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Breaking Three Vista Myths: Standing Tall on My Vista
Soapbox
By Greg Shields
Shattering all previous records, my recent column,
"Standing Tall on
My Vista Soapbox"
http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=2561 , racked up
more than several dozen reader comments in only a week. It's
evident
that the debate regarding Vista's worth in business networks
is still
raging more than a year past Vista's release.
Now, don't get me wrong. I love a good debate as much as the
next
guy. I'm particularly excited to hear all the great comments
on both
sides of the fence. The readership here at MCPmag.com is
full of
enlightened people with real-world experience, and every
"pro" and
"con" argument so far has been grounded in
excellent experience.
But I still see some misconceptions about Vista that I feel
need
more open discussion.
Plus, it's always enlightening to keep the conversation
going, and
columns like this tend to do just that...
XP IS BETTER BECAUSE XP IS FASTER
Every Microsoft operating system released to date has, in
many ways,
underperformed the OS it replaces. Windows XP was slower
than
Windows 98. Windows 2003 was slower than Windows 2000. Vista
is most
definitely slower than Windows XP.
But all of these comparisons are done using today's
hardware. OSs are
designed to be long-lasting software entities in a hardware
world
bound by Moore's Law http://en.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law . Some
of today's desktop computers have a hard time swallowing
Vista's
hardware requirements, while at the same time they run
Windows XP with
great performance. But Windows XP was released in 2001, then
designed
to push the envelope for the hardware of 2001. Moore's Law
has struck
five times since then, doubling computing power every time.
We'll see
the same story with this release as well.
Heck, if XP is better than Vista because it's faster, then
the
argument holds that Windows ME is even better still!
VISTA CAUSES APPLICATION CONFLICTS
In a way, this argument is partially true, but for all the
right
reasons. Prior to Vista and unlike virtually every other
modern day
OS, Windows was unique in that drivers and applications
enjoyed
direct kernel access (also referred to as "Ring
0"). This direct
access brought about great levels of application
compatibility, but
at the cost of system security and stability. Vista removes
that
direct access and, as a result, many applications and
virtually
every driver broke and required redevelopment.
It is because of this change that Vista's initial release
found many
application conflicts. Some remain today. But where end
users see
broken applications, Vista's kernel sees improved security,
a
lessened need for patches over time, and improved
reliability as
poorly written applications are less likely to take down the
entire system.
VISTA PROVIDES NO COMPELLING FEATURES TO DRIVE AN UPGRADE
While Vista's outward benefits may be hard to locate for the
end user,
its improvements to manageability and security make it a
compelling upgrade.
Vista adds enhanced firewall capabilities that make firewall
use
both on and off the domain operationally feasible. Advanced
firewalling implementations such as Domain and Server
Isolation and
Network Access Protection are also now within the realm of
possibility. Vista increases by over 40 percent the number
of
elements manageable through Group Policy. It adds more
layers of
protection for Internet Explorer through Windows Integrity
Control.
Above all, it aids your vision during troubleshooting
through its
enhancements to the Event Log, Memory Diagnostic Tools and
Reliability & Performance Monitor, all the while
speeding your
ability to repair faults through its WinPE-based
installation.
It's obvious that I'm a big fan, but it's your opinions that
matter
most. Do you have thoughts or experience to the contrary?
Please
continue sharing your impressions about Microsoft's newest
desktop
OS either in the comments or through e-mail.
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