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Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Silent Vista-loving majority?
Very happy with Vista
by aximuser - 5/8/08 2:57 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI installed Vista shortly after it first came out on an older PC (P4, 1GB Ram) but kept my existing XP installation. I spend about 95% of my time using Vista. I usually go to XP on patch Tuesday only to keep it up to date. A major benefit with using Vista is the need less third party software such as DVD burning, DVD playback, and PVR software (Media Player). I thought having only 1GM of Ram would give some problems but I have had no problems with just 1GB and I run alot of applications at once.
Vista is a nice upgrade from XP and I don't know why most podcasters, including BOL, tend to exaggerate its negatives.
Love it with some caveats
by jriske - 5/8/08 3:01 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI moved to Vista about a year ago, when the free upgrade disk arrived for the laptop that I'd bought in December 06.
- So far, it's been incredibly stable. It's nice to see one program crash, and all the others go about their business as if nothing happened. With XP, one crash usually took everything down, often even requiring a restart.
- Vista is actually faster for me. XP doesn't seem to be able to handle dual-core processors nearly as well.
- I have ended up setting the machine up to dual-boot XP and Vista. I just can't justify buying new versions of Nero or Dragon Naturally Speaking, just so I can use them in Vista. If they'd re-written the OS from the ground up than would be one thing. That they're still trying to be backward compatible to DOS, but half my XP programs don't work is a bit annoying.
- Vista also handles moving files much better. This machine went through 3 hard drives in its first 3 months (pre-Vista). Trying to piece together all of those backup files, plus the ones from the machine this was replacing works a whole lot better with Vista just numbering the extra copies. I'd much rather have 10 copies of a good file and delete some later, than have XP overwrite the single good copy with a corrupted file. And given the size of the archive, I really don't have time to look at it any time soon.
- Only major gripe beyond software incompatibility, is the split between the 4 flavors. Bitlocker should have gone in every version - especially everyone going anywhere near a laptop. At the moment, I don't need to attach to a domain, but if I did that would be near the top of my list too. I have a license for XP Pro. That's what was on the machine when I loaded it. But since it shipped with XP Home it will only upgrade to Vista Home.
We're coming up on 18 months. So, if it follows historcal pattern, this machine will suffer a catastrophic failure within the next year. Is there enough info on here for someone to steal my identity? Probably not. Would any one care enough to steal my students' physics grades and distribute them to unknown parties? Again, probably not...
Hate it! Buggy! Crashes way more than XP
by pcguysphl - 5/8/08 3:01 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI've even Fdisk'd and did a clean install. I have it on 4 desktops & two laptops. Two THUMBS DOWN!
Silently Loving it
by nwilson - 5/8/08 3:02 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI was part of the beta team and have been using it almost a year before it was released. There were hiccups during the beta but since RTM I haven't had many difficulties at all.
Vista Makes Everything Easier
by gafisher - 5/8/08 3:04 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI've fallen in love with Windows Vista for several reasons.
First, on hardware designed for it, Vista works as well as it was ever intended to as a consumer operating system. On both laptops and desktops, as long as the memory and processor power are there, Vista is almost 100% satisfactory for the casual user.
But Vista has been a boon for the enterprise as well. First, even "bargain" hardware properly designed for Vista runs XP like a scalded cat; second, and more significant, people who seriously consider Vista are hoping for something better than Windows, and are relatively easy to upgrade to Linux, which runs on XP hardware better than XP runs on Vista hardware and is easier than Vista to integrate into a Windows network.
Yep, Vista rocks my world.
I like Vista
by annsbears12 - 5/8/08 3:05 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI upgraded one computer from Windows ME to Windows XP as ME was always crashing so have "been there done that" with "fussy" operating systems, and I find Vista to be mostly problem-free. It does what it does without a lot of fuss, and I like the improved graphics. I maintain my XP computers as there are several programs I have that are not yet compatible with Vista. However, the HP all-in-one printers work just fine with Vista. I think probably if you're upgrading a computer or wanting it to work with older drivers it's a hassle. I also have to run a couple of programs with the program in Vista that runs a program as if it's an earlier version such as XP or ME.
I've had very few problems with Vista.
by smatt65 - 5/8/08 3:06 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI bought a PC with Vista 32 bit home version back in October of 07. It has taken some getting used to, as with any new OS. XP was weird to me as well when it first came out. However, the problems I'm hearing that people have I've not experienced myself. True, some of my OLD hardware and peripherals wouldn't work on it, but lets face it, my webcam was 7 years old, and my printer was almost 5 years old. It was time to upgrade those things anyway.
As far as sound drivers or video drivers. I was able to find upgraded drivers for all of them.
Simply put, I've thoroughly enjoyed Vista and it's capabilities.
