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Community weekly poll: Will you be installing Windows Vista?
- 1/30/07 4:24 PM
Had no choice!! But it isn't as bad as I thought...
by sstrahle - 11/22/07 6:15 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I bought a Dell Inspiron 1420, and had no choice in matter. I looked at other notebooks which offered Windows XP as a choice (HP, Lenovo, Toshiba and other Dells (Latitude models)), but after much research and my budget I choose the 1420. I was pleasantly surprised by Windows Vista (Home Premium edition). It had some quirks, like it doesn't support Palm quick install for my Treo, but I am working around it with minimal effort. I bought the Dell with 3 GB of memory however...
I'M TIRED OF INCOMPLETE WINDOWS
by juancdias6 - 11/22/07 6:51 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I'm tired of:
-Hundreds patchs to install for fix bugs, bugs and more bugs.
-Buy a lot of hardware to satisfied the unsatisfied the windows systems.
-Of falses promises that the new windows will be better that the last one.
As I say on my subject: windows is an incomplete job.
Had it, Removed it
by arstock - 11/22/07 7:04 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I purchased a Dell Inspiron 1721 with Vista Home Premium. The first thing I noticed is it would not run my applications, the second thing I noticed is on a clean install of Vista it used 500+ MB RAM. I promptly removed it, too big and incompatible with my apps!
No Vista
by STIHLBOLTS - 11/22/07 8:02 PM In reply to: Had it, Removed it by arstockAll our systems are XP pro. Just spent a bunch of money on new computers and the xp before the introduction of Vista. Personally I have no experiance with Vista, it just comes down to I don't want to update and pay more money again.
Yes, but only on a virtual machine
by amirat - 11/22/07 8:33 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I had already installed Vista Ultimate on my PC, but I switched back to XP Pro after realizing that more than 60% of my software wouldn't run on Vista. The thought of having to buy almost $6000.00 of software all over again was more than an enough incentive to keep working with XP.
For those of you who might suggest downloading software patches or using the compatabilty wizard in Vista have better try something else. $6000.00 is the total for patches and or upgrades and the compatabilty route, only brings on another type of headache.
Another reason for not going full blown Vista, is that I have very few customers who require support for Vista. When my "Vista" customer base grows, then I'll have to grow with it. For now all I have to say is...
Vista? No thanks. I'll stick with tried and true XP Pro. Vista will just have to wait its turn in VMware.
Vista Premium
by bbainbridge - 11/22/07 9:12 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
Vista has been the biggest upgrade challenge yet. Several of my programs were not compatable and those that were charged for the upgrade to their software. I still, after 2 months, have one program that Vista blocks every time I start up and asks if I want to allow it. I really don't see any significant improvements over XP for my money.
No Way, I prefer Outlook Express over Windows Mail
by thecreator1965 - 11/22/07 9:13 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
As I said, No Way. I prefer Outlook Express with its many available Identities that one can create within one User ID, over Windows Mail where only a single Identity is available to a User ID in Win Vista.
I save all E-mails my Years received in Identities using Outlook Express. This way, I can back up each year on a seperate CD-R disk, using a Compression program.
Each person does things differently. I don't like combining all the years of mail, within a single Id. To each their own.
windows vista
by george34.cool - 11/22/07 9:20 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
its a bit slow but i like it
Nope, no Vista for me for now
by pamelad - 11/22/07 9:52 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I recently bought a new Dell computer. Given the number of complaints I have read about Vista on C|net and elsewhere, I opted out of Vista. On first glance it would look like I actually paid about $150 more for XP Pro over the "default" Vista OS, but calculating the lower RAM requirements, etc., of XP Pro over Vista, it's probably somewhere near even. Considering the hassles of Vista, time-wise and peripheral-wise, in my particular case at least, going with a company that offers XP Pro is quite a cost- and time- saver.
Dell's choices for XP computers are limited. But at least Dell offers a choice between Vista and XP!
Very happy with the new computer.
Switching back
by Lancent - 11/22/07 11:20 PM In reply to: Nope, no Vista for me for now by pameladAs soon as I get a chance, I'm switching back to Win XP. Vista eats up too much memory, and too much processor time. Some programs are hard or impossible to install, others are hard or impossible to run. Even when things are running smoothly, I see no advantage over XP
You just know this poll is skewed
by migafre - 11/22/07 11:32 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
All the apple fanboys are all voting "hell no" just out of spite.
No!
by grc24 - 11/22/07 11:53 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
It really isn't that important to me. We're not on our computer all that much to consider an upgrade. Windows XP is doing it's job just fine.
thanks
grc
NO WAY - NEVER
by randysvh - 11/22/07 11:54 PM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
It is bad enough to know that Microsoft does not use it internally in most departments, and that it lacks compatibility with many applications. personally i am looking at using Linux more and more. I am not sure which version yet, but i have tried numerous different ones, it is all depends on your use and needs. i still have XP, but have frustrations with the intrusions from the internet and Microsoft. i hate the registry which is not present in Linux or the Mac.
randy
Already Have It
by charliemor45 - 11/23/07 3:07 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
Yep i have it and after upgrading my computer I have found both Vista Home Premium and Office 2007 to be just what I wanted.
Of course it is one man's meat is another man's poison.
From my perspective, I like it.
Bravo
by kjdinoc - 11/23/07 7:00 AM In reply to: Already Have It by charliemor45Another Voice of sanity.
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