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Community weekly poll: When will you start using Windows Vista?
- 4/26/07 1:03 PM
Warmed up to it
by scaryhobo - 4/27/07 4:15 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Im using Vista Ultimate, it takes some time to adjust but im starting to really like it. As a power user the constant badgering to allow applications to run was driving me mad but i found u can turn that off. My laptop runs aero fine with a Vista Score of 4.7. I had to install DirectX 9c in order to get games to work and had to find custom GeForce drivers before the sound would stop stuttering in games. But since ive sorted those issues everything has been smooth sailing and im very impressed so far.
another happy Vista Ultimate user
by Dinasis - 4/28/07 12:58 AM In reply to: Warmed up to it by scaryhoboMY old tower had a dying motherboard, dead video card, and hardware more than a year out of date when I bought it from a local computer repair/assembler. Over my last Spring Break I decided to build my own and it works amazingly. I originally had it dual-booting XP and Vista Ultimate, but I haven't used XP in nearly the six weeks since I first set it up. Only one program I use ever broke Aero: Paint Shop Pro X, but the 10.10 patch fixed that. A few smaller, non-essential programs stopped working/wouldn't install, but I can't say I miss them since I don't remember what they are. QuarkXPress 7 doesn't install, but I e-mailed Quark and they replied that a solution was in the works. All of the games I have that I've wanted to play have worked. The two biggest gripes I've had so far was that the WinAce context menu items don't work and I can't get ICS to enable a second device internet access in a [device 2]---[tower]---[wall jack] set-up where I don't want to resort to a router.
Vista? Never!
by callmeishmael - 4/27/07 4:15 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Vista? Nuts! I'm currently running WinXP Pro. My machine runs well, all of my apps work, my home LAN is humming. So I should "upgrade" to a more bloated, resource intensive OS because...?
If you want security buy a firewall router. A good one is about one-third the cost of Vista.
Lovin' Vista so far
by dburr13 - 4/27/07 4:22 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've been using Vista since early February on my new laptop...and although there have been a few strange happenings...Vista has not proven to me to be the giant "bug in a box" that many have warned it would be...I enjoy using Vista...and don't really mind being a pre-service pack one guinea pig...If you wanna move forward you have to be willing to put up with a few bumps in the road...Not everyone is going to feel this way...One of the main reasons being a number of drivers were not quite ready for prime time when Vista hit...
Although i enjoy Vista on my new laptop i will not be upgrading my desktops to Vista until Microsoft lowers the price of the upgrade...and makes the upgrade procedure a little easier...With the cost of hardware upgrades necessary to run Vista at Premium level...It just doesn't make sense to pay even more for an O/S upgrade.
I upgraded
by inkuyo - 4/27/07 4:26 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I upgraded a few weeks ago. The whole package, Vista Ultimate and Office 2007. Most everything works. I did not like the fact that all my printers were wiped out and I had to reinstall quicken, quickbooks and my home inspection software. All had PDF drivers and they were wiped with the upgrade. I have a bluetooth USB dongle that doens't work anymore. 
I upgrade my RAM form 1.5 to 3gb. I am running a Media PC by HP and the Media Center works better but I will upgrade my video card at some point.
Agian, nothing too bad with the upgrade except some time to do reinstalls.
#$%%^%#$@@ Vista
by gleaf - 4/27/07 4:29 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Needed a new lap top as old one getting unreliable at the connectors.
Vista was out and no Xp boxes available.
After not being able to run anything I was already running on XP without many many issues including Vista could never even find mail and never find the active port and and and...
It really isn't an "Operating System"
When it started going off line because MS sent automatic updates I knew nothing about knocking my Distributed computing off line..
that was the last straw my next op sys after Xp will be linux.
PS The Toshiba lap top I smashed for therapy is in my trash can along with MS Vista that was loaded on it and Toshiba's reputation for quality with me.
After trying 3 different methods of supposed replace vista with XP
and having the lap top refuse to load it... there was no reason to
retain the unusable pile of trash.
