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Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Silent Vista-loving majority?
I like Vista, my 3 favorites.
by Paul Willy - 5/8/08 8:17 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustar1. Memory priority, and I/O priority, not just processor priority.
Do you remember how funny it was 10 years ago when a Dual processor machine ran Windows slower than a single processor? Then MS rewrote the thread scheduler and stopped causing cache contention, BOOM 180% processor utilization became common.
Vista and Server 08 have the potential to do the same thing again but this time with the addition of memory and I/O priority. It will take some time for the programmers and tweakers to get these new functions set, but when they do BOOM, no more waiting for your AV to finish; it gets a low I/O priority. Defrag runs with low processor, I/O, and memory priority. System tasks don’t eat your machine and make you wait.
2. Ready boost and ready boot.
Fast flash has the capability of replacing most or all of what we need a hard drive for, with zero rotational latency. Windows can use your thumb drive or SD slot to swap and boot from. I use a 4gig SD card, I did have to find an updated driver for my Ricoh multi-slot that supported type 6 speeds, but it makes a difference you can feel.
3. Lots of cores.
The next generation processors will have more than 2 cores, 4, 8, 16, who knows, by the time we retire Vista, the common desktop could have 16 or more cores, way too many for previous versions of windows.
YMMV these are my top three but they have only just begun. Certainly Vista has some downsides. Vendors that use a new OS to obsolete their old hardware would be a top contender, but you really can’t blame MS for that one. All these new functions in the OS take resources, memory, processor and disk, but their potential benefits far outweigh the downsides with the hardware we will be running in 2010.
P.S. Check out these links for a true geeks perspective on what's new in Vista.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc162494.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc162480.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc162458.aspx
Using Vista
by cnmpat - 5/8/08 8:18 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI purchased Vista earlier this year, and have been happy with it. I purchased it on a new Dell super charged computer. There are many things I like...I am visual and I like the visual things. In general it has worked well for me. There have been a few minor glitches, but not enough for me to want to go back to Win XP. In general it works well with all of my software, and I was surprised it worked well with some of my older programs.
I have the patience to work through things, and my expectations are small. I really thought long and hard about my decision.
I'm here!!!
by crjones - 5/8/08 8:19 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI've been through enough system upgrades to know that Vista is an eventuallity. Those that resist will end up on a unsupported platform. I'm surprised XP has been able to stick around this long. Every new verson of the OS simplifies the installation process, especially with the expanded driver library. I'm happy for the new security features. It's a great OS.
Vista User
by bowlman - 5/8/08 8:22 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarIve been using vista from public beta to final release and am now on third pc with it and have not had any real problems with it mostly with third party drivers and support yes it is more hardware hungry and I new that from the start and kept an open mind on using it I did xp when it was beta also and remember that it was not that great out of the box ether vista did not have that great support as did xp when it first came out and to many versions did not help with big price tags to boot but give it time just like xp and let it mature .
thanks
bowlman
I love Vista
by jakeisaround - 5/8/08 8:25 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarInstalled Ultimate Vista 64 5 mos. ago with hardly any problems. One cheap video capture card had no drivers. I have many other devices all of which work. I have 4G DDR2 which requires 64 bit OS to be seen. Most software loaded and ran, only a few really old items did not; no loss!! It is very slow to load (my major objection) probably because I have 8 HD and a network. It takes a long time to index all the drives and search for the network systems. My laptop (Vista Home Basic) loads in a flash. Never have had a lockup on either system, unlike XP. Very quick when loaded. Love the graphical interface, sidebar, and overall performance. Upgrade version failed, did a clean install on a second HD with the OEM version and run XP in multi-boot mode when needed (rarely).
Vista is great....it's kind of fun reading the media lies
by jjdunkel - 5/8/08 8:25 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI'm even running Vista x64 and the only thing that doesn't run is adobe flash on the x64 version of IE...the great thing is there is the 32 bit version of IE installed too.
After using Vista for a year i decided to do a system rebuild to XP just to see if i was missing the points that the media was making. But I only left XP on the machine for 2 weeks because i couldn't stand how clunky it was after getting used to vista.
I'm on Vista to stay and will not be looking back again...i'll just continue laughing at the blatant lies being propogated in the Mac Loving media.
I've Had No Major Problems
by brianwolters - 5/8/08 8:26 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI've been running Vista since its roll out and I now have Vista Ultimate on my main box, on my laptop and Home Premimum on a third PC. My main box also extends to my XBOX 360 and using Windows Media Center is a complete joy.
I did have driver issues at first and had to completely stop using my old Audigy 2 sound card and an older scanner. But I've been just fine with my on-board sound and the new scanner didn't run me much.
I know it does like more RAM but so go progress of newer OSes. When people call Vista 'bloated', they can never back up that statement and if it is, I am not seeing it. I am getting better performance from it than I ever did with XP.
Love the Vista Apps
by crwilson6 - 5/8/08 8:33 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarYes I had a few issues upgrading to Vista, all of which I was able to resolve by upgrading either the hardware, drivers or software.
But now I'm enjoying the benefits. New releases of Office, Corel and Vegas Video ROCK under Vista. I've used Corel since version 1(before Windows) and now finally the VISTA version is unbelievable fast. Vista software versions are the reason to upgrade to Vista!
