To Vista or not to Vista?

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Right now, I have a Dell XPS 410, about a year old, with 1 GB RAM, running XP
(if any of that matters).

I got a Vista upgrade but have just had it sitting here, not bothering to
install it because of things I've seen posted in different places about
bugginess, compatibility, and other issues.

I'm getting an Office Pro Vista/2007 upgrade, so the question I have is
whether it's worthwhile installing Vista now and if so, how much RAM do I
need to have? How big a headache am I in for if I upgrade to Vista?

Any insights and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
MadDog said:
Right now, I have a Dell XPS 410, about a year old, with 1 GB RAM, running XP
(if any of that matters).

I got a Vista upgrade but have just had it sitting here, not bothering to
install it because of things I've seen posted in different places about
bugginess, compatibility, and other issues.

I'm getting an Office Pro Vista/2007 upgrade, so the question I have is
whether it's worthwhile installing Vista now and if so, how much RAM do I
need to have? How big a headache am I in for if I upgrade to Vista?

Any insights and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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The only fly in the ointment about going from XP to Vista on a laptop is
the video RAM. If you don't have at least, at least 128megs, then don't
do it.
If you do then bump the sys RAM up to at least 2gigs and you should be
fine.
Back up your important data and do a clean install. Do all of the
updates, install anti-virus and then your other apps. You may need to
install some of them using compatibility mode.
Other than that, you should be good to go.
Frank
 
I have an XPS410 bought with Vista home premium, 2GB memory. I am quite
happy.
You need 1 GB, you will be happier with 2GB.

Need to upgrade? Not so sure about that, if you are happy now why bother?
Office 2007 should work just fine in XP.

I am a fan of Vista, not such a fan for upgrading. If you decide to upgrade
be sure to update your BIOS first, there have been several updates/fixes
since I bought mine and you should be up-to-date in the BIOS.

If you start up your upgrade DVD it will run a compatibility check and
report what it finds as problems. Even if it doesn't report problems that
is not a guaranty that things will go smoothly.

Michael
Vista Home Premium
 
Michael Walraven said:
You need 1 GB, you will be happier with 2GB.
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Yeah, I thought this was a minimum, so I'll take a look at this.
Need to upgrade? Not so sure about that, if you are happy now why bother?
Office 2007 should work just fine in XP.
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I am a fan of Vista, not such a fan for upgrading. If you decide to upgrade
be sure to update your BIOS first, there have been several updates/fixes
since I bought mine and you should be up-to-date in the BIOS.
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Maybe that's the answer. If Office 2007 runs fine in XP, and this would be
my primary motivator, I'm not sure I'm into the whole upgrade process. I
believe that Frank is right when he talks about a clean install, but that
seems monumental to me right now given how much crap I have on my computer
now and how little time I have to devote to a "project" like this. Thanks for
the practical side of this.

Sounds like a plan to me unless someone else has something compelling on
this to make it worth the hassle.
 
the min is 512mb

vista really needs a vistabyte of ram, that is 10 in the power of googolplex
bytes of ram.

or 1 vistabyte is 10^10^10^100 bytes
 
thai bear said:
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS BOZO VISTA LOSER CALLED FRANK!!!

Do NOT install vista.. EVER!
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Call your parole officer and tell him that your ankle bracelet needs to be
tightened.

You are a mental retard. Just FYI

Just FYI
 
thai bear said:
the min is 512mb

vista really needs a vistabyte of ram, that is 10 in the power of
googolplex bytes of ram.

or 1 vistabyte is 10^10^10^100 bytes
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What you need are brain cells you only have 3 and 2 are on their way out.

Just FYI
 
thai said:
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS BOZO VISTA LOSER CALLED FRANK!!!

Do NOT install vista.. EVER!
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Ok lets see you have how many installs of Vista?...none?
0?...hehehe...well I've got over 12 installs...
Now who do you think anyone would listen to concerning Vista...?
Frank
 
Right now, I have a Dell XPS 410, about a year old, with 1 GB RAM, running XP
(if any of that matters).

I got a Vista upgrade but have just had it sitting here, not bothering to
install it because of things I've seen posted in different places about
bugginess, compatibility, and other issues.

I'm getting an Office Pro Vista/2007 upgrade, so the question I have is
whether it's worthwhile installing Vista now and if so, how much RAM do I
need to have? How big a headache am I in for if I upgrade to Vista?

Any insights and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Caveat Emptor. Some folks seem to be using vista and are happy with it.
There is some likelihood that you would have difficulties. What does it
offer that you need and don't have now?
 
i have installed now more than 100 systems running vista

you can imagine how many XP systems I have installed in that same time. lol

vista is crap... listen to the pros frank...

you are nothing but a delusional novice
 
ray said:
There is some likelihood that you would have difficulties. What does it
offer that you need and don't have now?
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THAT is the $64,000 question I really have. I've seen some stuff about the
Search capabilities under Vista and some things here and there about the GUI,
but other than that, I don't really know much.

On top of that, since I'm getting Office 2007/Vista for sure, is there any
significant advantage to running Vista instead of XP?
 
thai bear said:
i have installed now more than 100 systems running vista

you can imagine how many XP systems I have installed in that same time.
lol
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That is a LOL. You installing anything on a computer. With your temper and
posts, I can't imagine anyone using you other than cutting lawns, taking out
the trash, flipping burgers, building tacos, you get the idea.
vista is crap... listen to the pros frank...
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You wouldn't know a pro if he/she struck you on the head with a computer.
you are nothing but a delusional novice
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You are nothing but a retard. Just FYI
 
thai said:
i have installed now more than 100 systems running vista...
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hehehehe...suuure you have. And I'm the King of Siam...LOL!
Hey bozo, who's that cardboard space ship in your mom's basement coming
along?
Ever get it to fly...hahaha...!
Frank
 
MadDog said:
Wow, a little hostility here or what, eh?
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No. Frank has suffered a massive brain injury in a war. Poor fellow has
problems to this day. Just humour him and remind him to take his meds. His
mother takes him out bowling on Saturdays and that seems to calm him down
for a few hours.

Cheers.
 
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