VISTA Poll

What is your situation? (please pick 3)

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JMScomp

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Windows VISTA. Like it, or hate it? Want it, or wouldn't touch it? Having heard the many opinions of my fellow computer geeks from other forums. I would like to have a poll here, to hear your opinions.

I'll start.

Edit: If you currently own VISTA then choose I have tried it. I say this because I have a duplicate of this poll on another forum, and have had this asked of me several times.
 
lol :)

I've used, it, dont like it yet but will use it.
 
I've tried it on other people's computers and not totally impressed. There are just as good operating systems out that cost much less and I feel are much more safe and usable. This is just my opinion since I have been board with Windows for several years now, VISTA has the flashiest of graphics.
 
I tried it tri boot with Xp and Unbuntu for a couple of months.. I liked it, just not enough to pull me away from my good ole' comfortable Xp and Unbuntu dual boot.. I will prolly switch to it, or at least dual boot it with Xp and/or Unbuntu, when I get around to buying a DX10 vid card, or MS drops Xp support..
 
JMScomp said:
If you currently own VISTA then choose I have tried it. I say this because I have a duplicate of this poll on another forum, and have had this asked of me several times.
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Do you realise that people can make multiple choices in your poll?


I have tried it.
I liked it.
I intend to use it.
I already have it deployed and in use on all the systems I have here in regular, everyday usage. Other than a laptop machine which I specifically wanted to keep XP on.
 
My main machine = Vista Ultimate 64.

My "testing" machine = Win2k, Win XP home, Win XP 64, Vista Home 32, Vista Business 64.

Vista 64 seems faster than any of the others, has been quite stable, WAY more secure than previous Windows, and drivers for most of my HW were there at launch or soon afterwards. I did decide to dump my CL sound card, but CL and Vista don't mix for a large number of users.

What I do not understand is why all the continuing "go with Vista or stay with XP?" threads. It is an OS. Most (all?) OS's *should* be as exciting as crud. An OS is just a SW bridge to apps/games/media stuff/etc.

Is Vista better than XP? In many respects, my opinion is: yes. Is it a "must-have" upgrade? My opinion is: no. If XP works for you on your current machine, stay with it. If you getting a new machine, go with Vista.
 
"What I do not understand is why all the continuing "go with Vista or stay with XP?""

Because people want to know what suits them best. And there is a lot of conflicting information floating around. My favorite little bit of factual intrigue is that VISTA uses 33% of your system resources while idle (this has been confirmed by reliable sources).

"It is an OS. An OS is just a SW bridge to apps/games/media stuff/etc."

All the more reason to make sure you have a good one (don't say "then go with mac";)).
 
JMScomp said:
Because people want to know what suits them best. And there is a lot of conflicting information floating around. My favorite little bit of factual intrigue is that VISTA uses 33% of your system resources while idle (this has been confirmed by reliable sources).
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It's not actually a 'fixed' 33%, by the way, but that's by the by.

Did those 'reliable sources' also make it clear to you that this isn't, and won't be, a problem for you in any way whatsoever? That you are demonstrating that you are looking in the wrong direction for potential problems by even considering this?

Here is a very good explanation of how Vista handles memory, and it's well worth a read.
 
I didnt wanna be a person stuck in the 60's so i tried it and have been using it happily since it was RTM, i have used other peoples computers with XP, felt the difference and wont ever go back to it! :cool:
 
Voted in the affirmative on all 3 counts. Funny thing is it is the same old song, different beat. I heard the same thing when W95 was released, then W98, 2000. ME (justifyably so), even XP and now Vista....I can assure you it will never change. ;)
 
Vista FTW. It works awesome for me on my main gaming machine, and is perfect for my HTPC. I've only ran into a few minor issues, but 99% of them are taken care of in the first few weeks of Vista's release.. but I'm still waiting for better drivers for the X-Fi.
 
Is Vista Ultimate 64bit any more/less stable than the 32bit version? Is the upgrade to 64bit worth it? How is the driver support?
 
officer921 said:
Is Vista Ultimate 64bit any more/less stable than the 32bit version? Is the upgrade to 64bit worth it? How is the driver support?
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Depends on your hardware. I tried it initially with my HTPC, but ATI's drivers effing blow under x64, and under Vista in general.. I was forced to switch back to Nvidia and Vista 32-bit.
 
I'm running Vista at work - demoing the business version for the past several months before rolling it out across my college. I also have it on my personal computer - wanted to install it so that I got used to fixing issues, so that when I had to start educating users I'd be able to.

Vista works....until it really breaks. At which point, I tend to be at a loss as to what to do. This will, I expect, change as there is a developing community and wider base of technical solutions to problems. That said, it seems slower than other OSes, and I'm not running low-end machines. I use Vista at work because I have to. My personal install has motivated me to move towards Ubuntu, and it's been the best decision I've made in some time.

 
I am solely on vista now. Running Home premium 32bit. I bought vista and rarely touched it, didnt want to give up XP pro. But now I wont go back ( except for some stuff VNC stuff that I run on XP for remote admin)
 
Well, I installed it for about 7 months on my Dell D620. It worked fine and I really didn't have any PROBLEMS per say. The biggest gripe I had was that 2 or 3 of the older programs I use for programming didn't work on it because of how old they were. In addition, I didn't find much of the Aero stuff interesting after about 2 weeks, eventually just disabled most of it, so it wasn't much different than any other install of XP at that point.
 
lmao- when allowed to vote without showing your identity (putting you up for ridicule by the anti-Vista trolls)- you can see the "true" proportions of what people think about Vista.
The fact of the matter is, people like it.
 
Vista is in its early stages. its not required by anything i do, so i opt towards XP. like XP in its early stages i consider vista to be a beta release. its still pretty buggy. my laptop with vista goes to sleep and never wakes up, seems slow with a core2duo, 2 gig ram compared to my current p4 system with 1 gig of ram. and visuals mean nothing to me, if i want visuals i'll run linux with Beryl.
 
I didn't like it until I bought a new laptop and had to use it and set it up for my sister. Besides more clicks to do the same thing it really isn't that bad of an OS. I don't plan on using it but you never know what the future holds.
 
I've decided to jump on the bandwagon a little early because I do a lot of tech work, so I need to be at least familiar with what I'm dealing with. :)
 
DragonNOA1 said:
I didn't like it until I bought a new laptop and had to use it and set it up for my sister. Besides more clicks to do the same thing it really isn't that bad of an OS. I don't plan on using it but you never know what the future holds.
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I know that the future holds the End of Life for XP :D

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

Desktop Operating Systems - Direct OEM and Retail License Availability (end date)

Windows XP Professional - January 31, 2008
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition - January 31, 2008
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - January 31, 2008
Windows XP Home Edition - January 31, 2008
Windows XP Media Center Edition - January 31, 2008



Of course that doesn't mean you have to stop using it, you just won't be able to buy new copies anymore. And, of course, support for XP will continue for a few more years after end of life. But sooner or later, everyone moves away from their legacy OS...
 
I had Vista basic on a laptop I bought in March. I just dumped it yesterday. I don't use the laptop a lot and I found it frustrating. Taking it off my network and then returning would bring on a painful experience getting it to hook back up. Some of my favorite software would not work. I know all I want to know about it for now. I didn't have the problems some people are having getting it off of their laptops because I bought a new drive and the HP site had XP drivers. Windows XP did not recognize the hard drive (SATA) but after turning off SATA support in the bios everything worked as planned.
 
Microsoft historically relents on the end of support for it's older OS's....I thought they would never end support for W98 and it will probably be the same for XP. It all depends on the ratio of old XP to new Vista usres I guess.
 
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