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Silent Vista-loving majority?
by GenXer68 - 5/8/08 3:00 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarAs a Mac user since 1999, Vista seems like the best of both worlds. A user click and play friendly mac-like system with windows compatability! I will never go back to a mac and pay twice as much! Vista rules!
1 Year later with Vista and Office 2007
by maurispa - 5/8/08 3:05 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI've been working with Vista and Office 2007 for a little over a year. My first issue was with Adobe Reader 8 freezing up. After a month of frustration I found Foxit Reader and have been a Happy Camper. I recently thought to give Adobe Reader 8 another try, I quickly uninstalled it. While it didn't freeze up it was slow and that annoying Read Out Loud option keeps popping up. Adobe Reader 8 is a bloated piece of junk. I also had issues with IE freezing up. I tried Firefox but FF didn't work with several Web Sites I use for my business. While I cursed Vista for IE Freezing, it turned out to be some IE Add-ons. My only issue with Vista is that it's sluggish. My office PC is an HP Business Notebook with a Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM and shared Video. I'm not sure if the shared video is the reason for the sluggishness. I have a new HP 8510w Notebook sitting in my office. The 8510 has a 2.4Ghz with 4GB and dedicated Video. I'm not sure if I should go with Vista or XP on the new Notebook. XP will be faster but I will truly miss the new File Manager in Vista and some of the other features. Vista has really grown on me. So I’ll probably stick with Vista and hope the new hardware will clear-up the sluggishness.
Shared video likely the problem
by caskater4 - 5/8/08 3:14 PM In reply to: 1 Year later with Vista and Office 2007 by maurispaA lot of the sluggishness i've seen with Vista is usually the result of cheap integrated video cards or not enough system memory (2GB should be made the minimum). Shared memory video cards tend to exacerbate this problem as they don't have enough resources. It's no different from trying to run a video game with a shared memory video card. Performance just sucks. Turning Aero off entirely is actually just as bad because Vista defaults to software rendering when Aero is off. The new dedicated video card should make a substantial difference. You can always tone down some of the Aero effects to make it a little easier on your video card.
I am very comfortable with Vista
by robinamarshall - 5/8/08 3:10 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarNot only am I a Vista Lover, but I am loud and proud of it. The only reason I can see why people have the complaints about the operating system is it is from people who are just always going to complain about something (you know who you are) or they don't know much about what they are doing, or they just can't stand to change!
I have been using Vista since February of 07 and have only had one issue, and it was a printer driver that was slow to update. When they finally did, no issues at all. It is smooth, fast, much easier to navigate and very conformable to an individuals needs. I like the added security. I also like the wizards and help with networking, adding perferials, etc.
All in all, can't find a thing to complain about and don't know what you all are talking about.
As far as Microsoft is concerned, shame on all you MS bashers. If it wasn't for Microsoft and the first MS-Dos OP we wouldn't be where we are today with home or business computers. All the rest are just walking in Microsoft's footsteps.
Great, but you need some power
by Hovi1768 - 5/8/08 3:15 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustara good board & fast processing chip.
I have 4gb of ram, a Core 2 Duo E8400 2x 3.0GHz, & 8800gts 512 video card.
It flies in Vista with all features maxed out.
I know several people who run home premium with 2gb of ram on a laptop
& it seems pretty fast there as well.
I also have not run into too many incompatibilities.
Divx, @ first but I just edited to Xvid till that was sorted out.
A few crashes from beta testing, but this happened on Xp as well.
Only one incompatible video game, Gutterball 2, & I have some oldies
Like Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe, circa 2001 installed without issue.
I Hate Vista
by deerhuntr22 - 5/8/08 3:15 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI had it for six months and absolutely hated it. I had to reinstall it seven times and it still did not work. Anyway, I switched to Mac.
And here comes the Mac Fanboy Cavalry...
by caskater4 - 5/8/08 3:26 PM In reply to: I Hate Vista by deerhuntr22LoL. That reads like a Apple Switch ad.
I'll have to add it to my list of favorites...
"My PC ate my homework."
"I plugged in my camera and got all these pop-ups everywhere!"
