Am I the only one who likes Vista?
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"Dr. Poodonkis again? I was hoping I'd seen the last of him in the xbox live forums..."ThePoodonkis said:
"I wouldn't say that too loudly, this is his base of operations."
It can be annoying sometimes, but it's safe and it serves me well.
I bet that now I've said that something is going to go wrong.
I bet that now I've said that something is going to go wrong.
While I don't hate Vista, I think it's fair to say it's hard to find someone who's impressed by it...
It's a firm 'Try Harder' vote from me to Microsoft.
It's a firm 'Try Harder' vote from me to Microsoft.
I run Vista in a secure environment, mostly for gaming and light coding. Yes it takes more memory, but it is as every windows before. Had no problems. Runs stable since about a year on this machine. No cluttering, no lost data, no incompatibilties, no slowdown, nothing.
But of course i love my machine and care for it... i have seen PC's fall apart if people just load a crapload of trojans and adware, never update, fix or clean up anything and generally doesn't care for their babies *g*.
It could be better, but it is adequate.
But of course i love my machine and care for it... i have seen PC's fall apart if people just load a crapload of trojans and adware, never update, fix or clean up anything and generally doesn't care for their babies *g*.
It could be better, but it is adequate.
I like vista tbh, most of my friends hate it because they keep on getting BSOD'd but I never have so I love my version
The computer I am using ATM is running on vista and it is having no problems. Your not the only one who likes Vista I love it. I dunno why people say it is bad for gaming that is what I primarily use my vista com for and it plays the games just fine. This is a com that is designed for general home use aswell.
It`s a choice of performance or usability when it comes to vista versus osx. osx runs smooth with nothing unneccessarily while vista gobbles up any processing power it can get its hands on. Personally i don`t know how mac users can get anything done with no right mouse click so i go with vista.
I`m running vista on a single core 1.3 Ghz atom and 1GB ram and it works fine.
I turned off windows aero (worthless visual effects that do nothing but take up space and dont even look nice), turned all all shadows and transparencies (which you don`t notice anyways), uninstalled worthless crap like google desktop. Also went to msconfig and turned off all start up programs and as many services as i possibly could. Basically after removing the "vista" aspect of windows vista i have a nice looking computer that boots in seven seconds and runs smoothly. It makes it all the more amusing that it runs so well on a crappy machine.
For the interface i find vista and xp identical except for the start button. Not having to look at xp`s hideous green start button and not being able to change it makes vista with it`s cool blue/black theme all that much more appreciated.
I`m running vista on a single core 1.3 Ghz atom and 1GB ram and it works fine.
I turned off windows aero (worthless visual effects that do nothing but take up space and dont even look nice), turned all all shadows and transparencies (which you don`t notice anyways), uninstalled worthless crap like google desktop. Also went to msconfig and turned off all start up programs and as many services as i possibly could. Basically after removing the "vista" aspect of windows vista i have a nice looking computer that boots in seven seconds and runs smoothly. It makes it all the more amusing that it runs so well on a crappy machine.
For the interface i find vista and xp identical except for the start button. Not having to look at xp`s hideous green start button and not being able to change it makes vista with it`s cool blue/black theme all that much more appreciated.
Vista is fine in all honesty, it has it's flaws just like everything else but unless you're a downskid it's not too hard to get around them.
I usually laugh when people complain about the security pop ups "Do you want to run this program", you can just turn them off.
Most people don't get that.
All in all, not bad but it could be better.
I usually laugh when people complain about the security pop ups "Do you want to run this program", you can just turn them off.
Most people don't get that.
All in all, not bad but it could be better.
I love Windows Vista! XP Always seemed somewhat tacky :/
And Windows 7 feels much the same as Vista, which to me, is a very good thing.
XP Always seemed somewhat tacky :/And Windows 7 feels much the same as Vista, which to me, is a very good thing.
Ehh, I'm using Vista and I've had no problems with it at all.
To me, there's no real difference between Vista and XP apart from a graphical update, and since I don't use my laptop for gaming, I've no real problem with Vista.
To me, there's no real difference between Vista and XP apart from a graphical update, and since I don't use my laptop for gaming, I've no real problem with Vista.
I would argue that you can't blame Vista for lack of drivers. Or am I mistaken in thinking that it's the hard ware guys job to write drivers to their stuff?manicfoot said:
Anyway, on to topic: (NOTE: The following is seen purely from my perspective as a gamer and a guy who messes about with his computers. I have no clue as to Vista in a business environment.)
UAC: It get's a lot of crap thrown at it in general from people moaning about having to press yes once in a while. I hardly find that a relevant complaint. People bitched about XP running as admin as default and Microsoft then tries to take care of that problem by having the user approve of changes. And suddenly it's a problem. How the hell are they supposed to do it then?
I also use Linux and people praise it's security, me included. But strangely enough nobody moans about having to type their root password to change stuff. So... clicking 'Yes' is insanely bothersome while typing a root password is no problem. Whatever.
