Vista Security

January 2007

Experts: Don't buy Vista for the security.
Windows Vista is a leap forward in terms of security, but few people who
know the operating system say the advances are enough to justify an upgrade.
Microsoft officially launched Vista for consumers Tuesday, January 30.
The software giant promotes the new operating system as the most secure
version of Windows yet. It's a drum Microsoft has been beating for some time. Now that Vista
is finally here, pundits praise the security work Microsoft has done. However, most say that is
no reason to dump a functioning PC running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and shell out
$200 to upgrade to Vista. "As long as XP users keep their updates current, there's generally no
compelling reason to buy into the hype and purchase Vista right away," said David Milman,
chief executive of Rescuecom, a computer repair and support company. "Upgrading to Vista is
pretty expensive, not only the new software but often new hardware as well," said Gartner
analyst John Pescatore. "If you put IE 7 on a Windows XP SP2 PC, along with the usual
third_party firewall, antiviral and antispyware tools, you can have a perfectly secure PC if you
keep up with the patches."
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