Community weekly poll: Will you be installing Windows Vista?
- 1/30/07 4:24 PM
Very Sorry I Did Not Replace Vista
by leonpurvis - 11/22/07 7:04 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I bought a new computer with Vista Premium Home Edition already installed. My computer starts more slowly than my Win98 ever did. Worse, it does not recognize all of my Word for Windows files-- even though it is the VERY SAME program installed on my old computer. I have already lost two manuscripts to this evil program. (I have backups, but what good are they if I cannot open the files for fear of ruining them?). In addition, when I take a floppy disk from home(written upon with my new computer via a USB floppy reader)to work, the WinXP program at work often cannot read it. When I take that same disk back home, I will get a window that tells me that the disk cannot be read and must be reformatted.
There are persistent error windows that open upon start up.
Right now, I am trying to configure a 1999 HP to interface with a KVM module so that I can use my new flat screen monitor and keyboard with both. I'm afraid to write anything or to process any digital photography on the computer with the Vista installed on it.
I've never been terribly critical of software in the past, but I believe that Microsoft and the computer manufacturer owes me a refund or a copy of XP. Vista is useless to me.
Using Vista and I like it
by jimh987 - 11/22/07 7:13 AM In reply to: Very Sorry I Did Not Replace Vista by leonpurvisI decided not to upgrade my XP desktop machine because it is very stable. I thought I would wait a year or so while Vista stablized. Then I bought a new laptop with Vista Home Premium. I have to say that it is very stable. I am completely happy with it. The added security of requiring my permission to run potentially dangerous programs is exactly what I want. I do not find Vista to be slow. There are changes to the GUI for the OS that are annoying at first. Most of the changes actually are for the better, but a few seem like poor choices. The updated look was interesting for a couple of weeks, but it seems pretty trivial now. My primary problem is with legacy software. I have several programs and utilities that will not run on Vista. I miss the XP Power Tool for resizing photos using the right mouse button. I miss some of my music notation and recording software. I use my computers a great deal for many things. My desktop machine will remain on XP for now, but I am happy to have Vista on my laptop.
Installing Vista or looking elsewhere
by Wharf_Rat - 11/22/07 7:09 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I will NOT be installing Vista, nor helping coworkers, friends or family fix any Vista machines. After years of dealing with MS Windows -- From Win 2.X onward -- I give up. We will continue to use XP and XP Pro at work (I decide what we use). But, I now ask software vendors if they have a plan to make a Vista only product, if so, they should count us out.
I have evaluated various forms of Linux on the desktop for over a year. I am still learning. But, I am very impressed with Ubuntu. It works as well as any version of Windows on a new release and takes about a quarter of the time to install-- along with applications.
Ubuntu may not be the solution for everyone, nor may Linux in general. But, small businesses should take note that some version of Linux may work well for you. I was shocked at how much daily stuff can be accomplished with open source software provided in the initial set up. I am still looking for a good linux based accounting package that would rival Peachtree Multi-user.
We have used a commercial Linux based server since 1999 with almost no trouble. No viruses, no hacks, automated back ups and it does what a server should. Protect data and serve. And the restore functions work like a charm!
Vista to go
by maldelus - 11/22/07 7:11 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I've had Vista pre-installed on a new machine. It has been burning and churning for me just fine. One or two blue screens but they have resolved. Most supporting software had to be Vista interfacable before most conflicts cleared up.
I'm not even thinking about XP anymore. To me, it is so-o-o ancient. Vista has been just fine for and I'm now fully HD/BR capable. No gripes here!
Vista with new computer
by msecour - 11/22/07 7:19 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I have Vista Home Premium on a new laptop. My two desktops still run XP. Overall I am impressed with the stability and useability of Vista, although the nifty hardware that runs it has a lot to do with that as well. My biggest gripe was the problem of networking with my XP computers and the printers attached to them. I finally found the solutions after several hours of research, thanks to forums like this one, but you would think that Microsoft would have made this process a bit more logical. Still, there is a lot to like about Vista and I don't miss XP on my laptop. I will not upgrade my desktops, but will get Vista when they need replacing. For certain if I had a business to run I would stay with XP until Vista is taught better manners on the network.
May I downgrade!
by tecnorbe - 11/22/07 7:20 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
May I downgrade by 2008, from Vista to XP, or change to Linux.
Have a notebook with Vista, a desktop with Vista and another desktop with XP. I'm considering to change the desktop Vista. Some peripherals
I use on XP donīt have good drivers for Vista.
XP reached the stability which lacked so much on previous versions of Windows. I feel this is its major value. Vista doesn't seems to be much better on stability, so it is not big deal to change from XP to Vista. Vista PCs are quicker, but canīt compare as hardware in XP PC is very different.
