Windows Vista: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista?
- 5/7/08 10:29 PM
no IT pro
by rollinglenn - 5/8/08 11:52 AM In reply to: VISTA and Glad to Have it! by rwhissenlook, I'm no IT pro, but I have experience with maintaining DOS, UNIX, MAC, and one Debian Linux box since 1983. NONE of these has had more fixes needed than Windows.
What makes me happy is when I load in a new software OS and it works from the very start.
I love getting all of the new bells and whistles that a new version of any software brings; however I am no longer patient enough to either wait until after it has been out a year or until ver.2 comes out to get it right.
In the home market, Apple is the only company I have been able to rely on for fully tested and proven OS software in the first release.
Why can't Microsoft do likewise? They are in too much of a hurry to imitate the Apple OSX.
So from now on it will be an Apple machine running OSX that gets my money.
Vista Blue
by alaw168 - 5/8/08 10:27 AM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My shiny new PC running Vista reboots more times in a week than my clunky 6-year-old dying PC running XP did in a year. 'Nuff said.
Vista has difficulties killing "Not Responding" processes. The only option is to reboot. Sometimes, it even fails to shutdown with the "Not Responding" processes; I have to resort to hard reboot using the power button.
If Microsoft hadn't announced their plan to desupport XP soon (though I doubt they can pull it off in the near future), I would never have chosen Vista over XP. I'm beginning to regret my decision though.
No Vista Lover Here
by rollinglenn - 5/8/08 10:41 AM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
After years of running TRS-DOS(remember that one?), MS-DOS, and all variants of Windows up to but not including Vista (because I can't afford to upgrade my hardware to run Vista), I am sick and tired of all of the errors and security issues.
If I can keep my Win XP PRO box from dying for the next two years while my last kid finishes college, My money will go for an Apple computer. My last kid has an Apple that is almost 8 years old and has only needed one software upgrade - no problems, no repairs needed.
When I compare a record of success like this, how could I not switch to Apple?
Vista Experience
by wheelzup - 5/8/08 11:09 AM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I didn't move to Vista until it had been out about a year since I went to XP right when it first came out it drove me crazy just like the problem XP it's pretty much the same as what Vista is going through now...growing pains. I'm running CrossfireX and able to use just about every piece of software I had on my XP computers with Vista. Sure I had to find the new drivers for a printer and scanner but those were both three and four years old respectively. With SP1 out for Vista moving files between computers has been noticeably faster and of great use. I've only encountered one blue screen of death but it wasn't Vista's fault it was my motherboard going bad on me. There were a few issues with the Radeon video drivers but ever since I installed the new Catalyst drivers (Version 8.4) all those problems have gone away. When I was duel booting XP and Vista I found I had more trouble with XP and Crossfire but now that I'm using only Vista the problem has vanished.
Sure word has it that MS is pushing to get Windows 7 out sometime in 2009 instead of 2010 and even with that I'd guess there will be problems with it as well. Add to that Microsoft bringing in someone who had worked for Adobe (his name slips my mind right now) to spearhead it's development all this tells me they are trying to make their products better. We just get comfortable with a product like Windows 98 or Windows XP it's tougher to move onward with something new.
hahahah!
by psychomichael - 5/8/08 11:25 AM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I made the switch to Ubuntu 7.10 and am happy to no longer be a slave to Microsoft.
Tired of Vista? Look into linux alternatives...Mandriva is a close Windows clone. I like Ubuntu...
Vista has been a frustrating system - software incompatible
by bdarrah - 5/8/08 11:49 AM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have two PCs about a year old and both have had significant software problems with Vista. Specifics - PC#1 - HP Pavilion dv9500 Laptop - Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.2 Ghz - 2038 MB - PC#2 - Samsung Mobile Q1 Ultra
1) Bought Norton's 360 to get their newest and greatest - after weeks of work with tech support finally had to totally remove Norton. Thanks to CNET advice moved to Zone Alarm - do manual updates and scans.
2) Inconsistent operation with Targus USB to Serial and USB port replicator. Often Serial printer needs to be deleted and re-added.
3) Roadrunner dial backup would not work with Vista so had to buy Verizon High Speed Cellular USB modem for backup when cable fails and for travel.
4)Spy-Sweeper can't stay on with Zone Alarm so only use for periodic deep inspections.
5) Office 2007 fine - but only work with 97-2003 documents since no-one has 2007.
6) To keep speed up - clean each evening with Window Washer - great program
7) Clean registry with PC Tune-up
8) Once in a while use CCleaner
9) Windows Dick Cleaner and Defrag every couple of weeks
10) HP Health Check in HP Advisor NEVER has worked - won't scan
11) Zone Alarm Forcefield had to be stopped and prevented from starting
12) New Windows mail - OK but no bcc ability
Don't recall this extent of difficulty with XP - gave a son an older HP XP laptop for use instead of buying new with Vista
I do like the Windows Sidebar so you can see real time CPU and memory use
Keep Smiling, Bdarrah
Vista Great Operating System
by Ken Deyell - 5/8/08 11:50 AM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have had my Vista for 7 months and not one BSOD.I could recommend it on it's "search feature" alone.I have read many comments,and I have concluded one of the main things to assure satisfaction is to have sufficient RAM.I have 2GB RAM AMD Athlon 64 x 2 4000+ processor.The system is lightning fast,and I have had absolutely no problems.Also SP1 installed problem free.
