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Well, I have done it……..I have bought Win Vista Ultimate OEM.
I installed it and use a bootloader to be able to boot XP, Vista and fedora.I like vista so far…..
Why don’t we discuss the pros and cons of moving to Vista……please, constructive criticism…not just it sucks………just because you don’t like change.
I must admit, I have only really used it on my home PC for about a week.
Windows Vista I have found it to be a resource hog. It is also a pain to use, I went back to XP. Nothing was strightforward.
If you are using a desktop with plenty of memory and disk space it may be okay. I use a laptop and found out with the xcess OS overhead battery life dropped by about a third.
My dislike is not because it was change, it just did not work in an efficent manner.
I can see where that would be a problem for some machines. I noticed that I have over 70 processes running. My computer is running very well. I know with the same computer 50 processes would bog it down under XP.
My computer rating under Vista is 5.6Configuration:
2.4 Ghz duo core Proc.
Asus PK5 Mobo
2Gig memory dual channel ddr2
2 TB storage ” hard drives”
3 SATA II and an eSATA DriveAsus(ATI) Graphics, NOT on board
Chipset Radeon X1950 Pro
Graphics Bus Capability PCI Express
Maximum Bus Setting PCI Express x16
Memory Size 256 MB
Memory Type DDR3
Core Clock in MHz 581 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 702 MHz
Crossfire readyI have never heard of a computer rating. Where did you get that.
My laptop is new, and very fast here are the specs. battery life extended and my applications speeded up when I went to XP.
Processor
Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T5550 1.83GHzOperating System
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition
– includes downgrade rights to Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2Level 2 Cache
2MB Level 2 CacheData Bus Speed
667MHz Frontside BusRAM Installed / Max RAM Supported
2.0GB PC2-5300 DDR2-667 RAM (2.0GB max)Memory Configuration
(2) 1GB DDR2-667 MHz Memory ModuleMemory Slots Available
(0) 200-pin SO-DIMM SlotsHard Drive
250GB 5400 RPM Serial ATA (SATA) Hard DriveMultimedia Drive
LG GSA-T20N 8X DVD±R/±RW/DLDisplay Type
13.3″ WXGA Display (1280×800)Video Card
Embedded Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100Video Memory Installed
Up to 256MB of Shared MemoryInternal Max Resolution
1280 x 800 at 32-bit (16.7M colors)Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio ChipsetSound Output Mode
2 Channel StereoModem / Communications Device
Integrated 56K V.90 Fax/ModemData / Fax Transfer Rate
56Kbps Data / 14.4Kbps FaxNetwork Features
Integrated Realtek RTL8111B Gigabit Ethernet Network AdapterWireless Network Features
Intel 3945ABG PCI-e Wireless Network Adapter
Integrated Bluetooth AdapterPorts and Connectors
(1) VGA 15-pin Port; (3) USB 2.0 Type “A” Ports; (1) Modem RJ-11 Port; (1) Network RJ-45 Port; (1) Microphone Port; (1) Audio Line Out (SPDIF) Port; (1) 4-pin IEEE 1394 PortExpansion Slots (1) Express Card/54mm (supports Express Card/34mm) Slot
Memory Card Reader 3 in 1 Media Card Reader (MMC/SD/MS)
Built-In Devices
SpeakersInput Devices
Keyboard, TouchpadComputer rating in Vista:
In Vista.at least the Ultimate edition…..Control Panel/System and Maintenance/System/
Click on “Check your computer’s Windows Experience Index base score”
go through the automated diagnostics and Bamm your score……
I like the look and feel of Vista. Very fast boot times.
I did have a problem when I first installed it with a video driver. That is ATI’s fault I think. ATI has always put out buggy drivers and software for their hardware.
I like the parental controls. So many features.
It is a little different than XP. I hope so…..Why would I want to buy a new OS that has just got a face lift?
I have only tried a small portion of what Vista can do.
I like the fact that I can have the OS in nearly any other language I choose. This is convenient since I live in a bi-lingual household. One user name is English version and the other German in my case.This is cool. The best part is that is was so easy to setup. Just downloaded a file from MS. I could be mistaken, but, this feature may only be available with the Ultimate edition.
It is only available if you have the English version initially from what I understand as well.I like it so far..
Vista Ultimate SP1
Wow….everyone must be running Linux or Win ME not to care about such an interesting topic… 🙂
Which Operating System do you guys use and why???
I would like to know all your likes and dislikes.
I like hearing different views on the subject.😛
Hey,
I run vista ultimate x64 and ubuntu hardy x64 on my laptop.
I got this laptop for a bargain b4 vista came out. was only £400 from UK around 1.5 years back and came with a voucher for a free vista upgrade. Its a 1.67ghz Centrino Duo(core2Duo) and now has 2gb ram(its so cheap for laptop ram!)Ive made many a OS install so pretty much tweaked my setup till its optimum performance. Although it does fire up so faster than XP…it seems to take longer to shutdown.
As for Ubuntu…its all ways really quick, and a lot of the open source applications are beta than the windows equivalents (i hate IE,Outlook,LiveMessenger, & WMP). But I keep having problems with dreamweaver in wine. and I really need my dreamweaver so windows is still around. I do tend to get occasional stability issues with Ubuntu but thats largely due to taking on board beta patches and untested updates.
Id say I have had more problems going from 32bit OS to 64bit than from XP to Vista.
As for mac’s, my ex has a macbook. I think its worth half the money she paid for it.(that’s not y we split up!!!) Oh and can you actually do any real work on macs or are they just for making pretty presentations, and photo albums and stuff like that?
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