"Acquired" a copy of Windows Vista

[Ginn & Juice]

I could give a shit how aesthetically pleasing it is, they're in the "performance" business.

Window-dressing XP isn't an improvement if you ask me.

Agreed..



Also, 1GB of RAM are u kidding me...What happened to the good ole days of 256mb of RAM..That used to be considered blazing speed...I don't know if I can keep up with all this nonsense

 

[Golferdow01]

I could give a shit how aesthetically pleasing it is, they're in the "performance" business.

Window-dressing XP isn't an improvement if you ask me.

This is the way I see it. What do you use your computer for?

If you use it for documents, spreadsheets, webbrowsing, music, etc... what do you need Vista for? Especially if you don't care about visual asthetics.

If it isn't broken don't fix it. XP works just fine. Frankly, I can't think of speed upgrades that are really all that necessary for normal home computer use. Future hardware upgrades should definitely target gamers, servers, and the manufacturing industry in the business of testing that needs power for data collection.

 

[Thump]

I'm not a gamer so I don't need the upgrades. XP has surprisingly given me zero problems.

I just use it for browsing and Word basically so I think I'll just stick to XP.

This is the way I see it. What do you use your computer for?

If you use it for documents, spreadsheets, webbrowsing, music, etc... what do you need Vista for? Especially if you don't care about visual asthetics.

If it isn't broken don't fix it. XP works just fine. Frankly, I can't think of speed upgrades that are really all that necessary for normal home computer use. Future hardware upgrades should definitely target gamers, servers, and the manufacturing industry in the business of testing that needs power for data collection.

 

[scooter1369]

I'm not a gamer so I don't need the upgrades. XP has surprisingly given me zero problems.

I just use it for browsing and Word basically so I think I'll just stick to XP.

Good call.

Gamers will need Vista this time next year, as all games will likely require DirectX10, which will never be available to XP users.

The newer office programs don't offer any advances that the last three didn't have.

 

[Golferdow01]

Good call.

Gamers will need Vista this time next year, as all games will likely require DirectX10, which will never be available to XP users.

The newer office programs don't offer any advances that the last three didn't have.

Also, some drivers aren't available for Vista yet for Legacy products, ie my Lexmark X83 doesn't have one and probably never will.

I do think, however, that there were quite a number of changes in the newest Office. I am not using it yet because I don't feel like finding where everything is.

 

[Bleed S & G]

Good call.

Gamers will need Vista this time next year, as all games will likely require DirectX10, which will never be available to XP users.

The newer office programs don't offer any advances that the last three didn't have.

Have they released Office 2007 yet? I had the trial when i had the vista trial and they have both stopped working :) but the office was awesome.. had all kinds of bells & whistles on it.. i just stick with office 2000 since its the last one i can use the cd key 3,000 times

 

[BrutusMaximus]

Lexmark X83

Yeah but you cant blame MS for that. Lexmark is such crap. They still have several printers that they never released XP drivers for.

Functionally, not as of now. It eats up memory like the plague and apps seem to run for me at about the same pace. Also, some of the security features are a little annoying. 1/2 the apps I open ask for confirmation that I initiated the procedure and not some outside source.

I see a major improvement over XP. And hell, I have had a gig of ram for over a year now. That isnt exactly uncommon, especially for the price of ram nowadays.

Those security features you are referring to, are parts of the user account control. You can turn it off in the control panel, which is what I do.

 

[Golferdow01]

Yeah but you cant blame MS for that. Lexmark is such crap. They still have several printers that they never released XP drivers for.



I see a major improvement over XP. And hell, I have had a gig of ram for over a year now. That isnt exactly uncommon, especially for the price of ram nowadays.

Those security features you are referring to, are parts of the user account control. You can turn it off in the control panel, which is what I do.

I'm not blaming MS for that, I know Lexmark is to blame. I was simply answering the question if I recommend the upgrade. The only thing I blame MS on is that I ran that app that scans your system and finds possible issues with upgrading to Vista. It found a few things that I immediately took care of, but did not say anything about the fact that my printer may not work with an upgrade because it cannot locate a driver.

As for RAM, I haven't purchased anything computer related for the past 3 years, so I don't know what RAM is going for these days, along with what amount of RAM newer computers are coming with. I've had a gig of RAM for 3 years but I know it wasn't the norm back then. My recommendation to not upgrade to Vista is for two kinds of people:

1. You don't have a gig of RAM
2. You only use your computer for basic applications and really have no need to upgrade at this point.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

1. You don't have a gig of RAM
2. You only use your computer for basic applications and really have no need to upgrade at this point.

I would agree actually. Unless you just have money to burn and wanna make the computer look pretty

 

[Golferdow01]

I would agree actually. Unless you just have money to burn and wanna make the computer look pretty

Key line there. My fiance saw Vista on my computer so she wanted it because it looked "pretty". I told her I wouldn't install it on her computer because it's too slow already. I also told her I would not be creating her a logon name on my computer because I do not trust her "computer abilities"

Why do women insist on having 500 applications running on their computers that eat away resources and plague them with spyware? I could run Spybot and Virusscan 5 times a day on her computer and it would still make no difference...

 

[Bleed S & G]

i wouldnt mind upgrading.. i dont know how much ram i have... i ahve the duo processors and a 256 but dunno if im sitting on a gig of ram or not, i'll have to see

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I too "found" vista here 2 months ago.. curtosey of newnova.org. IE7 is awesome but I had a helluva time getting it off my machine and back to XP, and in the end it was easier to reformat, so before anyone downloads it i recomend backing things up

How did you rid yourself of IE7? My computer upgraded, and it won't let me delete it. I even tried using Roxy GoBack with no results, which was very strange. I ask because my version of Quickbooks (2004--Premier Manufacturing & Wholesale edition) is not IE7 compatible, and I really don't feel like shelling out $400 for an upgrade.

 

[CleveBucks]

If IE7 installed correctly, it will show up in Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs, where you can uninstall it back to v6 without a problem.. Otherwise, you might be S.O.L.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

...I have 40+ GB of music, of which 2 albums I actually purchased on itunes.

And how much of that 40GB have you actually listened to? My youngest has a shit-load of music (10GB+), almost all of which she has never listened to...this is what I just can't understand.

 

[Bleed S & G]

And how much of that 40GB have you actually listened to? My youngest has a shit-load of music (10GB+), almost all of which she has never listened to...this is what I just can't understand.

my collection got to 60 gigs and thats when i decided i listen to the same 30 songs now, theres just too much. i'm around 10-15 gigs now that are all quality albums.. much cleaner collection