Windows Vista: 5 things you might not know about Microsoft's messiest OS release

Windows Vista was Microsoft's messiest OS. Here's 5 reasons why that turned out to be.

It's Windows Vista's birthday! Windows Vista was officially released on January 30, 2007, according to Microsoft. It is known as Microsoft's messiest OS release ever. It took a long time to develop, it was buggy at launch, required users to upgrade their hardware to experience the best new features, and was super expensive. If that isn't enough already, here are a few reasons why Windows Vista failed.

Development Reset

Windows Vista is the only version of Windows in history to have its development reset mid-cycle due to the OS being off course and way behind schedule. Originally codenamed Longhorn, Microsoft began development on Windows Vista in 2001, shortly before the launch of Windows XP. It had forecasted its launch for sometime in 2003, but over time it became increasingly obvious that that deadline was never going to be met. Microsoft added too many new features and technologies into the OS that it had become a total mess.

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