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20 Things You Won’t Like About Windows Vista
Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
The same thing happened with Windows XP. When Beta 2 arrived, I found myself torn between 
what was new and good about the operating system, and what was new and bad.
Significant negatives back in 2001 included product activation (which doesn’t affect Microsoft volume licensing customers), changes to the network-configuration user interface and the way XP interacted with other versions of Windows on small networks. Was Windows XP truly better than Windows 2000? It was a toss-up in many ways. In the end, I went with the improved app compatibility and user interface improvements of XP. But it wasn’t by much.
Well, Microsoft just upped the ante on internal conflict with the release of Vista Beta 2. It boils down to this: The software giant is favoring security and IT controls over end-user productivity. Don’t get me wrong, security and IT manageability are very good things. But some of the people actually using the Beta 2 Vista software describe their experience as akin to that of a rat caught in a maze. Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won’t Like About Windows Vista
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