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[bassexpander]

I know there are a few people on here that tout Vista, and think it runs beautifully, but at this point, I think it just sucks.

I just helped a neighbor buy a new HP computer which came installed with this heap of trash program -- the damn thing can't figure out how to update itself correctly and gets locked in a corrupted loop. We just got the damn thing, and it can't even install its own updates. We didn't shut it off abnormally during updating (I religiously watched this process) and followed everything we were supposed to do to a "T". I did a web search, and it seems I am not alone.

http://www.computerforums.org/showthread.php?s=60ecb4fb5f7dd3b1b416e976b516b2e7&t=81464

We found several other threads on this issue last night.

And on top of this, I have learned that we only get 5 reinstalls of Vista on this computer. What a load of shit!

I've already wasted 2 hours helping her load programs on this sloooow, dodgy OS, and now we have to start all over from scratch (minus one of our allowed installations). Oh, of course I'll spend several more minutes trying to delete and allow it to reinstall possible corrupted installations first, but I doubt that will even work. Cripes, the thing takes 4 minutes to boot on a dual core 2.16 chip. What a heap of garbage!

Guys, wait until Windows 7. 1 1/2 years later, and MS still can't get Vista right. I don't really care if it is working well for you -- what did you have to go through to get it that way?

[madoka]

[hanguker]

You guys better watch out! The Vista guys in this forum are more fanatical than Mac-heads.

BTW - I hate Vista too.

[Mr_Anderson]

[jackdaniels]

I hate that feeling too...Try to help but screw things up more...

Vista runs fine for me better than XP ever did.
Maybe just maybe the HP in question is defective?

PM me if you need help.

[rmparent]

I've only used Vista Ultimate (from XP Professional) and I haven't see any issues whatsoever. However, I've had friends who use the Home Basic or Premium that came pre-installed on their laptops and the constantly have issues with updates, crashes, etc.

Also, Microsoft's minimal requirements for Vista is 512MB of RAM which is obvious BS. On my work computer I have 1GB of RAM and Ultimate runs 'okay' with all the settings on high. It takes awhile to boot up but runs fairly quickly once it does.

On my home computer though, I've got 4GBs of RAM (well, only recognizes 3) and Vista runs beautifully.

[cj1976]

I think it's okay, but I have a lot of CPU power and RAM to get it going. Also, running DX10 in some games adds the eye-candy bonus.

[eamo]

My Vista Ultimate has been running beautifully for 2 years now.

It installed 1st time in less than 30 minutes and has allowed any software I've tried to install flawlessly. Updates go in just fine. And this is with a cracked x64 version!

There was one issue with uTorrent using 100% of RAM during heavy downloading. But that was fixed with an option in uTorrent.


I don't think I've just been lucky. I think Vista works.

[Gamecock]

I was skeptical about changing over to Vista, but it's been about a year now and I've had ZERO problems with it. Love it. Maybe I'm just lucky.

[bassexpander]

It's Vista premium with 3gb of ram.

I'm beginning to wonder if the guy at the store might have screwed up an update.

[Temporary]

Its not the greatest OS. Its not the worst one either. I have my vista striped just like windows xp, Looks like good ole' windows 2000.

There are some things I like in vista somethings that I don't. I just wish I had an unlabeled OEM DVD of Vista 64 (Non cracked bullshit). My laptop came with 32 bit, no good to me.

Granted I still run Windows XP on my desktop.

[Chet Wautlands]

I'm still using Windows 3.1 here. I've thought about upgrading, but I've heard rumors that I'll lose my mouse trails.

[Bondrock]

I'm using Vista Ultimate. (legal, bought off G-Market).

Even with dual core and 2 gigs of Ram it boots up slow. Once booted though, it runs great and is fast. Also, never had a virus or problem with updates in the last year.

For me, having Korean and English has been so helpful, especially for accessing Korean bank sites, tax sites and so on which are quite dodgy with an English OS.

[Golem]

I think vista is a rather lackluster operating system considering its cost. It made Linux look good. If it wasn't for adobe lightroom I wouldn't even run the OS. I dont understand how MS can charge for such crap.

[bassexpander]