they were doing before: word processing, spreadsheets, email, and websurfing! Worse still, you can’t downgrade back to XP either to make all the pain go away. So just don’t do it.
If you get Vista new with a new machine; then sure, go from there. But if you have Windows XP already, stay with it.
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