What is the best OS

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Recently i’ve been reading articles about Operating Systems (OS) and especially Windows Vista and 7.

Reading an article in PC Advisor Windows XP, Vista or 7 the verdict. Now we all know that we love XP. However looking at a table in this article just shows one thing. Vista and 7 have more features. Now Windows 7 is coming out i’m begining to wonder are we saying goodbye to Vista way to soon. I mean lets face it, Vista hasn’t had the best of runs. And instead what have Microsoft done. Instead they have created this brand new OS, Windows 7. So what is the best OS?

Right first off there are a few OS’s to steer way clear of. Firstly, no Macs. My friends and I agree that this is a terrible choise in OS. Next there are few distributions of Linux that are reasonably good. The most well know is probably Ubuntu. This isn’t a bad distribution of Linux.

Really this only leaves Windows. Firstly Windows 7. Currently Windows 7 isn’t available to buy. The only way to try Windows 7 is to download the beta version. *NOTE THIS BETA MAY BE UNSTABLE, SO DOWNLOAD AT YOUR OWN RISK* This beta is only available to the first 2.5 million who download it so if it won’t download it’s probably because your too late. To download the beta click here. However, if you are too late but running Windows Vista during the release of Windows 7 there is a possibility of a free upgrade from Vista to 7 however don’t quote me on this because I have only read this from one source and am yet to find out whether this is true.

Next onto Vista. Ok lets be honest, Vista hasn’t worked out too well so far. But i feel that instead of working on ironing out the wrinkles in Vista they have plunged into the deep and created a new OS. This is probably the wrong thing to do as now they are going to have at least one OS with a problem. And it’s most likely that 7 will have problems. And why??? This is just making everyone stick with XP. And with the XP cut off date nigh, no one will buy a new computer. They will upgrade there RAM and stuff like that. Microsoft are just digging themselves into a deep hole and is just getting deeper. Vista is a great OS and Microsoft should have learnt from experienced that they aren’t going to get it perfect first time. With XP they have issued 4 service packs. Vista there is only one. No wonder they aren’t getting anywhere.

And finally the dark horse of the OS world, Windows XP. This is by far everyone’s favourite. The most popular OS ever made. And with everyone loathing Vista, because of it’s bad publicity and not from experience. But they think, just wait out ’till Windows 7 and everything will be fine. But I fail to see how. It’s just going to be a repeat of Vista. People finding flaws and writing numerous complaints. With 4 service packs out Windows XP is pretty much perfect and that’s why it’s everyone’s favourite.

So in conclusion, I feel that you need to have the latest MICROSOFT OS. If there are flaws you submit them to Microsoft and they will make a service pack with everyone’s issues and sort it all out.

Thanks for reading.