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| Do you want to use Vista? |
| Yes, I already do and am satisfied |
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| Yes, but I switched back to my old o/s |
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| no |
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| I use mac or linux and am only interested in the poll results |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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 Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: Vista Poll |
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| Vista SP1 is out. Do you want to switch to Vista or have you already switched? How do you feel about Vista |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:38 am Post subject: |
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No it's not.
The Vista service pack beta is out. For testing.
The SP1 won't be available to the public until next year. At least that's what I hear. |
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JAWINSEOUL
Joined: 19 Nov 2005
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Since this is now December 2007 Your link is about 11 months out of date. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Vista needs a new name. |
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T-dot
Joined: 16 May 2004
Location: bundang
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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IM in the midst of getting a new laptop. Is Vista really as bad as people make it out to be?
Found a pretty good deal on a new Mac for 850,000 and am considering it because of all this ruckus with Vista. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: |
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Vista is fine!!!
Once you accept that you can't run a few old copies of software or games then it's a good OS.
I've been running Vista since March and it has given me very few problems that were down to the OS itself. Once I changed my nVidia GPU for an ATI one the driver issue which used to plague me has totally disappeared. So I'm putting the only real problem I had with Vista down to nVidia drivers.
If you have an older 'puter it might seem slower than XP. Vista uses a lot of RAM.
On a strong modern computer Vista is pretty slick. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| On a strong modern computer Vista is pretty slick. |
But hardly worth the price that it goes for. I really wanted to go legit with vista, but I think I'll stick with my cracked XP until something better comes along (currently slated for 4th quarter 2009 - Windows 7) |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:12 am Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
| On a strong modern computer Vista is pretty slick. |
But hardly worth the price that it goes for. I really wanted to go legit with vista, but I think I'll stick with my cracked XP until something better comes along (currently slated for 4th quarter 2009 - Windows 7) |
I think Vista Ultimate is waaay overpriced myself, but then, you don't really have to pay for it. 
Microsoft announced that it won't implement the 'kill-switch' when they find pirated copies of Vista installed on a home computer. There are a few excellent Vista Ultimate copies on torrents. Permamently activated. Updates just fine. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| If you get Vista, just don't get the simple "home" version. Get Premium or Ultimate. "Home" is crippled. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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I installed Ultimate at the weekend. So far, there have been some flaws. For instance, it won't recognise my external HDD no matter what I do. Also, some games won't run properly.
When I tried to connect to the internet, it wouldn't connect either. I hope the SP1 irons out these flaws because it looks promising. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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I installed Ultimate at the weekend. So far, there have been some flaws. For instance, it won't recognise my external HDD no matter what I do. Also, some games won't run properly.
When I tried to connect to the internet, it wouldn't connect either. I hope the SP1 irons out these flaws because it looks promising. |
Vista has a lot of common drivers built-in to the operating system, but it doesn't have them all. Do you need to install seperate drivers for your external HDD and your LAN card? Lan card drivers should be on your mobo install disc. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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The external HDD is of the plug and play variety housed in an enclosure. It had no problems on XP, but Vista reports 'USB 2.0 Storage device error'.
Also, the internet does work but sometimes it doesn't. It's a lot more temperamental than XP. I'm waiting for XP SP3 to see how that is. |
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