I Love Vista

[Guest]

Installed Vista this weekend and I love it. It's so much faster than XP on
the same computer, taking advantage of all the processing speed of my Pentium
Duo Core. I love how the windows are somewhat transparent so you can see
what's behind them, which gives the desktop a kind of 3D effect (the next
step is holographic) and I really love how windows don't automatically go to
the background when you maximize something else. It feels robust and secure.
Well worth the effort to upgrade.

Caveat. Be sure to backup your data files before upgrading. I got stuck in
a loop with Vista telling me I could only upgrade from a previous version of
windows, but that version didn't exist on my hard drive any more. So I had
to restore the factory settings, which involved reformatting my hard drive.
BACKUP your FILES! And if the upgrade advisor tells you that there are going
to be problems with certain software on your system, just delete it.

 

[Sly Dog]

Installed Vista this weekend and I love it. It's so much faster than XP
on
the same computer, taking advantage of all the processing speed of my
Pentium
Duo Core. I love how the windows are somewhat transparent so you can see
what's behind them, which gives the desktop a kind of 3D effect (the next
step is holographic) and I really love how windows don't automatically go
to
the background when you maximize something else. It feels robust and
secure.
Well worth the effort to upgrade.

Caveat. Be sure to backup your data files before upgrading. I got stuck
in
a loop with Vista telling me I could only upgrade from a previous version
of
windows, but that version didn't exist on my hard drive any more. So I
had
to restore the factory settings, which involved reformatting my hard
drive.
BACKUP your FILES! And if the upgrade advisor tells you that there are
going
to be problems with certain software on your system, just delete it.

Wow! That's some kind of powerful positive feedback!

Keep smoking that crack and give us your follow-up report in two weeks!

 

[Bobby]

Me too. It's great.

 

[Zim Babwe]

So what you are saying is that you were abandoned as a child, had no father
and mother figures in your life, and you're just grasping at any old OS that
says it loves you?

 

[Consultant]

its like loving g0d, its a one sided romance

So what you are saying is that you were abandoned as a child, had no
father and mother figures in your life, and you're just grasping at any
old OS that says it loves you?

 

[Guest]

You folks crack me up....

its like loving g0d, its a one sided romance

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Hilarious!

DH

 

[Consultant]

well, at least you like ac/dc

You folks crack me up....

 

[Eric]

Installed Vista this weekend and I love it. It's so much faster than XP
on
the same computer, taking advantage of all the processing speed of my
Pentium
Duo Core. I love how the windows are somewhat transparent so you can see
what's behind them, which gives the desktop a kind of 3D effect (the next
step is holographic) and I really love how windows don't automatically go
to
the background when you maximize something else. It feels robust and
secure.
Well worth the effort to upgrade.

Caveat. Be sure to backup your data files before upgrading. I got stuck
in
a loop with Vista telling me I could only upgrade from a previous version
of
windows, but that version didn't exist on my hard drive any more. So I
had
to restore the factory settings, which involved reformatting my hard
drive.
BACKUP your FILES! And if the upgrade advisor tells you that there are
going
to be problems with certain software on your system, just delete it.

I suspect your XP would run faster too if you reformatted your HD and
reinstalled it from scratch...
Backing up files before installing a new OS is a good idea. I'd do it the
easy way and keep all my old files... since I have 2 HDs in my PC, I'd
install the new OS on the other drive. Formatting the drive first is a good
idea whether you need to or not.

I'm sure Vista loves you too, even though it will never admit it.

 

[Joe]

your system would be even much faster if you had done full new install - not
upgrade.

 

[Rich]

So what you are saying is that you were abandoned as a child, had no

father and mother figures in your life, and you're just grasping at any
old OS that says it loves you?

No, that is what YOU are saying, see the difference?

Rich

 

[Zim Babwe]

Yes, but I was just Pulling-thy-chain !

No, that is what YOU are saying, see the difference?

Rich

 

[Sean C.]

Bill, is that you?

 

[Martin Racette]

I love it as well

I does have some draw back for now, but if you recall a few years back when
XP first arrived, there were as much draw back and thing that didn't worked
properly or even at all, the same is happening with Vista

In the long run it will all be back to the normal

--

 

[Leythos]

I love it as well

I does have some draw back for now, but if you recall a few years back when
XP first arrived, there were as much draw back and thing that didn't worked
properly or even at all, the same is happening with Vista

In the long run it will all be back to the normal

But the resources needed are more than double what it was to move from
Windows 2000 to XP.

In the old days, you could run 2000 on 128MB or 256MB for most business
apps and be comfortable. XP bumped that to 256 to 512, vista seems to be
happy with at least 1GB and 2GB seems to make it real happy for running
most MS based desktop apps. It also needs a fast video card with a good
amount of memory, something that was no really needed for 2000/98SE to XP
migrations.

 

[Lang Murphy]

So what's your point? That new Windows OS's require more resources? Uh,
yeah? So what's your point?

Lang

 

[Scott]

Bill, is that you?

It's either Bill or Steve "Developers!,Developers!,Developers!"
Ballmer. ;-)
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[Scott]

But the resources needed are more than double what it was to move from
Windows 2000 to XP.

In the old days, you could run 2000 on 128MB or 256MB for most business
apps and be comfortable. XP bumped that to 256 to 512,

I recall the recommendations for 2000 and XP were identical in the RAM
dept. I ran 2000 with 256 MB of RAM, albeit slowly.

vista seems to be
happy with at least 1GB and 2GB seems to make it real happy for running
most MS based desktop apps. It also needs a fast video card with a good
amount of memory, something that was no really needed for 2000/98SE to XP
migrations.

We've got two computers with Vista here both run (with Aero) just
fine. The less powerful one[1] is lousy with 3D (not that it matters)
and it's only used for Webesurfing, email and word processing, so I
can't speak to other software.

The better box[2] (mine) does all that, plus decent 3D (I'm not a
gamer) and is a bit faster due to having twice the RAM of the other
box.

[1] http://preview.tinyurl.com/38upx6

[2] http://preview.tinyurl.com/3xl7x9
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
NOTICE: In-Newsgroup (and therefore off-topic) comments on my sig will
be cheerfully ignored, so don't waste our time.