The problem with Vista largely wasn't the OS itself. It was: - They changed the driver model from XP and a lot of 3rd parties either didn't have compatible dr

The problem with Vista largely wasn't the OS itself. It was: - They changed the driver model from XP and a lot of 3rd parties either didn't have compatible drivers out at launch day (or anywhere soon after), or had buggy, unreliable ones. - They set the minimum hardware requirements too low and so a lot of garbage was sold at the low-end of the market with a Vista sticker that was never really going to be able to run the OS well. If you bought a new, higher-end device with Vista, you likely had a decent experience.