Microsoft on Wednesday released a white paper targeted at the many businesses that have chosen to stick with Windows XP instead of moving to Vista. It argues that Vista is more secure, reliable, and can save companies money when it comes to management and deployment. “We have tried to close gaps for consumers, and we’re doing the same for enterprises,” Mike Nash, vice president of Windows Client Product Management at Microsoft, told ZDNet.co.uk’s sister site, CNET News.com.
The built-in search feature of Windows Vista is no match for the Spotlight search feature of Mac OSX which is unobtrusive when indexing, fast to find your files right off the bat and just smarter. Microsoft is playing catch-up with its search feature and with the latest update may just be getting there.
Arguably one of the biggest problems that stunted Windows Vista’s uptake for months after its release was third-party drivers. Many hardware companies simply did not bother producing proper drivers for Vista and this didn’t sit well with end-users. Nvidia drivers were blamed for causing the largest percentage of crashes for Vista (more even than Microsoft’s own bugs).


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