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April 23rd, 2007 03:00

Is Vista "beta testing" finished yet?

I call it beta testing because that is essentially what everyone seems to be doing. Everywhere I look, there is nothing but problems with vista on all manufacturers, pre-installed or not. Anyone know when vista will be worth installing? I got the DVDs in the mail back in January and I'm afraid that even if I try to install, NOTHING will go right.
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    ericdabbs

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    Posted April 23rd, 2007 05:00

    Then just do what I am doing and just wait until Service Pack 1 is out. Like you Im afraid of my stuff not working correctly as well as other programs that won't be compatible. Im not in a rush to install Vista and I'll just wait until next year to install it. Hopefully they will have a lot of stuff fixed by then. I hate being a guinea pig.
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    Posted April 23rd, 2007 12:00

    i installed my copy of vista 2 weeks ago. It is running fine. You need to do a clean install. Do not upgrade. i bought a new HDD for vista. i have a E1705.
     
    most problems are from drivers, they are stable now. Also older programs that where patched for XP are an issue. Most of the programs where actually written for Win9X not XP and patched to work in XP. This is my own observation and opinion.
     
    there are still issues with RAID in vista. They are from driver and BIOS issues. if you do your homework and read up on the security stuff in vista and take the time to learn the basics vista rocks. It is not really much different then XP. Speed is about the same, faster in some area's slower in others. i am not a gammer if you are stay with XP.  Vista and games are not good friends, yet.
     
    hope this helps.

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