What is an Operating System for?
by cowboy3398 - 5/8/08 11:53 AM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Have we all forgotten what an Operating System is for?
Why do I need 2 G of RAM (which I've found is the minimum for a snappy response) just to launch a program!
Why do we have programs integrated into the operating system? (Internet Explorer) If it was separated, as it originally was, we would never have had the huge security holes we currently endure.
Personally, I would have preferred if Vista dropped backward compatiblity for stable and secure (like Vista 64 bit). 5 years and all we got was an interface that _claimed_ to be backward compatible, contained a lot of bloat with features that most people don't need or want.
First Run not a good thing.
by starrpoint - 5/8/08 12:00 PM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I got Vista last April on my new laptop. Since the laptop is just a run of the mill machine, it is not powerful enough to truly run Vista well. This turned out to be a problem, since I got the laptop to run AutoCAD and graphic editing programes when I travel while working.
My first hard drive crashed, and I had to have a new one install after less than 2 months.
Since then, I have run pretty well, but there are many things I cannot do with this machine, as it is under powered for the memory hog Vista is.
I have friends who have it on their more powerful desktops, and the second wave of machines with it does do better.
The updates have improve things, but not enough.
It is a shame when you have to add a flash drive just to power the operating system.
While there are some nice features, I think it was released too soon, and has too few goodies to justify the expendiure in power.
It runs ok if you leave everything in default, but boggs down with even a little customization.
Vista is fine
by Joliet Eddie - 5/8/08 1:20 PM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
All in all, I like Vista and find that it works just as good and often better than XP for me.
Came with new laptop last November. Runs fine, fast, and glitch-free. Runs my old HP printer (parallel port through adapter no less) and several older XP programs that the original software vendor says may not run/they won't support. XP is/was fine (still use it on an older laptop and at work. As to slowing down, I agree with other comments that Vista as an operating system seems to behave long term like any other Windows version: load enough programs and don't attend to temp file deletion, etc., and your system will slow.
There seem to be THREE main computer camps nowadays: XP, Vista, and Mac. The pro-XP folks are beginning to sound like Mac users who think that their OS is so much better than Windows and won't listen or accept anything other viewpoint. I get tired of reading Mac user diatribes. I looked at moving to a Mac several times, but when I followed Mac user forums, I saw that there were just as many problems for them whenever Apple upgraded the OS as when Windows changed. AND with Mac you're stuck buying your machine from ONE manufacturer who calls the shots on prices. At least with Windows, including VISTA, I was able to shop around for a good deal on a good laptop from several reputable companies.
Love It
by atcfll - 5/8/08 1:44 PM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a laptop with XP and a desktop with Vista. I wouldn't dream of trying to upgrade my laptop to Vista just as I wouldn't dream of upgrading a 486 to XP. I built my desktop to run Vista and I haven't had a problem at all. I find Vista very intuitive and very easy to manage, much more so than any previous Windows version. It installed very easily and the only problems I have had were self-inflicted and Vista recovered very well each time.
Vista is just an operating system to me
by lynjs - 5/8/08 1:46 PM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I got Vista as part of a new pc system that I got March 2007. I went from Millenium to Vista so I don't have any idea of how XP works.
To me, the bottom line is this, as long as it works, who gives a flying flip. I could careless about the OS. I just want it to work. It could be Curious George's OS, as long as it works and does what I want it to do when I click, I'm happy.
Vista Home Premium User
by theoleplowboy - 5/8/08 1:49 PM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have owned an HP 6000 laptop with Vista Home Premium OS for 6 months.
I have had no problem whatsoever with this computer. I have owned several computers with XP Pro and XP Home and I had all kinds of problems with them. I believe the new Vista OS is really a big step in the right direction. I'll never consider going back to XP. The XP Pro and XP Home would lockup and half the time the DVD drive wouldn't recognize a blank disc. The Vista is just way ahead of XP period.
I don't have Vista, will never upgrade to it!
by bamajock - 5/8/08 1:57 PM In reply to: Poll: What’s your personal experience with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I dumped Winhell for the wonderful world of Macs 2 years ago! Never looked back, never regretted. Never been bothered by a virus, blue screen of death or all the other nitnoids I had to put up with. My MacPro has been running for 24/7 for more than 2 years and I've never had to reboot because of an OS glitch! Upgrades are a snap. And I added 3 more 750 GB hard drives one evening and from shutdown to restart was less than 15 minutes with fully formatted drives!!!
Bottom line, I don't do Windows any more and couldn't be happier.
Sounds like my experience using Vista
by Igiveup2 - 5/12/08 4:04 PM In reply to: I don't have Vista, will never upgrade to it! by bamajockNo BSOD, no malware, no rebooting due to OS glitches. Sorry to hear you screwed up so badly in Windows.
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