I work for the government and we are still getting MS upgrades to our Win 2000. Must be a reason we havent left it behind.
i know
by swabs36 - 4/27/07 4:55 PM In reply to: #$%%^%#$@@ Vista by gleafi felt the same way wen i got vista up on my puter...it did some squirlly things that i didnt want 2 happen...and yea i probly coulda smashed the disk 2 pieces but hey thats 300 bucks outa my walet n i wanted it back haha...great 2 hear ur gettin along wit MS 2000 yet
vista needs a service pack
by tfwalkingeagle - 4/27/07 8:14 PM In reply to: i know by swabs36I purchased a new pc($800 w/o monitor, with vista on it) 3 weeks ago. 2 days later I had to take it back. A warning kept telling me that there was a problem with the graphics card. I couldnt watch a dvd and chat on yahoo at the same time. I spent 9 hours online with HP and got nothing accomplished so I went back and exchanged it for the same brand and model. Again, the same problem. So, the next day I took it back again (this time the store accused me of doing something to it but reluctantly exchanged it). This time I exchanged it for a Gateway PC ( suposedly a pc made for graphics and media). This PC had the worst graphics I've ever seen on a pc( my old windows 95 was better). So, I gave up. I took the PC to a PC shop and ask them to do something. It cost me another $550 ($200-graphics, $100-power supply $150-1gig and $100-labor) but I finally got a decent PC. The shop owner said that the vista program wasnt quite compatible with the graphics cards. The one in my gateway graphics pc was the lowest rated card you could use with vista (rated a 3). My pc still has a lot of problems. My Windows Media Center quit playing dvd's corectly after 1 week(the only one I could find online that would work on my PC was PowerDVD( cost me another 70 bucks), my explorer keeps shutting down, many programs and devices that say they are compatible, are not(you better try programs with a free trial), and for having 2Gigs, it seems to take forever for it to start up. So beware! These companies are not just ripping us off with vista. They are ripping us off any way they can!
Using it already.
by danthecomputerman - 4/27/07 4:29 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I recently got a Dell Dimension 9200 with Vista Business pre-loaded. Somehow I've been able to run most of my previous programs, but not without crashes and glitches. I'm a computer tech so I'm glad the problems are on my machine and not on a clients, it gives me a chance to troubleshoot and try to solve the issues.
So far I'm not very impressed with Vista. While the User Account Control is a nice addition for the average user, its a pain in the !!! for me because I use beta's and some other programs plus I install/uninstall a lot of programs, not to mention liking to "tweak" my system.
I'll live with the result, but will advise my clients to go with XP for now.
DS
I like Windows Vista
by Dancer41 - 4/27/07 4:32 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I waited a few months before I installed Windows Vista on my desktop and I really like it. I would do it again. I continue to use XP on my Laptop and when I get a new Laptop I will order it with Windows Vista.
Dual Boot
by sgtdisturbed47 - 4/27/07 4:37 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm about to set up my system for Dual Boot, as XP is still a solid OS with few issues, and Vista has DirectX 10 for yet-to-be-released games. I built a system a month ago to play these newer games, and am simply waiting until Crysis comes out before loading up Vista. Pretty silly how I spent about 1100 bucks on a system just so I can play a video game.
Core 2 Duo E6300
Asus P5N-E SLI
eVGA 8800GTS 320mb Superclocked
2GB GeIL DDR2 800 4-4-4-12
Antec P180 case
Vista? No Way...
by inmyopinion - 4/27/07 4:37 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hopefully, before XP isnt supported any more, Linux will become more mainstream and I can cut Microsoft and Bill-I'm too rich for my own good-Gates out of the picture.
Don't do Windows
by frak10 - 4/27/07 4:39 PM In reply to: When will you start using Windows Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I haven't used Windows for the past 3 months, I run Ubuntu Linux at the moment and haven't looked back, though I am still weening off of WINE for a bit 
VISTA
by pawpawmacx - 4/27/07 4:52 PM In reply to: Don't do Windows by frak10Any new shoe needs to be broden in before its comfortable and easy. Been operating everything from huige mainframes to programing for over 40 yours and anything new is just that, new. Wont be long before its obs also
It's OK so far except..........
by ksue4664 - 4/27/07 4:55 PM In reply to: Don't do Windows by frak10for two things...
1)I really miss having a spell checker in the toolbar as I like to post in a lot of forums like this but can no longer check my spelling.
How embarrassing! Yahoo would have one on the toolbar, but I don't think their toolbar is for Vista yet.
2)I only use Yahoo for my email and it will not let you make it your default email
Now I can not right click to "send this page to a friend" on web pages anymore. I never used Outlook on my old computer and I do not want to use Windows Mail on this new computer!
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