As Microsoft continuously promotes the fact that Vista is their most secure operating system, there are others who don’t think it is worth the money. There are those who say that by just installing the most current updates for XP SP2, you can be just as secure without spending the $200 for Vista.

Microsoft officially launched Vista for consumers Tuesday. 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.

Safety and security is the overriding feature that most people will want to have Windows Vista for,” Jim Allchin, Microsoft’s outgoing Windows chief, told CNET News.com a year ago. “Even if they are not into home entertainment or in any of the specialty areas, they are just going to feel safer and more secure by using it.”

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.[more]

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