So who went Vista and was happy?

I'm considering getting Vista Ultimate.
Just curious as to who got it and who's happy with it, likes it, or hates it?

 

while i havent used windows vista ultimate extensively, from my uses with it, it isnt all that much. i've found about 2 things that are actual improvements on the operating system, and its likely to have a lot of bugs since it is a new product. IMHO, vista is primarily a visual upgrade and not that much of an operating system upgrade, everything is about eye candy and making it look smooth. my opinion is wait awhile, personally i will probably be waiting about a year to upgrade

 

here is a very good review about Ultimate version of vista.

 

I've hear a rumor that Vista is planned to have a 2 year life span, then something else will get released. Dunno if it is true, but I'm inclined to wait and see. M$ seems to follow a pattern (and it will be interesting to see if it holds), they release something that is pretty buggy, clean it up until it is pretty good, then start from scratch and repeat.

 

WOW realy two years my god i guess i will skip that one i just upgrade to XP PRO 2 years agos from win98SE.....

Is the first time i hear about fiji and Vienna do you have a link with more info... Thanks...

 

Its about as big an upgrade as 2k was to XP.

Thats not altogether small.

Looking at other competitiors, its on track.

Linux distro updates are slight updates. Kernel releases rarely make a huge difference.

Apple point releases are upgrades, too. They haven't gone to a new OS rewrite in 7 years.

My main beef was the price they charged, and the features they removed. That, and I have virtually every feature Vista has and more in the OSes I use.

If you are going to bash something here, you need to be articulate in your response, else you will get pounded on with a hammer.

Is Vista a worthy upgrade from XP? Thats for each user to determine, because mileage will always vary.

 

Currently using Vista in a triple-boot with XP and Ubuntu.

I like Vista, but honestly haven't given it the acid test of full-time use yet.

I do think it is overall a big improvement over XP, however, and imagine I will slowly migrate to it over the next year or so.

 

Read this guy's story - its a wonder he didn't shoot himself:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6407419.stm

 

I stopped reading after I saw that he upgraded with antivirus installed. Intelligence is apparently not a fine point for everyone.

Look at the points he is complaining about. Sometimes its better to keep your mouth shut, and be thought a fool, than to open it and confirm it.

Only valid point he made imo was the poor hardware error descriptors.

 

I bet his computer is closer to 5 years old, too, considering I found a BIOS for it dated in 2002.

Complaining about a computer that wouldnt even be a lot of fun on XP, being bad on Vista....priceless.

roflmao

 

"I stopped reading after I saw that he upgraded with antivirus installed."

No you didn't, otherwise you wouldn't have an opinion about the "only" valid point he made - you had to read much further to cover all his points

And you don't know that he upgraded with antivirus installed. The instructions probably mean that only the latest version of Kapersky would work with Vista. Even if he did do what you accuse him of, he would have been only following Microsoft's instructions , so whose problem is that, his or the Vista Upgrade package?

"Complaining about a computer that wouldnt even be a lot of fun on XP, being bad on Vista....priceless."

The Vista Upgrade Advisor gave him a clear go-ahead on the basis of certain adjustments. So again, whose fault is it, his or the Upgrade package?

The point here is that if someone as computer literate as this person has difficulties, what is going to happen to the average user?

"Intelligence is apparently not a fine point for everyone."

Speak for yourself.

 

Oooh, big man, throwing insults at members.

That makes a fine point of respecting your opinions.

I was being sarcastic when I said I stopped reading. I read the whole thing. He complained about his old hardware having issues. Boohoo? This is nothing new, if you do your homework. His sound card should have been researched prior.

The advisor is only that, and advisor. The one for XP wasn't any better. I heard these same tired old whines when XP first came out. Wahwahwah, XP wont run on my old and broke hardware, wahwahwah.

The early birds get the worms. This is no different.

You are right, I assumed about the AV. But seeing how he didnt do his homework about the Pocket PC, didn't meet the reccomended ram requirements, didn't do homework about his sound card, whined about how his old hardware had issues, upgraded instead of clean installed, then cried about it....I figured he probably forgot to remove his antivirus too.

Anyone who relies on an upgrade Advisor to give accurate answers on every hardware and software configuration out there? Laughable!

Now regarding the average user.

They generally DONT UPGRADE IMMEDIATELY. All the average users I know buy a new computer for each major OS release.


Speak for myself eh?

roflmao

At least I have experience with the OSes I bash. This was not a valid article to bash Vista with. Just showed an inexperienced editor trying to sound smart but instead showed his own shortcomings by relying on a single application to tell him what he didn't want to check himself. Try again.

 

Despite the fact I no longer use it, Vista gave me no issues, past Beta 2. No slowdowns either. It saw all my hardware. My applications worked (that I installed). I had no crashes. It booted fast. It was pretty (my Linux is far prettier).

Its a minor OS upgrade. Its not a complete rewrite. Its hardware heavy. Don't expect your 4 year old hardware to have no issues. Think about it. Hardware from 1997 running Windows XP? roflmao Sure, maybe. With sheer misery.

This is no different.

