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theking · 12-18-2007, 03:00 PM

...XP Pro. Has anyone converted to Vista ? If so any regrets? What comparison would you make?

I just installed Linux Desktop on one of my drives and I am going to replace windows 2000 with either Vista or XP Pro on the other drive.

theking · 12-18-2007, 03:11 PM

I need input please.

dav3 · 12-18-2007, 03:16 PM

PCWorld.com has a write-up about the top 15 biggest tech disappointments of 2007. Check out what #1 was.

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#1. No Wow, No How: Windows Vista

Five years in the making and this is the best Microsoft could do?

It's not that Vista is awful. The integrated security and parental controls are nice, and the Aero interface is as whizzy as it gets. Searching and wireless networking are much faster and easier than under XP.

It's just that Vista isn't all that good. Many of the innovations the operating system was supposed to bring--like more efficient file and communications systems--got tossed overboard as Microsoft struggled to get the OS out the door, some three years after it was first promised. Despite its hefty hardware requirements, Vista is slower than XP.

When it debuted last January, incompatibilities were rampant--in part because hardware and software makers didn't feel any urgency to revamp their products to work with the new OS. The user account controls that were supposed to make users feel safer just made them feel irritated. And at $399 ($299 upgrade) for Windows Ultimate, we couldn't help feeling more than a little gouged.

No wonder so many users are clinging to XP like shipwrecked sailors to a life raft, while others who made the upgrade are switching back. And when the fastest Vista notebook PC World has ever tested is an Apple MacBook Pro, there's something deeply wrong with the universe.

We have no doubt Vista will come to dominate the PC landscape, if only because it will become increasingly hard to buy a new machine that doesn't have it pre-installed. And that's disappointing in its own right.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,14...s/article.html

TheLegacy · 12-18-2007, 03:17 PM

I'll make it simple

NEVER upgrade to Vista - but you can BUY a system with Vista factory installed

pornguy · 12-18-2007, 03:20 PM

I have the factory installed one buiness. and it works fine.

theking · 12-18-2007, 03:29 PM

I did have windows 2000 on both drives and was totally satisfied with windows 2000 but my brother...who is a professional computer tech. convinced me to put Linux on one drive and to use XP Pro on the other drive. I thought I would ask about Vista before I make the change on the other drive.

JayDeeZee · 12-18-2007, 03:30 PM

I have factory installed too. It's not that terrible. It takes a bit to get used to.

ICQ is really buggy.

theking · 12-18-2007, 03:30 PM

By the way he is a hugh Linux fan especially for servers.

JasonB · 12-18-2007, 04:24 PM

vista sucks ass. i put up with xp pro & used it for years, but just bought a mac with leopard & love it

jo3 · 12-18-2007, 05:24 PM

avoid vista... it's the death blow many pcs aren't expecting...

papill0n · 12-18-2007, 05:35 PM

support the troops!!!!!!

SilentKnight · 12-18-2007, 06:11 PM

We've got Vista factory installed on a new Acer laptop. Its okay, except it won't let me run a favorite old pic editor app - Aldus Photostyler.

The wife has Vista factory installed on her new HP desktop, and has had a ton of frustration getting her Dlink wifi to work properly.

munki · 12-18-2007, 06:22 PM

I'm running upgraded, and factory installed version no problems...

It's a next generation OS... if your hardware isn't up to par... your going to have problems.

aico · 12-18-2007, 06:27 PM

"And when the fastest Vista notebook PC World has ever tested is an Apple MacBook Pro, there's something deeply wrong with the universe"

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theking Nice Kitty Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The good old USA!!! Posts: 21,053	I did have windows 2000 on both drives and was totally satisfied with windows 2000 but my brother...who is a professional computer tech. convinced me to put Linux on one drive and to use XP Pro on the other drive. I thought I would ask about Vista before I make the change on the other drive. __________________ When you're running down my country hoss...you're walking on the fighting side of me! FOR THE LYING LOWLIFE POSTING AS PATHFINDER...https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-pr...athfinder.html

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theking Nice Kitty Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The good old USA!!! Posts: 21,053	Windows Vista compared to ...XP Pro. Has anyone converted to Vista ? If so any regrets? What comparison would you make? I just installed Linux Desktop on one of my drives and I am going to replace windows 2000 with either Vista or XP Pro on the other drive. __________________ When you're running down my country hoss...you're walking on the fighting side of me! FOR THE LYING LOWLIFE POSTING AS PATHFINDER...https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-pr...athfinder.html

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JasonB Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,183	vista sucks ass. i put up with xp pro & used it for years, but just bought a mac with leopard & love it

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SilentKnight Megan Fox's fluffer Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: shooting pool in Elysium Posts: 24,818	We've got Vista factory installed on a new Acer laptop. Its okay, except it won't let me run a favorite old pic editor app - Aldus Photostyler. The wife has Vista factory installed on her new HP desktop, and has had a ton of frustration getting her Dlink wifi to work properly.

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