If things such as certain programs or games don't work on it. I look at it like this. It's not Microsoft's fault. Developers have known that Vista was coming for a couple of years. They should have been ahead of the curve and made sure their stuff worked on Vista before it was released.
12 monts of Vista Business and not one crash
by Marclau59 - 5/8/08 3:08 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarWell, for me three cheers to Microsoft.
My Windows Xp (Service Pack 2) would crash at least twice a year (huge improvement compaired to previous window version but for me, Vista is the best of the lot and after 12 months of use, not a single crash, issue or meltdown.
Sure the odd one or two incompatibility issues with software but most of these (very few) have now been sorted out.
No, must admit, for someone who also plays around in Linux, Vista is pretty damn good.
NO and I suspect it is, at best, a silent minority
by hvneff - 5/8/08 3:13 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarVISTA sucks and has made it very likely I will do something I never thought I would....buy a MAC for my next notebok.
Vista wow
by blankera - 5/8/08 3:16 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI run Vista from day one and it never let me down!!
One remark, the startup is slower than win-xp.
Startup time Vista 2 minutes,Startup time Win-xp 30 seconds.
Vista Rules
by kraftlos - 5/8/08 3:26 AM In reply to: Vista wow by blankeraSorry for the cheesey title, but I have been runing Vista Ultimate for over a year with almost no problems. I built the system to run Vista and I really appreciated the added security features, the start bar serach and organization improvments, the pretty aero interface, networking features, plus the fact that it defrags/error-checks your discs on its own so you don't have to worry about maintenence. No spyware whatsoever.
Just make sure you have enough power to run the system and that the hardware is new enough to have updated drivers. I'm not silent, I actively attack the Vista-haters. They have one bad experience and they freak out...
Another Happy Vista user
by mnboy - 5/8/08 3:16 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI have owned different platforms since DOS, then Windows 95, 98, Me, XP, and now Vista. The most controversial was Me: many of my friends hated it, yet I had no problems with it. Vista seems the same. I think it has to do with change. People don't like it. "Why did they have to CHANGE..." this or that, I hear most often. My only problem was when I bought a HP machine that is capable of 8GB of RAM and has 4GB of RAM installed. However, the Home version of Vista, a 32-bit program, will only read 3.5 of it, and I must buy the 64-bit version of Vista to read more than that. But my machine does what I want it to do, so I don't feel I need to upgrade. Yes, I am happy with Vista!
Rand in Minnesota
About my Wonderful Vista Extra Premium Galactic Edition
by sociedaddelocio - 5/8/08 3:28 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarHey Vista lovers:
You're insane or just use Office Word and Explorer... No man, Vista doesn't work like a dream and let me explain why. Sorry for my poor english.
I bought a 4/5 rated laptop and ****** Vista Home "Premium" (I don't want to know how bad are the other realases either...So what about "Basic" or "starter" versions? OMG) came with it.
1)I had not choise and 95% of people out there either.
2) Short history: I've had 5 Blue Screen of Death and 3 Black Screen of Death in 3 weeks... And it's Vista, not my hardware (already tested with Linux LiveCD and benchmarks). I just connect a standar 128 mb pendrive (!) and my Wonderful Vista Extra Premium Galactic Edition crashes. Yes, I know what a driver is.
3) When I use Linux LiveCD and doing nothing, the IDLE process is about 300 mb RAM, not ridiculous 1 GB.
4) Also, if you've got any version of Vista, why this master piece of **** isn't 100% compatible with the former Windows XP version? If you don't notice we're living year 2008, and is it so difficult make a OS working with last previous release?
Yes I am a member of the Silent Vista-Loving Majority
by Mr. Seamus Smith - 5/8/08 3:34 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI have lived through and used all of the Operating Systems released from the Microsoft stables. Vista is a brilliant OS & its getting an unfair amount of criticism in general.
I use Vista as a DJ live on stage every week running two very resource hungry programs plus, at the same time, carrying out regular searches using its built in search facility. In the entire product lifetime, I have never had one problem. So I have had a positive experience.
I have my own theories as to why Vista has received a bad press. Whatever I say, I am sure it will annoy somebody. That's life, at least I am happy & proud to stand in the Silent Vista Loving Majority camp which is beginning to look crowded!
well............yes
by Chronofrost001 - 5/8/08 3:41 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI was one of those Vista haters.
But when I had to get a new laptop Vista was really the only choice with something in my price range. Turns out Vista is actually pretty good there have been some issues with things not working, but usually setting the program to run as admin or enabling the compatibility mode has fixed all of the issues. There are still a few programs but I have found better ones for Vista. As for peripherals, I never plug my digital camera in anyways I just take out the memory card and attach that. But I did wait till Vista had been out for 8 months to ensure there were no serious flaws in the code.
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