Vista is great!
by coolbud269 - 11/22/07 7:24 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I have been using Vista since it was a beta release. I have been very impressed with it. The new graphics and features are impressive. Vista is also very stable. My pc was 2 years old. I had some problems with usb connectivity. I must admit I did not research well and had bought a pc with a pentium 5 processor. I thought at the time that it was full duo core. I decided to buy a new pc with vista ultimate preinstalled. Now that everything is new; vista is working betyter than ever. I know too many pc users who prefer to live in the past and refuse to move forward. That being said, I have to admit that I have always liked XP. I like Vista better and am sticking with it.
Windows XP is my last Windows OS
by mlcgruhlke - 11/22/07 7:30 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I won't be moving to Vista, it's a wreck. I've attempted running Ubuntu several times but it just doesn't have the bangs and whistles I want in an OS, including playing DVD's and MP3's even with VLC player installed. Fact of the matter, I will probably migrate to MAC sometime in the next couple of years, saying goodbye forever to Windows.
Gates shot his own company in the foot with Vista as XP has proven to be the most stable out of all the OS they produce, however, it too is easily hacked.
Linux core has better security, programs such as virus' and spyware can't install unless you give permission. This is what Windows should do.
Mike
vista
by B123456H - 11/22/07 7:32 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
Vista is just too power hungry to be of any use to a laptop user. I can get better battery life in XP.
Like the Corvair, unsafe at any speed.
by DrHoo2 - 11/22/07 7:36 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I run Linux to do what needs to be done. XP does all the rest. At best Vista is vexing.
Vista has every known and a lot of unknown bad habits, which will cause massive problems right after the coming holidays. There in is the reason I am testing my frustation resistence with Vista.
I am mechanic of the quantum kind. I have been busting atoms for thirty years and now I am about to take up busting computers infected with Vista.
Dr Hoo
It's time to get with it
by shireytex - 11/22/07 7:36 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
There's been a LOT of bad press and during the last year a lot of MS folks have continued to work hard to get the problems with Vista corrected, and there were a lot of problems. I now have it loaded on two of my four PC's and am very happy with it. Folks, it's time to switch.
Elmotx
Not a compelling reason
by gerryggg - 11/22/07 8:29 AM In reply to: It's time to get with it by shireytexA lot of people have been working on a cure for cancer,too, and fatality rates are down. That doesn't mean I want to get it. I have been slowly migrating everything I do to Linux over the last year and now spend little time in Windows. That time I do spend is in XP and mandated by my work which still uses a Windows networks, which, BTW, still has no Vista machines on it. We are a nationwide corporation with over 2000 PCs in use, so it's not like we're a small time outfit. The more I read about Vista, the better Linux looks. I'm running a home network with 5 machines, only one of which runs XP full time. My laptop dual boots XP and Kubuntu 7.10, and Kubuntu runs better. I just have to have XP so I can log onto the work network. Tell me why I should spend big $$$ and put up with MS B$ by upgrading to Vista which won't run on most of my machines anyway?
Yes, Already using it.
by Dougeh - 11/22/07 7:39 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
As a Technician for DELL, it get to 'evaluate' softwear for Microsoft, so I have been using VISTA for over a year now. Initially, the DRIVER ISSUES (or lack of them to be exact) were the primary issue. Then there was that nasty ROXIO/SONIC DLA problem when the public got to use it, but for the most part, it's a 9.5 out of 10.
People often tell me on the phones, that they are going to wait untill "all the bugs are out" before installing it. With that mentality, they still be waiting for XP! Let's face it. Windows VISTA is a very complicated piece of softwear. To expect it to work with EVERY combination of hardwear/softwear out there is unrealistic.
Yes, Already using it
by DickM - 11/22/07 11:22 AM In reply to: Yes, Already using it. by DougehI could not agree more with you. People on the web are buying into a bunch og bull VISTA is a great OS Thank you for your post..Dougeh
Vista and Office 2007: There is much to recommend
by laurenmaddison - 11/22/07 7:42 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I resisted the idea, having tested the beta versions of Vista. But when I bought a new system with Vista pre-installed, I decided to learn to get along with it, and I'm glad I did. Though it comes complete with some annoyances (those user permissions... good heavens!) as with most Windows operating systems, it also brought innovations I find useful. Setting up my home network was particularly frustration-free. But my most pleasant surprises were in Office 2007. The integration between the components of Office are smooth and highly useful.
Although a devoted Word user for years, the transition was not as painful as I anticipated, though patience is required (the old dog-new tricks experience). The intuitive arrangement of tabs that reduces the need to use endless submenus to find some of the lesser used functions is great. Formatting text is much faster, for example. I continue to explore the features, and although I also continue to save documents in the 2003 format, I think Microsoft has taken a couple of steps forward, instead of the usual three forward and two back.
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