Advantages:
- higher degree of security-safer surfing of web
- parents can block certain websites for their kids web safety
- improved Windows Explorer search-more filtering in your search
- manage photos using built-in photo gallery
- latest multimedia enhances video and audio of ones favorite videos or music
Disadvantages:
- compatibility issues when upgrade to vista from older operating system
- requires alot of resources in order to function-need a powerful machine to run it
- very expensivc
- prone to security issues
- in some cases the new appearance is harder for some to use such as smaller buttons
