Community weekly poll: Will you be installing Windows Vista?
- 1/30/07 4:24 PM
New Vista
by pandhlr - 11/23/07 3:36 AM In reply to: Agreed... by reader509I am using XP on laptop and XP Pro on the PC, neither work to my satisfaction what chance have we with Vista, Microsoft are to greedy and should get XP working to customers satisfaction instead of expecting them to fork out for Vista, not everyone has deep pockets!.
Will you be installing Windows Vista on your system this yea
by lorryfran - 11/23/07 4:39 AM In reply to: Agreed... by reader509No way!!! Why should I pay extra $$$$'s when I'm happy with XP home and Pro. After I did a Vista Compatability scan many of my programs I have installed are NOT compatible!! I will stick with what I have and the only way I will get Vista is when this puter dies!!! No other comment.
i agree absolutely
by bobcatplus - 1/31/07 3:46 PM In reply to: No Vista for us by Larry Warneri purchased my new system on 12/23/06, which came preinstalled with WIN XP Pro SP2. i like the OS very much and it's has everything i need and more. why would i want to download and install "vista" along with it's bugs and other problems? no way...
Don't knock it until you try it.
by cjlawson - 11/22/07 7:01 PM In reply to: i agree absolutely by bobcatplusI have a computer repair company. I have been working with windows since 3.1. Vista is by far the best OS Microsoft has ever put out. Much more stable then XP. Yea it my not work right with your old devices but so what. Vista is about the next generation. Yes it has a lot of process that run but with the new hardware out it is so smooth. Trust me Vista is King.
Don't Knocki it until you try it
by lhathorn - 11/23/07 4:54 PM In reply to: Don't knock it until you try it. by cjlawsonI agree with cjlawson. In an earlier post, I explained that I have had Vista Home Premium for about 3 months. Although I increased my RAM for more speed and bought a couple pieces of new hardware because my old hardware drivers no longer worked, I don't blame MS or Vista. I built my own computers, so maybe I didn't have to deal with certain legacy issues. I liked XP Pro and still run it on my wife's desktop. But, for unknown reasons, I lost my XP desktop (icons). After a month trying to recover under XP, even reinstalling, still couldn't get the XP Desktop back. So I gave up and purchased Vista. I had a full install for Vista, but elected to install it into my existing XP Pro partition. Installation was flawless. Vista even moved XP Pro and all my old software to a separate folder and subfolders. It did not place the XP Icons on the new Vista Desktop, but it did allow me to access the XP folders and run the old programs. In fact, it also allowed me to manuallly make desktop shortcuts from the XP folders to the Vista Desktop. If you're having problems with Vista, take a look at your hardware and software manufacturers, or perhaps your own XP setup is the culprit. Vista is better than XP, whether you want to believe it or not. I'm not a Microsoft fan myself, but I have to give credit where credit is due. Vista is superior to XP Pro. So, I won't blame Microsoft for releasing Vista. I blame the manufacturers who have had the codes and beta versions long enough to have been ready for Vista. It is their failure that is causing the problems that so many have experienced.
Despise product obsolescence
by LogicsHere - 11/22/07 2:04 AM In reply to: No Vista for us by Larry WarnerI didn't take on XP until at least two years down the road and with the continuing security patches it seems to work for me. I, too, hate spending money on something I don't need and for all the empty promises Microsoft makes about bigger, better and safer. Come on Microsoft, not all of us are wealthly and can't afford those $400 - $600 prices you want every other year. We've got families to raise, gas prices going up and barely make a living wage now.
I'd like to keep my XP and my FP forever . . . I'm content. My 87 year old mother needed a new computer and we searched all over for one that continued to have XP on it because we didn't want her to have to learn something new . . . and something not even as secure as XP currently.
Whatever happened to the $49 - $89 upgrades or the $99 software. You can make profits selling volume at the right price without having to force the several hundred dollar prices on people (and companies) who can't afford to change. In fact, I've worked for two companies in recent years who haven't gotten past Office 97 because it works. So please stop trying to force software down our throats.
Vista Not for me!
by bellelyly - 11/22/07 1:11 PM In reply to: Despise product obsolescence by LogicsHereI just finished installing SP2 for my XP home... just got enough updates..on my PC in the last 3 years. I could count at least close to 100 + upgrades... plus I don't have the money for VISTA. free yes, and yet I shall wait for fixes like I did before installing SP2.. I wait also for IE7... I spend my money on more useful things. If Microsoft wants us to have it... let it be free!
Win 98 2nd ed
by thebug - 11/22/07 3:40 AM In reply to: No Vista for us by Larry WarnerOne question . how do you get rid of the 167 error. About all I remember about win 98 se
I am done with windows...
by lattedude92 - 11/23/07 3:29 PM In reply to: No Vista for us by Larry WarnerMicrosoft has convinced most of the masses with their inferior OS for too many years. I think most people feel cheated when there are better options for less and with only one option to take your money.
