of Vista in his 2019 YouTube video. He noted that hardware developers and OEMs didn't follow Microsoft's well-defined guidelines as to the technical specs needed to run Vista. And as such, it was being deployed to underpowered machines that were misleading labeled as "Vista Capable". Also that the new NT kernel that Vista was based on required re-written hardware drivers, and developers were unprepared for this, and stalled on it in light of Vista's increasingly sour reputation. Vista also featured a new memory management model, which was poorly understood by consumers (and Microsoft did themselves no favors by badly marketing it). Vista was not necessarily consuming excessive RAM, it kept frequently used programs running in the background as a way to smooth out operation (a feature common in most later OSs). And that by the time Windows 7 was released, three years of improved computer hardware and updated drivers provided the OS a better launch and reputation. Despite him opining that it was a fresh coat of paint on the foundations of Vista. He ultimately argued that Vista may be considered ahead of its time: Released to an underpowered hardware market, that wasn't receptive to the needed changes for the more robust OS. See also Criticism of Windows 10 Mojave Experiment References External links Bad Vista FSF campaign Microsoft criticisms and controversies Windows Vista Windows Vista de:Windows Vista