Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista

[Guest]

Bill: Lets get real: You: Some Flip 3D and Windows Flip...
me: Check out a program called 'TopDesk'..it does the same thing for about
$10.00, has more flexibilty that Vista's version too.

You: Speed enhancements via ReadyBoost, SuperFetch and ReadyDrive,
Me: I have a problem with using a USB thumbdrive as a speedbooster...God
forbid it should fall out, or my dog used it for a chewtoy...or maybe my 3
year old toddler grabbed it..

You: lets not
forget total 64-bit versions available fully optimized for 64 bit goodness
Me: 64 Bit? Very few people used it for XP...the drivers are hard to
find...and I predict no one will use it for Vista: Quote from Paul
thurrott's Supersite: The x64 stuff is still a nightmare. My guess is that it
will always be a nightmare. So unless you have some specific workstation-type
needs for more than 4 GB of RAM and very specific applications, please just
skip out on x64 Vista versions entirely. There's no happy ending there and
your sanity hangs in the balance.
You: Much more robust network stack with integrated IPv6, that is better
optimized than XP's TCP/IP stack for today's higher bandwidth connections...
Me: Get real: IPv6 is not used by anyone..near as I can tell there are a
few Government agencies testing it on a limited basis...it remians to be seen
of it will catch on.

Vista has no real advantage over Xp..its a mistake. Much like Windows
Millinium..

 

[Guest]

Bill: Lets get real: You: Some Flip 3D and Windows Flip...
me: Check out a program called 'TopDesk'..it does the same thing for about
$10.00, has more flexibilty that Vista's version too.

You: Speed enhancements via ReadyBoost, SuperFetch and ReadyDrive,
Me: I have a problem with using a USB thumbdrive as a speedbooster...God
forbid it should fall out, or my dog used it for a chewtoy...or maybe my 3
year old toddler grabbed it..

You: lets not
forget total 64-bit versions available fully optimized for 64 bit goodness
Me: 64 Bit? Very few people used it for XP...the drivers are hard to
find...and I predict no one will use it for Vista: Quote from Paul
thurrott's Supersite: The x64 stuff is still a nightmare. My guess is that it
will always be a nightmare. So unless you have some specific workstation-type
needs for more than 4 GB of RAM and very specific applications, please just
skip out on x64 Vista versions entirely. There's no happy ending there and
your sanity hangs in the balance.
You: Much more robust network stack with integrated IPv6, that is better
optimized than XP's TCP/IP stack for today's higher bandwidth connections...
Me: Get real: IPv6 is not used by anyone..near as I can tell there are a
few Government agencies testing it on a limited basis...it remians to be seen
of it will catch on.

Vista has no real advantage over Xp..its a mistake. Much like Windows
Millinium..

 

[Guest]

Jon, you are an idiot.

Thanks for the lack of intelligence or common sense in your posts.

Reminds me how many stupid people put idiotic reasons like my dog eats my
flash.... to justify technical discussions.

Much laughing; thanks.

jimIT

 

[Bill Frisbee]

Jon,

Third party can do a lot of things. We ain't talking third party. We are
talking out of the box. Not to mention TopDesk runs on top of Windows.
Unlike XP, Vista's GUI is off loaded to the GPU. XP can't do that. Not even
close. Please review:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663321.aspx


If your USB falls out, its not a big deal, Windows Vista still runs, simply
not as fast. SuperFetch and ReadyDrive have nothing at all to do with your
USB key. Again, your lack of product knowledge is showing.

x64 is the future. Its not a mature platform yet, but its quickly becoming
so, now that nearly all of Intel's and AMD's processors are 64 bit from the
bottom to the top of the market lines.
If you think x64 just allows you to go more than 4GB of RAM, you really need
to understand x64 a lot better and what a 64 bit OS gives you.

Like it or not IPv6 is the future. We are nearly out of IPv4 address space,
and IPv6 is the only solution. IPv6 is only one portion of the advances in
the Vista TCP/IP stack. Please review:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663324.aspx

To think Vista has no real advantage over XP is a BIG mistake.

I've said it before, the move from XP to Vista will be as big and as
important as the move from 3.11 to 95.


Bill F.