Memory and speed: Well, yes, Vista does eat a lot of memory but hell, I don't care. As it is right now I got plenty to spare so it's a none issue for me. As for speed I timed the boot up time on this machine to around 55 seconds. Not what I would call an eternity. And the system as such also seems to respond quite well with very few hangups and so forth. But I may be mistaken. (1)
Stability: I've been running Vista 64 for around 6 months and have experienced two crashes. One was my fault without doubt as I accidentally messed up some data I was trying to delete by writing to it at the same time. For some reason I managed to actually do that. It was rather fun to watch my first and so far only BSoD on Vista while it had a hissy fit and made a memory dump. The other crash I honestly can't remember the details of as it was no where near as fun. I don't know what some people do to get all those BSoDs they seem to get.
Compatibility: As I run Vista 64 I can't run DOS games or apps natively of course. But then again, it wasn't really easy on XP as well. And in any case DOSbox solves that problem. I managed to the first System Shock up and running so I hardly think it's much of a problem in any case. I've yet to find a 32 bit game that didn't work apart from Baldur's Gate but that was on account of my Vista being in Danish. Solved by changing language.
That said, Steam did run a bit lame at first and made a lot of hangups. But as that seems to have gone away I surmise that it was a problem in Steam. I run the same install of Vista so it can't be that. And anyway, it's gone.
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It should be noted that the points about stability, memory and compatibility were also made about XP back in the day.
That bloated mess of random text all done I want to add that Vista does have flaws and it is by no means perfect. But it's the best option at the current time when I run a Windows based environment.
It should perhaps also be noted that I run XP on the lappy so it's not that I hate that. I just prefer Vista. Also I run Ubuntu on the lappy as well and openSUSE 11.1 on the desk top. And openSUSE is fucking AWESOME! If I had the choice to run all the things I use without problems on that I would run that solo and never look back. Vista may be good but it has nothing on openSUSE in my opinion.
But I'll end by saying that some of the posts here make me wonder if the people having a go at Vista have even tried it? Or remember how it was back when XP hit the street? I for one have often lamented the insane span of time from XP to Vista. It really was abnormal and created a lot of issues, not least cry babies who was very set in their ways. And also it got trendy to bash Vista.
(1): I run a Intel C2D 3,16 Ghz with 4 Gb RAM. That's why I can afford to shrug at memory issues.
I also use Linux and people praise it's security, me included. But strangely enough nobody moans about having to type their root password to change stuff. So... clicking 'Yes' is insanely bothersome while typing a root password is no problem. Whatever.
Memory and speed: Well, yes, Vista does eat a lot of memory but hell, I don't care. As it is right now I got plenty to spare so it's a none issue for me. As for speed I timed the boot up time on this machine to around 55 seconds. Not what I would call an eternity. And the system as such also seems to respond quite well with very few hangups and so forth. But I may be mistaken. (1)
Stability: I've been running Vista 64 for around 6 months and have experienced two crashes. One was my fault without doubt as I accidentally messed up some data I was trying to delete by writing to it at the same time. For some reason I managed to actually do that. It was rather fun to watch my first and so far only BSoD on Vista while it had a hissy fit and made a memory dump. The other crash I honestly can't remember the details of as it was no where near as fun. I don't know what some people do to get all those BSoDs they seem to get.
Compatibility: As I run Vista 64 I can't run DOS games or apps natively of course. But then again, it wasn't really easy on XP as well. And in any case DOSbox solves that problem. I managed to the first System Shock up and running so I hardly think it's much of a problem in any case. I've yet to find a 32 bit game that didn't work apart from Baldur's Gate but that was on account of my Vista being in Danish. Solved by changing language.
That said, Steam did run a bit lame at first and made a lot of hangups. But as that seems to have gone away I surmise that it was a problem in Steam. I run the same install of Vista so it can't be that. And anyway, it's gone.
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It should be noted that the points about stability, memory and compatibility were also made about XP back in the day.
That bloated mess of random text all done I want to add that Vista does have flaws and it is by no means perfect. But it's the best option at the current time when I run a Windows based environment.
It should perhaps also be noted that I run XP on the lappy so it's not that I hate that. I just prefer Vista. Also I run Ubuntu on the lappy as well and openSUSE 11.1 on the desk top. And openSUSE is fucking AWESOME! If I had the choice to run all the things I use without problems on that I would run that solo and never look back. Vista may be good but it has nothing on openSUSE in my opinion.
But I'll end by saying that some of the posts here make me wonder if the people having a go at Vista have even tried it? Or remember how it was back when XP hit the street? I for one have often lamented the insane span of time from XP to Vista. It really was abnormal and created a lot of issues, not least cry babies who was very set in their ways. And also it got trendy to bash Vista.
(1): I run a Intel C2D 3,16 Ghz with 4 Gb RAM. That's why I can afford to shrug at memory issues.
I have nothing but praise for vista. I hate when people shun it when they havnt fully experienced it simply cause its not XP. To be honest, i hav not met anyone who has not tried vista and liked it instantly. VISTA FTW
Well, Microsoft could have made vista backwards compatible with XP drivers so the manufacturer's wouldn't have had to do a thing to get their products to work with vista. Microsoft have learned from this mistake though - Windows 7 will be backwards compatible with XP driversteh_gunslinger said:
