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I am not reporting a problem but more or less my experience with Vista so
far. I came to this newsgroup for about 2 weeks before I attempted to
install the final version of Vista for the first time. There is definitely
quite a few people having issues and at first I was concerned if I even
wanted to attempt it. I understand that this newsgroup is where people go
when things don't go right and not where they go to talk about positive
experience.
For those users out there looking to see if anybody ever has a "good"
experience (I did):
I have installed Vista Business on two computers.
The first computer was a brand new Dell Optiplex GX745 that came with XP
Pro:
I wanted to do a clean install and wiped the hard drive to find out that you
can't use the Vista upgrade CD. I ended up doing the double install which
worked just fine after my second attempt. I have two hard drives and it
installed on the wrong one by default. I ended up doing the Shift+F10 during
the install to use DISKPART and after that, everything went without a hitch.
I had to download the Vista drivers from Dell but I anticipated that. Vista
has been working flawlessly.
My second computer was a Dell Dimension 8200 that is about 5yrs old that had
XP Pro:
I ran the Vista Upgrade Advisor program and it showed me that I didn't have
enough memory (it has 512mb) and some program incompatibilities but showed
that I can run Vista. I stuck in the Vista Business upgrade DVD anyways and
did an in-place upgrade. Almost to the end of the upgrade where is on the
last line of completing (showed around 70%), I lost power in my house for
just a second and the computer rebooted. At first I was thinking I just
hosed the whole thing. To my amazement, the installation detected something
went wrong and automatically rolled back to XP, it took awhile but after it
was done, XP was back working perfectly. I grabbed a UPS and did the upgrade
again to completion. Vista is running flawlessly (slow with only 512mb) even
though I don't have the Areo stuff (which is pretty cool btw if your PC does
it).
Some things I had to afterwards and was excepted:
I had to purchase another TV Card because the one I have doesn't have
drivers for Vista ($93)
I had to purchase a newer version of PowerDVD ($70)
I had to purchase a newer version of Roxio Suite because version 8 isn't
compatible according to Roxio. I am not impressed with their new version 9
as it too is having issues with Vista. ($63)
I use Nuance PDF 3 and it doesn't work on Vista so looking for a
replacement. With Office 2007, I might not even need a PDF program.
Updated my Symantec Antivirus to the Vista version
Overall I am happy with both installs and how the computers are working. I
would recommend to others to do a little homework and go for it. Don't be
too discourage with everything you read about.
This link is what someone gave me and definitely has some truth even though
it's funny. The more money part is on target than just Vista itself.
Enjoy,
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/02/windows-vista-upgrade-decision-flowchart.html
Rick
far. I came to this newsgroup for about 2 weeks before I attempted to
install the final version of Vista for the first time. There is definitely
quite a few people having issues and at first I was concerned if I even
wanted to attempt it. I understand that this newsgroup is where people go
when things don't go right and not where they go to talk about positive
experience.
For those users out there looking to see if anybody ever has a "good"
experience (I did):
I have installed Vista Business on two computers.
The first computer was a brand new Dell Optiplex GX745 that came with XP
Pro:
I wanted to do a clean install and wiped the hard drive to find out that you
can't use the Vista upgrade CD. I ended up doing the double install which
worked just fine after my second attempt. I have two hard drives and it
installed on the wrong one by default. I ended up doing the Shift+F10 during
the install to use DISKPART and after that, everything went without a hitch.
I had to download the Vista drivers from Dell but I anticipated that. Vista
has been working flawlessly.
My second computer was a Dell Dimension 8200 that is about 5yrs old that had
XP Pro:
I ran the Vista Upgrade Advisor program and it showed me that I didn't have
enough memory (it has 512mb) and some program incompatibilities but showed
that I can run Vista. I stuck in the Vista Business upgrade DVD anyways and
did an in-place upgrade. Almost to the end of the upgrade where is on the
last line of completing (showed around 70%), I lost power in my house for
just a second and the computer rebooted. At first I was thinking I just
hosed the whole thing. To my amazement, the installation detected something
went wrong and automatically rolled back to XP, it took awhile but after it
was done, XP was back working perfectly. I grabbed a UPS and did the upgrade
again to completion. Vista is running flawlessly (slow with only 512mb) even
though I don't have the Areo stuff (which is pretty cool btw if your PC does
it).
Some things I had to afterwards and was excepted:
I had to purchase another TV Card because the one I have doesn't have
drivers for Vista ($93)
I had to purchase a newer version of PowerDVD ($70)
I had to purchase a newer version of Roxio Suite because version 8 isn't
compatible according to Roxio. I am not impressed with their new version 9
as it too is having issues with Vista. ($63)
I use Nuance PDF 3 and it doesn't work on Vista so looking for a
replacement. With Office 2007, I might not even need a PDF program.
Updated my Symantec Antivirus to the Vista version
Overall I am happy with both installs and how the computers are working. I
would recommend to others to do a little homework and go for it. Don't be
too discourage with everything you read about.
This link is what someone gave me and definitely has some truth even though
it's funny. The more money part is on target than just Vista itself.
Enjoy,
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/02/windows-vista-upgrade-decision-flowchart.html
Rick