Learning IT

[froggyboy604]

I feel it could be the regretful for learning Windows Vista courses and certs because Vista never became very popular.

[Skeithex]

Vista was still more used than W8, but for some, learning XP could still be helpful.

[froggyboy604]

Learning XP could still be useful for users who work at a tech and office job at a bank, school, and library which used XP until Windows 7 or 10 came out.

Windows Vista Home Premium was a flashy looking Operating system which attracted many users with its visual effects and built-in features like Windows Media Center which can play DVD disc movies, and DirectX10 which is needed to play newer PC games which need DirectX10.

I think a lot of PC users bought $200 Windows Vista Intel Celeron Desktop PC made by eMachine and similar budget brands. Those $200 to $300 Vista Desktop PC which can be more useful than slower $200 Windows XP Intel Atom Netbook laptops which sometimes cost more, and do not have a dvd-rom burner drive. A lot of people used to buy physical dvd movies, and physical PC games like Starcraft, and burned music, video, and picture files to DVD-R. I think a lot of cheap Windows Desktop PC came with a DVD writer/burner drive.

Windows Vista came pre-installed with Windows Defender, UAC/User Account Control,and Parental Controls,etc so it is secure than XP.

Some $200 Windows Vista Desktop PC's motherboard allow parts upgrade like upgrading to a maximum 2GB to 4GB of RAM, plugging in another SATA hard drive to increase the storage space, and installing a dedicated lower power PCI-Express video card without upgrading the power supply and cooling system on the PC. Installing a few upgrades like more RAM and a low power video card can help with making their Vista PC good enough to play some free PC games and 3D web browser flash games.

[Skeithex]

oh man, emachine was my first pc with Vista on it, didn't realize it sucked but I still greatly enjoyed it. Still wish it was around.

[froggyboy604]

I remember reading posts online that said eMachine were durable, and did not cost as much money as other computer brands.

[Skeithex]

Mine did hold up well, but the fan did give out and it overheated ruining some things, but any PC can do that.

[froggyboy604]

I heard the fans on desktop PC do eventually die after years of being used for 5 or more hours a day, and I think the power supply fan power cables or the motherboard fan power port can go bad which cuts the power to the fan.