Vista - Let the early adaopters live the pain...
by WinReminders - 1/31/07 2:08 AM In reply to: No Vista for us, nor Office 2007 by bhaftI've been using Vista for the last 2-3 months (through MSDN subcription) trying to get my company's products ready and certified, but even having used it for that long I cannot forsee myself going to Vista as my main stream OS for at least 12 months. ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) are struggling to get their acts together for Vista and that's not necessarily a slur on M$ (although some of their decisions make me wonder what they were smoking) it's mainly that most ISVs haven't been playing by the rules in the past (e.g., limited user rights; for example, my mother plays litte pointless games (you know, GameHouse et al) that will not even function unless logged on as an administrator; that's what I am talking about). Vista enforces the rules like no other OS so ultimately I think it will be good, but right now most of the software I use won't even work on it... well, the key stuff doesn't and available hardware drivers are dubious at best.
Anyone who says they are considering dumping XP for Linux (as a broad based change) are also on the doobie snacks if you ask me. XP has been around for a long time and is quite possibly the most stable OS you'll fine (think electron miles), so it's hard to give up that productivity unless there is some compelling reason to upgrade. M$ are hoping that the new look of Vista will mesmerize most casual users.
No Vista, please
by Vittorio Todisco - 11/22/07 2:35 AM In reply to: Vista - Let the early adaopters live the pain... by WinRemindersI have been running Vista Pro for 5 months, but what a painful experience I have lived! In brief, instead of getting a positive help by the new system, I often was forced to fight with the system due to its continuous blocking any new operation. I came back to the old reliable XP. That's my story.
Very Happy Vista 32 & 64 User
by fastphoto - 11/22/07 4:29 AM In reply to: Vista - Let the early adaopters live the pain... by WinRemindersSomeone said that they had to sign on as Administrator to just play a game. Not true, my 75 year old Dad likes his games and can beat me most of the time, does not have to sign on as the Administrator to load the games. But he does when he installs a new game. I set him up as "Old Man" as the Administrator and his "Surname" for email, games, and day to day type work, etc. Signed him up for automatic updates and sometimes he has to "approve" the update by just typing in his strong password on the "pop-up". He has access to my Windows Home Server so he needed a strong password.
His old name brand computer had Windows 98xx and was on it's last legs, so I had an up-to-date computer (IBM Clone) built for him with Vista 32 bit Ultimate (OEM) OS installed. I set it up for him, installed MS Office XP, moved his files and email stuff. AND all of his other computer equipment worked on Vista except a 1998 HP scanner. Needless to say, he loves it!
In my household, I have 5 computers, Vista Ultimate 32's (2), 1 Vista 64 Ultimate, laptop with Vista Home Premium and 1 with XP Pro.
All of the computers are set for auto updates and we have not had any outside attack problems. The ONLY thing I do not like about Vista is it seems to take forever to load. So, I decked out my two clone (All of the same case, drives, RAM, etc.) computers with the same software, 1 had XP Pro and the other Vista Ultimate 32 bit. Started the timer and the start buttons at the same time, and the Vista was 5 seconds slower to log-on and 15 seconds slower for ready to work.
I started updating my XP computers as soon as Vista was available and all of my computer were Vista Compatible and needed replacement HD's. It did cost a few $$$ but now I will not need to update for 5 to 6 years. By then, the computers will need to be replaced.
FYI, A computer is obsolete the day before it goes into production!
FYI, A computer is obsolete the day before it goes into prod
by marklynnwilliams - 11/22/07 4:10 PM In reply to: Very Happy Vista 32 & 64 User by fastphotoA computer only becomes obsolete when it will no longer do what you need a computer to do. In other words, my HP 3.0 core solo, 1GB Ram computer is still state-of-the-art!
No Vista 4 me
by dCollie - 11/22/07 6:11 AM In reply to: Vista - Let the early adaopters live the pain... by WinRemindersNo vista needed ... windows xp pro locks up often enough. If I install a new system, I'll probably go to a Mac.
RE: No Vista for us, nor Office 2007
by DanLambert - 1/31/07 3:38 AM In reply to: No Vista for us, nor Office 2007 by bhaftI heartily agree with the choice to go with Linux instead of Vista.
I would suggest that you seriously look into the use of Ubuntu Linux (or Kubuntu, if you prefer KDE) rather than using Fedora. Ubuntu is available as a single CD that performs a network installation for the additional packages that a user may want to install. For the use of a business irganization, I would suggest using the 6.06 LTS version, except forlaptops on which I would suggest using 6.10.
Ubuntu is based on Debian, which is the most stable distribution of Linux available. Being based on Debian, it uses the easiest and most reliable updating software in use in the Linux world.
I have 7 computers running the Ubuntu distribution, including two laptops and 5 desktops running a variety of hardware. Even with the laptops and their wireless connections, I have had virtually no issues with the hardware not working as expected.
For the Office suite, I have been using OpenOffice.org 2.0, and have been most pleased. There has been no circumstance that I have not being able to deal with using OpenOffice.org.
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