 

Anybody who wants to get a idea of potential pitfalls in upgrading to Vista would do well to peruse that BBC article.

Anybody that would rather OD on irrational rant can visit Adrynalyne's blog:
adrynalyne.blogspot.com

 

I'm running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. I have'nt had any problems at all, even when loading 32 bit programs. The emulator works great. As far as the OS, not much of an upgrade, just better looking. Works for me tho. No complaints.

 

Were you referring to my blog as a source for information?



roflmao

 

For a change, I agree with Adrynalyne on all points made with regards to that article.... On top of all the hardware issues of concern, IMO your asking for trouble if you upgrade any new OS over old software!

The average tradesman will always blame his tools!

I think i would rather visit his blog, than read about pitfalls that dont have to happen!

Regards....

 

I just bought a new Toshiba 17" notebook with Vista installed and am less than impressed... I found it to have hardware compatibility issues with some of my PNP devices BUT moreso, problems with my off the shelf software I use at work acting flaky.

I upgraded to 2gb ram and it helped (and if Toshiba hadn't lied in their product specs - I wouldn't have another 2gb chip collecting dust on the shelf - I'd have 4gb in the machine)

Maybe I am just frustrated in having to set up my new laptop or maybe I'm still bitter about my old Toshiba 3.2x HyperThread notebook that got stolen or maybe Vista SP2 will be the new sliced bread.....

Anyway, I dumped it and went to XP Pro SP2 to find out this "new" machine doesn't support it (well)... so any overachievers who care to look at my thread (search: Audio Driver XP) - I challenge you to figure out the whole toshiba support sucks - make my bios beep go away problem! (THANKS)

 

First you can't blame your software not working on vista, so thats out of the picture. The software is not working because said manufactor didn't update it. PNP legacy devices? Again not vistas fault. I have so many people say that hate vista because of similar issues, when its not vistas fault, but there fault for upgrading when the advisor told them it was incompatible anyway. Sorry but its really bugging me to see people complain about stupid shit.

 

Colemanguy-

Your not sorry, and you missed my point.... I got Vista and didn't want it... so I gave it a try. And yes it is Vista's fault, I like a specific MICROSOFT Mouse and It doesn't work correctly - so I blame the manufacturer - who how on ???????rolleyes happens to be MICROSOFT. And their lack of specs bugs the hell out me.... I started with a great (Vista preloaded) laptop (1.6mhz 1gb 120gb) and pumped $1200-$1500 into upgrades to get everything up to livable Vista standards just to decide it still: doesn't WORK FOR ME! And my point... still...it is PRELOADED, what upgrade advisor?

But if you want to rail on a persons opinion when someone asked who tried it and what did they think.... try this opinion:

Vista's the operating code? Duo Core tech was around prior to basically (maybe concurrently) with the developement of Vista?

Why doesn't Vista demonstrate some ingenius way of splitting data or tasks and flooding both processors (or all four in some hardware cases)? I would be way impressed had this machine cranked thru the data (like the 3-d design work I do). However, instead one processor sits there relatively untapped.

Why have multiple processors if you can't really use them?? That would be the software (OS) fault? NO? WHICH HAPPENS TO BE VISTA - WHICH happens to been introduced after the market floods multi core tech.confused

IMHO

 

Yet you are on a tirade about multi core CPUs...

rolleyes


At any rate, Vista runs like butter on my aging X2 4400+.

Maybe you should blame Toshiba for underpowering your rig with 1gb of ram from the store (1200-1500 in upgrades for ram?), and throwing garbage OEM software on the machine slowing it down and gobbling up resources.

Buyer beware?

Incompatible software...well duh. Happens every OS release, despite if its Apple, Microsoft, or a flavor of Linux.

 

I very recently purchased a pc with Vista installed. I was skeptical, but so far really like Vista. I understand it's not a major change from XP, but do like the sleek look, the gadgets, and the much more intuitive search feature.

The only problem I've had, so far, is not being able to easily keep a program from starting up with Windows. Vista leads you to Windows Defender to disable programs from starting up, but the button to disable it is shaded out, so you can't use it. I'm not sure what the msconfig equivalent is in Vista and haven't gone to a lot of trouble to find out yet, as I found a workaround for the particular program I wanted to disable.

I knew enough not to expect the first version to be perfect, but don't have a tolerance for something that would be buggy enough to be a regular or major inconvenience. So far, I've been reasonably pleased.

 

Thanks for the CC Cleaner info. Hopefully, in the near future Windows Defender will have the kinks worked out.

In the meantime, everything else seems to being running smoothly.

 

Guilty.

However, if I knew enough about the core changes, I'm sure I'd appreciate them. http://uptoparr.com/phpbb/images/smiles/icon_grin.gif

 

I like Vista to, like Halo, I went through the Longhorn phase but MS dropped it and then started on Vista. I have a few gripes but it's probably due to my ignorance ATP. DX10 is supposed to revolutionize graphics but I won't be able to use it for a while as the 8800 is way too expensive. That card costs what my system did.

 

So far Vista has been 100x better than XP was IMO. I havent had any problems with any drivers or problems with games running slow.