Windows Vista

I ordered my copy of Windows Vista last week from PC Mall for my work laptop. Because of my job I need to keep up with the Jones’s and in following my track record of being self taught I thought I’d take the plunge. I havent’ looked at any of the Vista betas since I wanted my work machine to be stable and as you’ll read below I did my fair share of dealing with XP betas back in the day.
1990

My love hate relationship with Windows started with Windows 2.0 (which was released in 1987) I got my first computer the winter of 1990 for my birthday and Windows 3.0 came out months after I got my computer. My great uncle was my source of software and he bought me the 3.0, 3.1 and 3.11 upgrades. 3.0 ran like a champ on my 386/12, it almost never crashed on me.
1995

1995 came around it was my junior year in HS and the world was buzzing about Windows 95, I got a copy from my uncle this time too. 1995 was fast it had new features and worked fairly well on my 486/SX which later became a DX2/100 which was way faster.
1998

I’m 20 years old I laid down the money for Windows 98, this version lasted for 2 years until 2000 came out.  I think I ran this on a Pentium processor running at 266.
2000

I got a copy of XP Beta from a friend of mine and I like many people followed along with the beta until its release in 2001. I had a Pentium 3 and later a Pentium 4 ranging in various mhz and ghz.
2007

Six years later and Microsoft finally releases Vista. This year is also the year I’ll be switching from Windows XP to OSX on my home machine. I’ll run Bootcamp and/or Parallels to give Vista a taste but I think I’ll use it more on my work laptop then on my home machine. Currently my home machine is an Intel 3.2ghz with Hyperthreading. Months after I got this processor the Dual Core versions came out.