Then there are the system recovery, and firewall, and other pleasant things. The security system has been refined, but a stable system call was not. Significantly changed the situation and not SP1. It was only with ServicePack 2 OS release was full. But, apparently due to the hurried development, Windows XP was carrying a huge number of vulnerabilities.

Among them were inherited from Windows 2000 (Error in NTVDM and others), and their own. Due to the wide dissemination and XP its "leaky" in the network began to appear a lot of malware that even wrote a 15-year-olds (note that the lion's share of these programs worked only with Windows XP because of it unique to the "holes"). Now there is a SP3 for this OS. Typically, Windows XP SP3 is also possible to see installed at different terminals. On the latest generation of Microsoft operating systems can be seen in Windows Vista. What catches the eye at first glance.

Personally, I was struck by the apparent redundancy in the GUI. Standard user interface of Windows XP is enough. At the same time quite demanding Vista system resources. It is desirable to have a processor with a frequency of 1-1.4 GHz and 512 MB RAM (and minimum). Yes system thoroughly reworked: new boot, an updated kernel, new security techniques. But whether all this? I like to boot the old Windows 2000/XP, options which you can edit only one change file (boot.ini). In Vista, there is a separate utility to edit the database loader (yes, the database). Upgrading the kernel is undoubtedly useful for the system as a whole (in the linux kernel is updated regularly), but Vista refused to perform some very Useful software written for earlier versions of Windows. Vista security too far from the mark – some operating system components have been tampered with or prior to its official release, or immediately afterwards. Windows 7 is a continuation of Vista, but carefully revised and optimized. In fact, Windows Vista in the market has failed. Members or refuse to pass on it with XP, or tolerate it because of the lack of drivers for their hardware for earlier versions of Windows (typical for notebooks). Before the official release of Windows 7 remains very little and hope that this time hopes were not in vain. In this article, were not considered many things, the implementation of file systems, network protocols, policies security, encryption tools, and more. All this is put into the framework of one article is impossible, but in detail these and other questions must be considered. All the facts set forth above is true and not someone else's fiction. All the products were compared on several criteria, however, cover all aspects we can not. Therefore, some advantages and disadvantages of Windows have been intentionally omitted. I must say that to draw objective conclusions quite difficult, and hence the result also reflects the personal opinions of the author in one way or another. Additions to the article you can find in a computer blog