MS Vista feedback

[masterswimmer]

Anybody using MS Vista? Any feedback after a few weeks?

I need to buy a new puter and I'm not going with a Mac. Therefore, any PC being sold now has Vista on it. Am I asking for trouble? Has MS come out with any patches yet? What should I expect?

Thanks guru's,
Russ

 

[NYreefNoob]

vista

i wouldnt use it and i got a free disk with purchase of puter for my mom. to new and i dont want to help them work the kinks out personal opinion other than win 98 being my fav i like xp proffesional

 

[Josh]

I have it. Its just a fancier version of XP. If you buy a machine with it already loaded and its a relatively fast machine you will be fine.

Make sure whatever machine you buy has Aero enabled. Vista isn't really anything without Aero.

 

[masterswimmer]

Thanks Rick & Josh.

Josh, what's Aero? That's a totally new name for me :scratchch

Russ

 

[Tonyscoots84]

master aeros is the new design graphics that microsoft incorporated in the vista operating system.. its kinda cool... u click a button then u could scroll through mini screens on ur desktop and see through taskbar and folders... aeros comes in home premium or higher not vista basic...

i have it on the pc i built myself and dont have any problems at all with anything...

 

[masterswimmer]

Thanks T.....all good info.

R

 

[Alexxn]

Been using it for a while now...nothing all that special, different though...

 

[fritz]

It sucks and I hate it. I had to buy a new machine for the office and was stuck with Vista. Not only is everything moved making regular usage a pain but sharing with non Vista machines is a PIA and office for vista is incompatible with XP and prior versions.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

fred i use office xp on vista without any problems :biggrin:

 

[masterswimmer]

Thanks all for the feedback.

Anybody else have experience with it?

R

 

[fritz]

Yes office XP on vista is fine because it is the office App that causes the issue not the OS. Purchasing a new computer you'd get Vista as your OS and as your office suite.

Did I mention that Office for Vista is horrible?

 

[tosiek]

I did the upgrade to it on mine and quickly removed it after not finding any drivers that vista supports. Good thing it was free or i would be pissed.

Thats mainly the problems people have is upgrading their old comp to use vista and not finding drivers, or drivers that are out that are supposed to work that don't. OR if your running games your screwed unless you know how to work vista because the current version of vista doesn't support any games.

Other than that and misc crashes on certain setups Vista is great. You just can't be afraid of modifying things to make vista work for you.

 

[drperetz]

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I love the vista however 1 would need a preaty fast comp. for it to run smooth. It still has a lot of bugs with configurations and driver setups, like video and sound cards, but may be thats just my comp. I would sugest runnung xp for no wuntill vista is fixed compleatly.:biggrinpa

 

[masterswimmer]

Are the problems you guys are finding with Vista inherent to installing it on an XP (or heaven forbid, older) driven system? I have to buy a new computer anyway. Will a new system with x, y and z hardware support this new OS?

If yes, then what x, y and z hardware should I be getting?

As Ernest and Julio Gallo once said, "we thank you for your support". :biggrin:

Russ

 

[drperetz]

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Dude get the comp from http://www.geeks.com/

 

[masterswimmer]

Dude get the comp from http://www.geeks.com/

I'm not crazy about getting electronic equipment somewhere that won't provide service. They say in order to use the 1 yr warranty on the HP's you have to call HP to get them to transfer the warranty. What's that all about?

Thanks for the link. I do appreciate the effort.

swimmer

 

[qy7400]

There are still new machines with XP on them or if the new PC has Vista Business or Ultimate you can downgrade to XP Pro. There is nothing that says you have to use Vista.