John
I liked VIsta when it was current. I wouldn't go back to it though. Windows 10 is a far better OS in every way that matters and some that don't. 

Ok so the ribbing wasn't as funny as I thought.

abacab
I avoided Vista.  Stayed on XP, until jumping to Win 7 at XP end-of-life.

Same here. Then I did the 10 thing. 
 
In fact I just went from XP to Win 10 Home ($119) on my 2008 Inspiron 9400 laptop. Upgraded the memory from 2GB to 4GB ($22). This will be a travelling Mixbus 32C machine (where I will do essentially audio only fiddly-faddle).

Vista was a huge change from XP. It needed the right hardware to run well. I built my machine to run Vista and it did run it well. I also did keep it updated. I skipped Windows 7 because I didn't see much difference when it came out. The same machine is running Win 10 very well  so I have no complaints.    

I wasn't a big fan of Vista but it was a big change from XP. It looked a lot more professional than XP did and once a few updates came out, Vista ran very nice. I was a bigger fan of Win 7 but I respect what Vista was. it was the parent of Windows 7 which behind the scenes Microsoft was building a great OS (one of the best in my opinion) which was Win 7.
 
I use Windows 8.1 right now in my Work DAW. but have Windows 10 installed on my laptop.

Note that for anyone still running Vista anywhere, Extended Support ended from Microsoft as of 4/11/17
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/22882/windows-vista-end-of-support
 
I had it on an old laptop that I formatted and am working to repurpose as a Media Player because there's just too many autobots out there looking for vulnerable systems.
 
Keith

LJB

DeeringAmps
I love my "Model A"!
Hope this doesn't become an issue with Win 7 for several more years...
 
T

You'll love '10 - upgrade and see how she goes.

Breaking something every update usually.

Last 3 places I've worked contracting have been on Win7 with no plans to upgrade to 10 anytime in the foreseeable future.  Think we're good on 7 for a while.  I would bet support for 8 goes away before 7.

SF_Green
I would bet support for 8 goes away before 7.

According to Microsoft Windows 7 support ends on January 14, 2020, whereas Windows 8 support ends on January 10, 2023, so I don't think Sonar support for 8 goes away before 7

Source:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet

promidi

SF_Green
I would bet support for 8 goes away before 7.

According to Microsoft Windows 7 support ends on January 14, 2020, whereas Windows 8 support ends on January 10, 2023, so I don't think Sonar support for 8 goes away before 7

Source:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet

Thanks for the info. Good to know the schedule. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if the Win 7 date didn't get pushed back like XP did. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

I still have Xp on my little Asus Netbook which is now my lyric display for live gigs. I also use it when travelling for e mail and internet stuff. I figure if it gets a virus it only takes a small effort to re do it. It won't run on W7 being so pathetic at 1.5 Gz. I put an SSD drive in it and it is super fast to boot and run. Once your in Chrome you can't really feel any difference in browsing speed. Chrome nags me that it can't guarantee my safety. But for all it's worth, no matter the warnings, it's been at least 2 years and XP still works fine and I've yet to be attacked by monsters. It's all fear mongering as far as I can tell.And one day it even did an update??.