Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Silent Vista-loving majority?
Vista is Great
by Ozzie - 5/8/08 2:06 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI purchased Vista Ultimate when it first came out. I have not had any problems with it and am very happy with the interface. Most of the people who have had problems simply do not have powerful enough computers. I have seen computers at big chains like Best Buy selling computers with Vista that anyone with any sense would know do not have the hardware to handle it. Vista is a great OS if you have the right hardware (2gb RAM, Core 2 Duo etc.).
Vista is okay except...
by missgal76 - 5/8/08 2:21 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI really wanted a PDA and no matter what patches, bug fixes, and other things I did, it would not work with Vista. I don't have a problem with Vista itself. Most problems are fixed with a simple download from either Microsoft or somewhere else on the net. However, NOTHING was able to fix the compatability (sp?) with the Palm Tungsten E2. It's been out for a year and a half!! Get it right already!!! *sigh* So back to my paper purse calendar and multicolored highlighters.
Little white lies
by piasuzi - 5/8/08 2:27 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI'm not a techie. I just know how to use what I need on my computer. And just enough more to make me curious about where "stuff" might be and how to change it that makes me a danger to myself.
So last October when my last laptop started acting strange and knowing I was getting seriously short of room, I bit the bullet and went for a new Toshiba Satellite with Vista. Microsoft was not offering the option at the time.
QuickBooks assured me that if I purchased the 2008 version of their product it would be compatible with Vista. Staples assured me that if I purchased the Lexmark X6570 it would be compatible. So how come the Windows update might give my QB a problem? And why do I get these messages every time I print that says "Lexmark Web Gateway has stopped working - a problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available"? It has not been available yet. Did I mention it's not crazy about Norton360? Or so their tech tells me.
Still not too happy about backwards-compatibility
by BrockM - 5/8/08 2:30 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI installed Vista Business as soon as it came out via the Action Pack. I have actually UN-installed it for several customers, usually for lack of compatibility with legacy printers and copiers. My biggest personal peeve with it was the poor file transfer speeds prior to SP1.
Since SP1 went public, the file transfer issues appear to be fixed. Driver availability has gotten better, but is still lacking in my opinion, especially for very common business machines such as network printers, copiers, and scanners.
I now run Vista throughout my house, and have grown accustomed to such trivial little things as the sidebar. I used widgets before to make my own, but having this kind of thing standardized is nice. The HTPC functionality of Premium/Ultimate's Media Center also seems to be much smoother than XP MCE ever was.
Initial setup and driver installation (for newer hardware at least) is orders of magnitude better than XP. I have yet to install a /new/ printer on a Vista machine that required anything more than saying "yes" to the built-in drivers Vista suggested.
Why do people fall for a pretty vista
by meini - 5/8/08 2:31 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarCan anybody tell me why Vista should be any better than XP (apart from looks)? In my opinion there is absolutely nothing wrong with XP that needs to be replaced, it already has been "ironed out" and has finally matured. Why fix what is working?
An amazingly large amount of people seem to prefer to start all over again, by adopting Vista which requires to invest heavily in hardware, has all sorts of problems and after a year and a half still seems to be in its infancy. Why is that, and why do we keep making up excuses for it (Lee)? It is because Microsoft has managed to convince us that we need it, so they and their hardware manufacturer buddies can stay alive. This is what keeps the economy ticking.
Many reasons...
by caskater4 - 5/8/08 2:38 PM In reply to: Why do people fall for a pretty vista by meiniThere are many reasons why Vista is better than XP. Here's a few... http://forums.cnet.com/5208-4_102-0.html?forumID=97&threadID=293271&messageID=2768790#2768790
Looks...
by meini - 5/8/08 2:57 PM In reply to: Many reasons... by caskater4That was a rhetorical question.
Not so silently loving it.
by loovulkats - 5/8/08 2:32 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI've been using Vista for about two months after having previously only used XP Home Premium. Vista is different so the learning curve has been steep but the payoff has been worth it for me. Particularly after I installed Service Pack 1. Everything seemed to settle down and run much smoother. I like Vista and don't want to go back. I'm looking forwrd to the growth of Vista.
