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| Thread ID: 72962 | 2006-10-02 17:18:00 | Vista; No thanks, | JJJJJ (528) | Press F1 |
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| 488635 | 2006-10-02 17:18:00 | I downloaded the latest Vista release, all 2.52 gigs of it. After several attempts at installing it as an upgrade and having it stall at critical times, I decided to do a new install. After checking my drive and the rest of my computer it conceded my comp.was good enough for it. Then it said "Nero" and "Alcahol 120%" were not compatable and would have to go. This was after telling me I would lose everything on the drive. After chugging away for about an hour the install finaly stopped and refused to go any further. Everytime I touched a key up pops a message telling me I could not cancel because it was at a critical phase and my comp.would be unstable. I fixed that by pulling the plug! My next solution. I restarted with the XP disk and did a Quick format. Then in with Vista again. This time it did a complete install in about half an hour. One good thing. It set up my broadband connection without being asked, then it updated drivers etc. Again without being asked. First impression was, It looks nice. And that's about the only good thing I can say about it. Boot time. Anything between one and two minutes. Shutdown time about the same. XP boots in 25 seconds. Problems finding things on it. Same as any new program. Some functions I never found. I hated the side bar with it's big clock. Got rid of that. Very slow at changing settings. Too many pop ups telling me why it didn't want to be changed. Sort of "Do it MY way or else" attitude. I did not install any other programs at all. Just played with Vista for two days. Overall impression. The whole thing looks and acts like a spoiled child. Far too slow. Looks like "Microsoft Bob" had a hand in the design. It needs a lot more work before the release version. But it did have some pretty pictures. Two days was enough. Too much! Vista has gone the way of all rubbish. XP is back on doing it's thing. From the time I put the XP disk in until XP was running . 42 minutes. And that included a quick format. I won't be first in the queue when Vista goes on sale |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 488636 | 2006-10-02 17:50:00 | Thanks for that feedback. Pretty much the same as what my mate experienced. I'll be sticking with XP for a few more years. | Greg (193) | ||
| 488637 | 2006-10-02 19:22:00 | I might wait until Vista SP2, currently a Vista skin for XP is good enough. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 488638 | 2006-10-02 19:25:00 | Eeeeeek ! Sobering reading - glad I did not try it. Thanks for posting JJJJJ. Still with memories of Win95 and even 98, I am quite satisfied with XP and can see no reason for most people to get Vista. Aside from the problems you listed, its a resource hog and just is not worth the $$ and hassle to get transparent windows. | Strommer (42) | ||
| 488639 | 2006-10-02 19:28:00 | ... a Vista skin for XP is good enough. I have the Vista round circle that replaces the hour glass and am interested in more. Do you have links for your "Vista skin"? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 488640 | 2006-10-02 19:50:00 | Aha, exactly as I would have thought. I'm glad I haven't wasted my data cap on it or hard drive space. Yep, you are going to have to wait until service pack 2 at least. So that is probably two years away. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 488641 | 2006-10-02 19:56:00 | The problem is going to be the avergae joe who goes and buys a new computer later on this year. Most, if not all, OEMs will be switching from supplying new PCs with XP to Vista when it becomes available to them later this year. All notebooks will most likely be the same as well. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 488642 | 2006-10-02 20:28:00 | :rolleyes: "Microsoft Envisions Booming Sales for Vista" :lol: www.dailytech.com |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 488643 | 2006-10-02 20:31:00 | "McAfee, Symantec and other security software companies argue that Microsoft's new Vista operating system will make it more difficult to protect customers because for the first time, they have been denied access to the core of the operating system." news.com.com |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 488644 | 2006-10-02 20:41:00 | I have an old PC World that is full of articles and correspondence saying why the "new" Windows 95 won't take off (no control of the root - ie DOS), it's as slow as a dog, can't find the right buttons to begin applications (Start button?!!! what's that??), wouldn't work with existing programs etc etc. I seem to recall the same thing when Windows 98 came out (no one will upgrade, it's just not worth it), and of course XP was the same. I reckon it's more of the same. Remember it's only a demo at the moment... Some will early adopt, others will want to but not have the money to or the pc specs, in the end most will be running it a year after release and a few more years on we'll look back at the problems we envisaged as being not problems at all. |
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