The Loop: Vista: One Year Later

It’s been a bumpy ride for Vista thus far. At first, the world eagerly welcomed the attractive looking operating system into their homes and onto their computers, but eventually found it to be a bit of a let down. Sure, it looked good and the media features were great, but in a lot of ways it paled in comparison to its predecessor, Windows XP.

Many users have deemed the shortcomings, bugs and software compatibility issues of the OS intolerable, but fixes are finally on the way. Service Pack 1 will be available to consumers in March. For those with Vista the hope is, SP1 will finally exterminate those pesky software bugs, but for those still using XP, will SP1 be reason enough to finally get on board with Vista?

To answer that question we’ll welcome the Editor In Chief for Engadget, Ryan Block and the Senior Editor for Cnet, Dan Ackerman.