I&#x27;ve used Linux for many years, but I&#x27;ve always defended Vista. The other complaint about Vista was excessive resource use. I tell people that When XP came out, Intel released the Pentium 4. When Vista came out, Intel released the Core 2 Duo.<p>I&#x27;m conflating processor date with date-you-could-buy-a-computer-with-that-chip, but still: Pentium 4 is a world away from Core. Windows Vista does a lot more than XP.<p>The complaints went away because people gradually bought computers with Core architectures.