Silent Vista-loving majority?
by slaterg - 5/8/08 8:33 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI am running Vista Buisness Edition SP1.
I needed to upgrade my ATI Video Card.
I chose an ATI Sapphire Card c/w 512MB I can now run run Movie Maker.
With this video card my Windows Experience Index is 4.5.
And the index is limited to this card.
Everything else works great. Office 2003 is flawless.
The Post time and Boot Up are really fast.
I am a Happy Vista Camper.
Love parts of Vista
by bwkeyboardman - 5/8/08 8:37 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI've worked on several systems with Vista. One of my home-office clients has Vist Home Premium and it works great for her. She upgraded to a Toshiba laptop from an old PC with Windows 98. On my recommendation, she got one with 2GB of RAM and its a good thing. Other then some minor challenges with Quicken (or Slowen?), things have been great for her because she takes quite a few digital pictures and her Cannon Powershot A560 interfaces great with Vista.
I personally love the look and feel of Vista. Without having to find help or take any courses yet, I've been able to find my way around to fix or change things.
One business client has had several challenges with Vista Home Premium on a couple Dell laptops. Dell finally offered to replace the OS with XP for free. Thus, this client has ordered their last 2 new desktop PCs with XP Pro (yet fully ready for Vista). They did get one Dell laptop with Vista Business one year ago and it worked just fine out of the box, including all networking. Wireless Networking has been the biggest challenges with Vista, especially the Home versions.
I have a Vista Business Upgrade for my Sony Vaio laptop, currently running XP Pro, but have yet to upgrade due to the many applications I'm running. I just don't have the time to spend with the upgrade process. However, now that some of the kinks have been ironed out (in Svc Pack 1), my next new PC or laptop will come with either Vista Business or Ultimate. Of course, as much memory and horse-power as possible will be my requirement. I agree with someone who has already stated this: MS is in the business of keeping hardware manufacturers in business.
"Viva la Vista, baby!"
Regards,
BW
I confess, I am a Vista lover.
by unity2012 - 5/8/08 8:41 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarYes, at first there was the usual getting around tools and compatibility issues; but a year later I am happy with the OS. It can only get better and MS has offered all the support I've needed to solve any particular issue.
Getting to know what Vista can do for me and not simply comparing it to XP for what it did not do was the key to a smooth switch. When I switched to Vista I also committed myself to keep my PC free of unnecessary software. I realized how much clutter I had. I am fighting the common addiction to add every single free software and program we tech-craze people love to try in our eternal quest for interweb perfection 
Vista bundle deal
by Niniri - 5/8/08 8:44 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI got a killer deal on an Intel Core2 Quad and an Intel motherboard
through my company's employee purchase plan. It came with a copy of
Windows Vista Home Premium--I had intended to run XP Pro SP2 when I
built my new PC.
The problem was that the retail CD I had for XP Pro SP2 is an older
copy--and it BSoD'd like crazy with the new hardware I was working
with. I wound up being quite glad that Vista had come with that new
bundle. I didn't have a choice but to adopt it, and now I'm glad I
did. It works great with my PNY nVidia 8800 GTS video card, a couple
of hard drives, 4 gigs of RAM and a thermaltake case.
I had some minor problems with the known bug of copying large data
blocks (over several gigs) via a LAN, and it spontaneously rebooting.
I did get the hotfix from Microsoft, and it helped--but with Vista
SP1 now on my system, I'm moving data with no problems, and all my
graphic software--such as Photoshop, Poser 6 & 7, Daz|Studio and the
like are working just fine.
I've tweaked it so Vista rates a 5.3 on the "Windows Experience"
chart, which ain't bad from what they tell me (and make some of my
co-workers who got this same bundle deal a bit jealous, it seems).
Overall, I keep pretty quiet about it. I'm happy with it. It's not
given me any real reasons to be un-happy!
Cheers,
Niniri
I AM ENJOYING VISTA
by theolibnut - 5/8/08 8:46 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarIt has been a little over a year since I started with VISTA, i.e., upgrading my HP Pavillion Media Center PC and my Gateway Laptop from XP to VISTA, and purchasing a new HP Pavillion Media Center PC with VISTA already installed. I have enjoyed the new OS with changes, of course, to software that is compatible with VISTA. I went through the same changes when going from Windows 98 to XP. Other than that, I find it to be a great OS and continue to look forward to learning more about the different benefits it has to offer. I still have two computers with XP, i.e., a Dell Laptop and a Emachine Media Center PC. But more and more, I am working through my VISTA operating systems. Thanks for letting me share my thoughts and feelings. - cybertheolibnut
I like it
by Hakuryustar17 - 5/8/08 8:52 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI've used and liked both versions of Vista Home, and never really had any issues with it. My older desktop runs basic just fine, and my new laptop runs off Premium and I've never had any issues out of either version. Personally I have fun with it. Secondly, its either Vista or a Mac and I'll choose Vista long before I'll go with a Apple product. Thats something for the Vista haters to consider....
Vista Premium
by therym - 5/8/08 8:54 AM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI jumped into the Vista bandwagon about 7 months ago. I purchased it during an upgrade purchase and gutted my system. I took the 64 bit option to use 4g of ram. Besides a few hiccups of getting 64 bit apps I have been fairly content. I am having less problems with VIsta than I did with XP when it rolled out.
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