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Windows Vista: The Facts
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tacosareveryyummy
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I have had no problems with Vista. But then again I never had any problems with XP, 98, 95, or Linux. Alot of people complain simply because it is different from what they are used to. Kinda like old people. 
Well, for me, I get no slowdowns. My PC is snappier compared to XP SP2. But I also have 4gb of ram and a 64bit OS.
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As am I. At one point these threads were locked immediately because of the inciteful nature. I think by this point, everyone has made up their mind on Vista, and no article is going to convince them otherwise. Some still feel it doesn't work well, and still cling to the idea it has problems. Others are happily running it without issue, and can't quite understand why there's so much bashing.
You mean your latest hardware 4 gig box is snappier than your old Pentium II XP SP2 installation.. With the same hardware XP will run circles around your Vista.
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- The majority of Windows Vista-based PCs boot in less than a minute, which can be an improvement over Windows XP boot times. And the new Windows Vista sleep and resume features can bring your PC to life in a snapin fact, the vast majority of all Windows Vista-based PCs resume from sleep in less than 6 seconds.
- PCs running Windows Vista that are equipped with 512 MB memory experience a performance boost of up to 40 percent with Windows ReadyBoost. Just plug a USB flash drive into your computer, and Windows Vista will automatically start using it to speed up memory access to important data.
- Out of the box, Windows Vista performs as well, or better, than Windows XP on common home and business tasks.
- Windows Vista users generally experience 20 percent fewer application "hangs" than those running Windows XP
- Superfetch helps your computer adjust to your schedule, so your apps are ready to go before you even launch them. Use Microsoft Outlook every morning? Superfetch will serve it up just in time for breakfast. Play the same game every night? Superfetch gets your computer ready for the next big win. Waiting less means you can do more
- Based on their first 180 days of availability, Windows Vista has been shown to have fewer vulnerabilities than Windows XP or MacOS X 10.4. PCs running it are 60 percent less likely to be infected with viruses, worms, and rootkits than PCs running Windows XP SP2. Windows Vista-based PCs are over 90 percent less likely to be infected than systems running Windows XP without a Service Pack. And the experts agree: "Windows Vista is arguably the most secure closed-source OS available on the market."
- The more people use Windows Vista, the more they like it. So dig in and learn even more about the new features in Windows Vista. Once you've tried it, you'll see
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i like vista and all, but this thread fails at life and should be executed.
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I guess I never tire of this subject because I think Vista rocks, and I just haven't had that many issues with it, no more than XP and prior versions of Windows. Drivers were a problem early on, but that's well taken care of now. That's not to say that there are a few quirks still, but Vista is solid, stable, performs well on the four machines I have it on, and just works for me.
Having installed it on a variety of hardware, I installed Vista Basic last month on a five year old laptop for my nice-in-law and she's not had any problems, works as well as XP did she's told me, I just don't get why so many seem to have all sorts of major problems.
What troubles me more has been the information is cyberspace, even major IT media outlets that speak out of both sides of their head when it comes to Vista. If I were trying to decide if Vista is any good, I wouldn't know what to think. Even in forums like these with expert users, its very hard to discern the real truth of Vista.
For me Vista works. In fact, were beginning to deploy it at work across the whole enterprise, a very major bank that you all know. Were actually having as much if not more difficulty with deploying Office 2007. We have countless apps and documents in Office and some things are proving to be more challenging than one may have thought at first.
Having installed it on a variety of hardware, I installed Vista Basic last month on a five year old laptop for my nice-in-law and she's not had any problems, works as well as XP did she's told me, I just don't get why so many seem to have all sorts of major problems.
What troubles me more has been the information is cyberspace, even major IT media outlets that speak out of both sides of their head when it comes to Vista. If I were trying to decide if Vista is any good, I wouldn't know what to think. Even in forums like these with expert users, its very hard to discern the real truth of Vista.
For me Vista works. In fact, were beginning to deploy it at work across the whole enterprise, a very major bank that you all know. Were actually having as much if not more difficulty with deploying Office 2007. We have countless apps and documents in Office and some things are proving to be more challenging than one may have thought at first.
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I havent had any major issues either but it is much slower than my 5 year old XP machine with Athlon 2400+, ide 5400 rpm hd and 384mb ram at many things. For example copying files and boot up time is much slower on Vista even though my hardware is much much faster. Last night for example I installed a on old game a hell of lot faster on the XP comp than on my Vista. Even things like opening folders is painfully slow compared to the old XP comp. It takes me 30-35 seconds to fully open "uninstall a program" on Vista as opposed to 5-7 seconds on XP. BTW I do have SP1 on Vista which seemed to help some things at first but now not so much. IMO there is still something seriously wrong with Vista.
