The 10 Most Overrated Products
Hype springs eternal. Lots of technologies, products, and services don't merit the praise heaped on them. Here are 10 tech items that don't live up to their billing--and 10 that deserve respect that they don't receive.
Darren Gladstone, PC World
Overrated: Windows XP; Underrated: Windows Vista
"Save Windows XP!" is the rallying cry of Windows users dismayed by the needless bloat of Vista. But didn't everyone have the same critique of Windows XP when it first galumphed into public view like an unsteady rubber monster?
What did Vista get right? For starters, though the User Account Control feature is like an annoying little sister who constantly pokes you, it makes Vista more secure than XP. Vista also trounces XP in handling mobile devices, networking, multimedia files, and photos. On top of that, it has a cleaner, more navigable interface--one eerily reminiscent of a certain Mac operating system.
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