Five Reasons to Hate Windows Vista

Unfortunately, I recently bought my Mom a new PC. I say "unfortunately" because I couldn't find an XP-based computer anywhere. By the time I had enough cash to buy Mom's new computer, Windows Vista had taken over every system within driving distance. But at least I got Mom something nice for the holidays, right? Right? I'm still a good daughter even though I inflicted the virus that is Vista on my sweet, innocent parental unit, right? I'll keep telling myself that.

Mom and I already hate Vista. Mom loves the actual computer, but she is currently sitting in her computer chair, swearing randomly and yelling at me to find her XP disc so that I can either roll back to that OS or set up a dual boot. I'm heading off to do one or the other as soon as I have my little rant here.

Fortunately for you, I'm keeping the rant to a mere five reasons for hating Windows Vista. Just five. It won't take you long to read - and I'm sure that you'll agree with every single one of them. If you don't, then you're probably Bill Gates. But then again: rumor has it that he's still using XP (dirty little sneak).

Five: User Account Control

I thought, before I tried this stupid operating system, that the Mac commercial was exaggerating the frustration and annoyance that is Vista's UAC. Nope! I was wrong. The system really does prompt you every single time you want to open anything, including folders and features that are part of Vista. Why I need to know the "risks" of opening my Control Panel is beyond me.

But I disabled that stupid feature because, quite honestly, Mom and I both know how to avoid spyware and viruses. We don't need an operating system to stop us dead where we sit and ask, "Are you sure? Really? Do you really want to do this? It could be dangerous, you know. Hey, don't get mad at me. I'm just trying to look out for you, pal. You don't have to swear like that."