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To me, I'd use it if the new computer came with it, but I just don't see enough real value to buy the os for a pc that already has xp on it.
No major issues with Vista.
I'm in IT and we will start deploying it companywide in about 2 months time.
If you were to go back to the release date of win XP and put it on a machine
that was 5 years prior to that date, you would probably have a worse result.
It simply takes more HP to run and the newer machine the better.
But is it really a lot better?
Out of the box performance wise I think it it, compared to win XP after 1 year.
And we have yet to see a SP, which I understand looks quite good.
Does it really offer anything new?
Application wise no, not really.
But as a programmer I've yet to use VS2005 and VS2008 is coming
so for me, that may change.
Overall its a very good OD IMHO.
cannondale06
"It takes me 30-35 seconds to fully open "uninstall a program" on Vista as opposed to 5-7 seconds on XP."
I think you may have more problems than Vista OS. My Control panel, Programs, feature opens instantly, like in less than a couple of seconds
"It takes me 30-35 seconds to fully open "uninstall a program" on Vista as opposed to 5-7 seconds on XP."
I think you may have more problems than Vista OS. My Control panel, Programs, feature opens instantly, like in less than a couple of seconds
how much ram are you running? I can ipen "add/remove programs" in about 10 seconds with 4gigs of ram.
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no I dont and its the same on the other peoples Vista comps I have looked at. my parents just got a new pc with Vista and they even commented on slow simple things were compared to their old XP comp. and yes they have 2 gigs of ram too.
well look at my sig and it says 2 gigs. you seem to be just guessing but I actually timed it and its not even close.
Strange Cannon. Could you link me to post or sources that describe your similar slow downs (as opposed to sites/forums just bashing in general). I have a similar rig in my sig, and I have another rig that is a bit less powerful (on the CPU side: AMD 4600+) and the Control Panel opens in 1.5 seconds on both. After which they open instantly. (Edit): Seeing as you mentioned the Uninstall Program section I just tested/Timed mine and it took 2 seconds to open it. Rig in Sig has 60 Programs installed, my other has 56.
Given that, since we run similar rigs I'd say there is something else slowing down your system.
Given that, since we run similar rigs I'd say there is something else slowing down your system.
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ok let me be clear..I said FULLY open. It opens immediately but takes well over 30 seconds to fully load. I just sit there waiting for the little icons to load and the green bar to finish going across the top of the screen. some guy in Best Buy argued with me one day about it until I went several comps right there in the store and showed him how slow it was.I know thats a bad example since those comps are pretty bloated but it still helped prove my point. My Fraps folder takes a little over 70 seconds to open on Vista but the exact same folder opens in less than 30 seconds on the old XP comp.
also just a "vista slow opening files" search on google shows Vista is slow at plenty of things for plenty of people http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...esult&cd=1&q=vista+slow+opening+files&spell=1
By Open, I meant Fully Open as well, to load all my programs and everything took those 2 seconds. Anywho odd man, really odd. I know my system takes a little while to fully display contents of my external drives, so I know where you are coming from saying: "Gosh this is slow." But to suffer that problem everyday, blah.
Perhaps you should test out the Refresh 2 of SP1 for Vista on a test box to see if it helps your problems out.
Anywho odd man, really odd. I know my system takes a little while to fully display contents of my external drives, so I know where you are coming from saying: "Gosh this is slow." But to suffer that problem everyday, blah. Perhaps you should test out the Refresh 2 of SP1 for Vista on a test box to see if it helps your problems out.
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FWIW, 6 seconds on 2GB of RAM, to get it fully open. But good gracious this is ridiculous, got tired of bitching about the old stuff, so now we bitch at petty things like the Uninstall Programs window?
Honestly, give it a rest.
Honestly, give it a rest.
I have 6gb right now, but never noticed any difference with 2gb, a bit ago, in uninstall
from control panel
Superfetch maybe? But then again it would be the memory hog Vista is, more than likely that is causing problems, right? Something is wrong with your system
from control panel
Superfetch maybe? But then again it would be the memory hog Vista is, more than likely that is causing problems, right? Something is wrong with your system
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it was a simple example of how sluggish it is in everyday use compared to my XP comp and I also mentioned more than just that. do you really want me to time everything on my comp?