"I turned on my PC and POOF! smoke came out."
Hilarious stuff. Thanks for the laugh.
Not So quietly...
by MissingNYC - 5/8/08 3:18 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustari actually like Vista... a lot... yeah i miss some features from XP, and it does seem to run a bit slower... but you know what? i dont mind it at all! you get the sidebar, all the fancy things, transparency in windows, etc... it has a lot of good things too!
at first i didnt like it, ill admit it... but since i got the new (not so new now) PC that came with Vista, it's changed me...
Microsoft Windows Vista
by dstruckoffjr - 5/8/08 3:31 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI have been using Vista since the early bata days. I now am on a Vista Business x64 laptop and have been using it for 8 months. It has it's quirks, but so did all other releases of Windows. Drivers were a problem and I have since been able to find all the correct drivers for my hardware. I do have to admit at first I didn't like Vista but it has grown on me.
Dean
Silent and Loving it here.
by rcreightonb - 5/8/08 3:32 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI use Vista Ultimate for my Home Theater PC and it is far superior to XP in this respect. You do need a more powerful PC to run it well, but I find it more stable then XP.
Yes, love it!
by catskillian85 - 5/8/08 3:37 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI'm actually using Vista Ultimate in a Boot Camp partition on a MacBook Pro, and haven't encountered any problems whatsoever. I love Vista's features, especially the file preview ability that disappeared with one of the previous Windows versions (when, Win98?), and its ability to quickly and correctly repair a network connection when necessary. The eye candy is also a nice treat. All in all, I'm extremely happy with it!
Vista, Specialty Software, and Business
by JohnCPR - 5/8/08 3:39 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarVista may have a host of good characteristics, but in the end, need, cost, and retraining have influenced me to stay with Windows XP (WXP). I have software that is both expensive and incompatible with Vista, even using the compatibility mode function. From my attendance at hardware presentations, I have learned that most businesses are not presently switching to Vista. Most PC's and laptops ordered by business are shipped with WXP. This may mean that rather than no longer supporting WXP later this year, Microsoft will have to because a large number of their business customers are staying with it. Furthermore, the increased restrictions on the use of functions due to protection from malware appears to make it a headache for novice users. I am no novice and I could not immediately help my daughter by transferring a file from her laptop with Vista to my PC with WXP. Has the point been reached where protection supercedes utility?
Under these conditions. how can we learn to appreciate Vista?
Service Pack 3 Windows XP, Media Center Edition
by jacquesb - 5/8/08 3:52 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarI did try to install but it stops saying: "Control ID not found" I have no idea what's that. Can someone help me?
jacquesb@gmx.com
Used to be, now wish it had XP
by Pat Lamey - 5/8/08 3:52 PM In reply to: Silent Vista-loving majority? by chustarBought an HP A6130n for my photography with Vista installed middle of 2007. Really liked the interface once I learned it. Our house has XP on a Gateway, Mac OS 10 something on an old laptop, and Mac OS latest on a 24 inch iMac. My spouse runs the Macs. My work laptop is XP.
Our photo instructor wants RAW files for our shoots so with a pair of high powered Nikon SLRs, we are filling up disk space rather rapidly. I bought WD external drives for the HP Vista and for the iMac--1T each.
The Vista machine loses the 1T external drive after a few hours--even if its in the middle of copying large sets of files from our other drives. Can not find it, no way no how. No way to safely eject it because the software doesn't recognize it is there. If I pull the USB plug, I then get a warning about improper removal of a device--even though the software doesn't recognize it. Same behavior with a firewire cable. So I plugged the external drive into the Gateway and its been running fine for weeks.
As for the other 1T on the iMac, it plugged in, installed Time Machine all by itself and has been quietly doing its job with files from Nikon Capture and Photoshop CS3. My spouse does tend to gloat...
Pat
"Lost" external drive
by PhotoMan - 5/8/08 5:10 PM In reply to: Used to be, now wish it had XP by Pat LameySince the drive is "lost" after a period of time functioning, it sounds more like a power problem. What's the wattage of your HP's power supply ? Does the external drive have its' own power brick or does it draw its' juice via the USB ?
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