lloyd Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Hi Everyone, With the new Microsoft Vista now available, does anyone have any feedback regarding it. At work, I am hearing all negative things about it, system freezing up, non- compatability issues, etc. What is your opinion if you have Vista as your Operating System?? Thanks in advance, Sarmoti.))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daplumma Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 You may want to ask in the site,internet and computer area on the main page.I'm sure one of the geeks will be by soon enough. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Complete Junk. and I talk from experience as I use it daily. Hate it. XP is way more stable and alot more user friendly....Dont even get me started on office 2007 Which I just upgraded too... Gerritt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 We just updated to Office 2007 last week at work. Seamless transition the techies told us (HA HA HA HA HA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 well microsoft always puts their systems in the stores before they have the bugs worked out... and in a year or 3 and 3,200,000..00 updates later...they might have the bugs out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpe146 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 I've been using Vista Home Premium for a couple of months now and have mixed feelings about it. The performance of the OS has been great, but I am finding that there are a lot of programs that I used with XP that are not compatible with Vista yet. Also I have heard that unless your CPU has at least 1gig of ram Vista is terribly slow. I'm using a new Toshiba Laptop 3.0 GHZ Dou Core, 1 gig Ram, 160 gig HD, and Vista itself has been running just fine, but I wouldn't say that it is a great improvement over XP. My advice would be if you have XP keep using it for a few months until they get all the kinks worked out of Vista then if you would still like to upgrade have at it. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 MY parents recently got a new computer with it. Spent abotu an hour mucking around with no troubles to speak of. That said, I ddint like the feel of it. Items seemed out of place, and doing basic navigatiosn and tweaks that I do with new installs were difficult to figure out. I'd stick with XP for now. XP can run on a slower machine and is overall less demanding. If you want a computer for gaming, many new games will only run with Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Beware when upgrading your existing XP system. I heard that Vista is a hog when it comes to graphics, so if your graphics card isn't up to snuff, then you'll be replacing some hardware....as well as what others have posted...more ram, faster processor etc... Vista will not see my computer!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just2manylures Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Personally I haven't tried it, but as you can see there are mixed feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clampet Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Just wondering what would be the disadvantages of owning a Mac instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhunter Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 I'm just really glad that Microsoft doesn't make jumbo jets as they would be falling from the sky on a regular basis! It never ceases to amaze me how one of the worlds richest companies can continue to deliver marginal at best products and still maintain such a huge advantage over it's rivals. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lundboy Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Just wondering what would be the disadvantages of owning a Mac instead? There is no real disadvantage, only a perceived fear of change. If anyone is thinking of buying a new computer take a good look at MAC, you will not be sorry. Go to an Apple store, play with one for an hour, and you will see what you have been missing. And if you really really really want to run Windows XP on it, you can! They only cost a little more, but you get a divorce from Bill Gates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setomonkey Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Talked about this with my geek buddies, the consensus was not to upgrade to VISTA, and to wait until you have to buy a new machine that will have the specs to run it properly (it'll come pre-installed in many cases anyway). Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 It's been the same in the past. From 3.1 to Win 95, 95 to 98, 98 to ME(HORRIBLE), and on to XP. Each time required faster processors,memory and hardware upgrades. O yes, bigger hard drives. Stick with XP for minimum a year. They should have at least some of the bugs worked out and the new DVD will have the updates installed on it. This process will repeat itself again in 5 or 6 years if history indicates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 hey, Lets not forget win 2000 and XP64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Canadian Air Farce made fun of it,so it must be junk. Load up the chicken cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 I wouldn't touch anything out of Micromess that isn't at least at an SP 1 release. If they were making anything but their software they would have been sued out of existance long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbog Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 If your current computer (regardless of OS) is meeting your needs then why bother with Vista? Make the move only if and when you have to and Microsoft has release a service pack or three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Urban Fisherman Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 I've been a MAC guy for years, but I use both Mac's and PC's at work. I thought I might change my mind about PC's once I started this job and was forced to use one, but NOPE - it's been a year and I still can't stand window's. It's completely un-reliable, and the computer is SLLLLOOOWWWW compared to the mac I use at the other end of the room. As far as networking goes,my mac fits right into our mostly PC based network without a hitch.... i'm sorry guys, but plain and simple - once you go Mac, you never go back! hehe The ONLY reason I could see somebdoy wanting to use a PC these days is if they're a hard core gamer - but I would think that if you can run windows on a mac now (god forbid) you could also play your games on mac? Cheers, UF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clampet Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 I wouldn't touch anything out of Micromess that isn't at least at an SP 1 release. If they were making anything but their software they would have been sued out of existance long ago. And to think Bill Gates is worth 86 Billion Dollars. Imagine what kind of interest ($) that must be accumulating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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