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Canadian Angel
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March 26th, 2007 14:00
How good is Vista?
How good is Vista, really? I keep getting e-mails to upgrade and I'm having a really hard time deciding whether or not to. I've got Windows XP and it's working great, but I'm really confused! What should I do?
Jerry Hughes
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Posted March 26th, 2007 15:00
If you're running XP and it's working well, I'd wait for a few months until Microsoft gets all the bugs out of Vista. But I would eventually upgrade. Vista is going to be a really good system but again, I'd wait to upgrade for a few (at least) months. And yes, if you need to upgrade hardware to accommodate Vista, then I'd really think it over carefully. Questions would be---how old is my present system? Would I be better off waiting a while and buying a brand new system with Vista already installed? Upgrading from XP has had its faults where as buying a new computer with Vista already installed is fool proof. (No reflection on you) :smileywink: But it's not just a question of keeping up with anyone, but keeping up with technology. The latest = the greatest------eventually. Good luck,Jerryinspiron_wvhpe
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Posted March 26th, 2007 15:00
If your really happy with Xp right now and you have a lot of programs that you use on a regular basis and have printer scanner microphone etc then I woul stick with XP. Most venders havent got Vista Drivers made yet so you woulden't be able to use that specific hardware.On the other hand if you dont and you would like to make the move to Vista then go ahead. Dont forget run the Upgrade Advisors First to see what will and wont be compatible. Here they are- I've been running Vista Business on an Optiplex 740, AMD X2 4200, Nvidia 7600 GT, 2 Gig of ram since the end of January. Its has run very well and I like it a lot.I think it all depends on what equipment you have and what software you run. If you have the hardware to run it, and don't need any software that won't run on it, Vista is a good OS.
- I installed VISTA on an Inspiron E1405 laptop with an Intel Duo 1.8, one gig of ram, and integrated intel video. After one week, I wiped it off and went back to XP. It was a nightmare to install. Drivers did not update automatically. I frequently had to download and install a "utility" to get the drivers to work. Even with Aero turned off, the system was SLOW!!! I could never get Motorola Phone Tools to work. There are limited firewalls/spyware programs that will work with VISTA. I found no compelling reason to change. Read the reviews of VISTA to see whats new and what you really want. Most of the "new" functionality is easily duplicated with a good firewall or various plugins from Google that do not need nearly the resources that VISTA requires. My recommendation is not to upgrade and not to buy a new PC with it for several months..
imn2science
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Posted March 26th, 2007 18:00
WAIT! Don't upgrade. I have Vista Home Premium on a new XPS M1210 and the list of things that don't work is a page long.* I can't use an external projector to present- the reason I bought the small laptop - because the color quality reverts to 8-bit and you can't see anything, and then when you unplug the system locks up.* The screensaver locks up the system after 1/2 hour.* If you sleep the computer and then close the lid, when you open it up, it resets itself to a lower resulution.* The right-click function stops functioning in Internet Explorer if you are doing a lot of heavy downloading after 15-20 minutes.* The gadget bar closes itself (errors) and then re-opens upon boot-up.* iTunes actually works except it corrupts the iPod when you eject it, but I am unable to install the latest updates because it tells me VBScript is not installed or not enabled.Need I go on? I swore by Dell for years but I am extremely disaoopinted that they released Vista on this computer when it was clearly not tested. I'd go back to XP in a minute.- Some like it, some don't.Some have many problems, some have none.If you are going to give it a try, at least have the hardware to take full advantage of this new OS.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/default.mspx here are all the versions and the minimum system requirements, do some reading. Remember that minimum requirements will not give the best experience with this new OS, just means that it will install and run.My 2 cents.
- It will be a HUGE MISTAKE to upgrade from XP to Vista if things are fine. "If it aint broke..." I dont see what the hype is about, Aero is silly and provides little functionality, the security may be better but i have it turned off so i dont get annoyed to the bejesus, the networking on my home network IS better than XP's, but internet stuff is the same and I have heard corporate VPN's have issues, and I know a lot of routers have issues, and that is it. Several programs I have that are SUPPOSED to run on Vista dont. So WAIT at least 4 months, dont make the mistake i did.I guess if i LIKED spening all last night troubleshooting my new XPS410 Vista, then I would say to go ahead and do it! But i didnt like it, I wanted to watch "24".... :(I have it on the DVR in HD so dont pity me...
jay nathan
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Posted March 28th, 2007 18:00
Canadian Angel...Nice name!I have jumped over to Vista in recent weeks. I have to say that the experience has been educational... (a little bit of problem solving is in store for most of us) There are a few glitches and it does not seem to flow as smoothly as XP has over the last couple of years. Like most operating systems vista will have problems but in the end, once we have downloaded countless updates, this system will prove to be far more superior than any other system out there and we will be sad to let it go for another Bill Gates money making plan in 5-10 years.All I can say is I am happy to get on board with Vista now. It isn't perfect at the moment but it is on its way and with all future software about to join the wagon the experience will be outstanding.
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Posted March 26th, 2007 14:00
If you find you need to go out and purchase hardware to upgrade your computer to have it meet the recommended requirements, then I would wait until you decide you need a new computer before going to Vista.
Key words are "recommended requirements" Anything less, and you probably won't be very happy with Vista.