Review: Microsoft’s Windows Vista Pokey, Problematic

I already have my plans booked for the coming weekend. No, I am not going to take my kids to the park for some summer fun or check out Hancock at the theaters like I had planned.

Instead, I will probably be wiping my laptop of the last shreds of Windows Vista and reinstalling Windows XP Professional and trying to find all of the drivers I need to get everything working right again. No, it does not sound like

a lovely weekend, but it is not like I didn’t give Vista a chance.

My laptop actually came with Vista Business edition pre-installed, so I didn’t precisely expect a lot of problems. I had the choice of leaving it the way that was or installing my corporate load of XP Pro, but being an early adopter and a beta tester has its advantages when you’re in IT for a living. I […]

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