Vista SP2 Official - Fixes & Features Revealed

"there is no reason not to have vista over xp on any capable new pc

anyone who thinks otherwise - name your reasons."

I've had a Vista PC for about 10 months. I pulled the HDD with my files on out of my old PC with XP on and it hasn't even been turned on since then. Vista hasn't really crashed..
-I had an intermittent graphics driver problem. But the screen went black for a second, Vista cleared out the driver and reloaded it, giving my a little "your graphics driver crashed" note on my task bar. Once a new driver came out it was fine again. That on XP would have been an instant blue screen... Vista has never blue screened for me.
- I watch video on my PC, and the screen or windows never tear. Which is due to the new "fancy graphics". XP was a complete pain in the ass for quick time and flash video tearing.
- Vista with UAC, which people bitch about, is MUCH more secure than XP. If you keep your wits about you and use 'no script' you could live fine without antivirus. I wouldn't trust XP that much.

@ andre tropiq: Simple. It's not Vista, it the stuff you've installed on your laptop.

@ jopey: UAC is more secure than the XP way, but it is also incredibly annoying. First thing that goes upon a new Vista install.

Other than that it's great we're getting a new SP, and particulary that MS are taking this more seriously now. I have to admit I was caught up in the Vista hype, even went out and bought the retail version of Ultimate for £350. Not much good that did me (where are the "Extras", MS?) and it will certainly take *a lot* to make me part with any money for a new MS OS.

I'm still bothered by a few little bugs, that occur in Vista. Like every once in a while the whole taskbar becomes unresponsive. And sometimes the Escape-key too.

And then there's the explorer, which has that navigation windows that never seems to remember the view options I'd like it to retain.

Vista is an improvement over XP in a lot of areas, but not in all, as I would have expected. I remember when I saw it for the first time and thought: Wow, the richest IT company in the world works for 5 years on an OS and THIS is it?!