Went back to XP (for 2 days and regretted it)
by mb2706 - 5/8/08 2:48 PM In reply to: Not so silently loving it. by loovulkatsTo the Vista bashers out there, your comments can only be taken seriously if you have actually spent any amount of time using Vista, yes it is a little resource heavy, yes there have been driver issues but the majority of these have now been fixed.
If you actually take the time to use it properly and make use of other users experiences you will find that actually it was worth the upgrade (I would never consider XP as an upgrade no matter what Dell might have you think).
Keep your drivers updated (I use PCPitstop Driver alert to scan once a month), don't be afraid of it, and most importantly use it!
I keep considering upgrading to 64 bit but not sure if it's worth it in my current laptop, maybe when I'm due a change I'l see what all the fuss is about and I won't diss it til I've tried it
i found the changes annoying
by ramarc - 5/8/08 2:55 PM In reply to: Went back to XP (for 2 days and regretted it) by mb2706but that's because xp was so ingrained into me. i still don't like the UAC at all, but that's because I'm a developer and I do alot of things that provoke it.
after installing sp1, all of my hardware problems went away. i might even go back and give readyboost a try.
and to folks that find it slow, have you tried removing the sidebar... it really seems to drag performance down.
Whats the problem with Vista
by donmelton - 5/8/08 2:37 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI purchased my laptop with Vista Basic on it.
Everything worked well out of the box. I had problems with some old Windows programs not working. Not a problem for me I needed to update those programs anyway. Over all for folks who purchased new machines with Vista no complaints, those who updated from a previous version is a different story.
IT guys probably have nightmares over Vista because they don't want to pop for the upgraded programs to work in Vista. My company was using XP and most of the corporate software had problems on Vista. I remembered the same thing happening when we upgraded to XP from 98.
Bells and whistles
by ellebis - 5/8/08 2:46 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustar- I don’t own Vista and never will, at least until I absolutely have no choice. (Why?)
Why? Because I don't want to have to buy a whole new computer in order to support an OS I don't want or need. XP works absolutely fine, I don't care a whit about Vista's useless bells and whistles, and my current computer isn't fast enough to run those bells and whistles.
I also think it's really rather strange to get an e-mail from the CNET Community Manager encouraging the "silent Vista-loving majority" to come post on the CNET forums about how much they love Vista. I have to say, there's a faint odor of impropriety there.
I love it too!!!
by guyi - 5/8/08 2:49 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI bought an HP laptop in November with Windows Vista Home Premium and I haven't had any kind of problem. All the software I installed works perfectly, my HP printer works from the begining, and I have made all the adjustments I like to make me comfortable. I really think people should give Windows Vista a chance.
Using It and Happy (for the most part)
by Mr_Hym - 5/8/08 2:52 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI've had Windows Vista for two or three months now, and I have very few complaints. I initially planned on using Vista for my new laptop until I had the chance to revert back to Vista, but so far I don't see any reason to. Beyond the impressive visual aesthetics, I haven't experienced any of the issues that people have been complaining about. All of my games and software install without any problems, with the only glaring issue being the old PS/2 mouse I've been to lazy/cheap to upgrade. Other than this and a few other other Windows 95-era products that I tested, there have been few, if any, compatibility issues. I love Windows Sidebar, the entire Windows Aero theme, and the ease of the slightly upgraded Windows Explorer. I'm using the 32-bit version, and I haven't experienced any of the lagging and CPU-hogging I had feared when first using it. In fact, it's actually faster than my XP desktop, which had pretty comparable specs.
In short, I absolutely love Windows Vista and don't plan on reverting any time soon.
Loving it silently...
by gripstock - 5/8/08 2:53 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI purchased the Ultimate upgrade about six weeks after it's release.
It was a pretty rough road for a few days but I really like it.
I do not like the fact that my Epson Stylus Photo 1280 printer and Olympus 3030Z camera are not supported. The Epson is with Vista drivers but I lost some features when Microsoft took over the drivers.
I figured I might as well stay up to date because the end of XP will come some day.
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