For some people this meant that Vista ran slowly and either didn’t support their hardware/software or crashed trying. There were a lot of other changes made from XP to Vista, both in the interface and under the hood; and people don’t usually like change.
The press universally hated it because of performance-related issues and a lack of resources for new users. In addition, most PCs at the time couldn’t run it because their hardware specifications weren’t powerful enough. But hey, it was a 1.0 product.
You may be thinking “What are the disadvantages of Windows Vista?”
Due to issues with new security features, performance, driver support and product activation, Windows Vista has been the subject of a number of negative assessments by various groups. For security reasons, 64-bit versions of Windows Vista allow only signed drivers to be installed in kernel mode.
This begs the query “Why do people hate Windows XP so much?”
People running 95/98 hated the increased system requirements & incompatibilities. People running 2000 hated it for being dumbed down, performing worse & having a ‘Fischer Price’ theme. There was also bunch of squawking when XP SP2 came out. A number of systems didn’t handle the upgrade right and were hosed.
Why was Vista not popular in the US?
Because of this not many people ended up being able to use it, and then companies were very slow to develop things compatible with Vista. When people had a bunch of buggy things appearing on their screen because of all of this security and software stuff it really was not the most popular.
Was there supposed to be a Windows Vista?
There wasn’t supposed to be a Vista It’s easy to forget that when Microsoft launched Windows XP it was actually trying to change its OS business model to move away from shrink-wrapped software and convert customers to software subscribers.
With Windows Vista, software bloat appears to have finally caught up with Microsoft. Vista has over 50 million lines of code. XP had 35 million when it was released, and since then it has grown to about 40 million.
Why did Windows Vista not work with my old hardware?
Hardware vendors did not rewrite their drivers for the new driver model implemented in Vista so many legacy components and peripherals did not work. This was exacerbated for those opting for the 64-bit version of Vista.