The document provides a report card on Windows Vista, discussing its release, reception, and issues. It was released in 2007 after 5 years of development but did not meet expectations. Vista is not a bad system but had many problems including being slow, requiring powerful hardware, and having drivers that were not ready. While it improved security, it had no compelling new features and was disappointing overall. Windows 7 is expected to improve on Vista and be released in mid-2009.