The “Ow” starts now - 100 reasons not to upgrade to Windows Vista (part 1)

Windows Vista. Basically paying $239 or $399 to buy Direct X 10, and some design and fixes to IE on top of Windows XP. That is $399 in the era of the ‘$100 laptop’ (admittedly the $100 is a goal, estimates currently lying at around $160).

Windows Vista is a step by Microsoft to keep gaming on Windows, and force content providers to be tied into Windows. You are basically buying their patches, which can be achieved for free using the steps below, some new graphics, which again, you can find for free using the Microsoft theme patch (to allow you to install you own themes on XP…) and DirectX 10. Don’t be fooled.

Do not upgrade to windows vista. Why you ask? Here are 100 reasons given by Microsoft to upgrade to Windows Vista, and 100 reasons why you shouldn’t:

I have interspersed it with the 10 reasons Microsoft gave to upgrade to Windows XP.

If you use WindowsXP you should certainly either wait until the NEXT Windows, or switch right now to Apple or Linux. Don’t upgrade to Vista. Tell your friends.