Vista Sucketh!

[LMO]

Aloha all.
I bought a new Dell XPS 410 system. Came with Vista installed. I tried it
for a few days. I found it incredibly non-intuitive (after using XP for
years). As mentioned before...no easy way to go back up a level in
directories, lack of common commands, hidden controls, the stupid User
Controls, etc.
I wiped the drive and installed XP.
However, I'm considering buying another drive, installing it, and
reinstalling the OS (Vista) and system that came with the system originally,
just to give it another try.
Should I?
Can I use a dual-boot system, or will I have to replace the current hard
drive? Can I get the Vista drive to boot from and external drive housing?
Thanks all!

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

Aloha all.
I bought a new Dell XPS 410 system. Came with Vista installed. I
tried it for a few days. I found it incredibly non-intuitive (after
using XP for years). As mentioned before...no easy way to go back up
a level in directories, lack of common commands, hidden controls, the
stupid User Controls, etc.
I wiped the drive and installed XP.
However, I'm considering buying another drive, installing it, and
reinstalling the OS (Vista) and system that came with the system
originally, just to give it another try.
Should I?
Can I use a dual-boot system, or will I have to replace the current
hard drive? Can I get the Vista drive to boot from and external drive
housing? Thanks all!

Yes you can dual boot Vista, how ever, each time you boot to XP it will
delete your Vista restore points and other backup stuff unless you use a
third party boot manager.

If your external enclosure is one of those that connects to the internal
SATA bus then you would be able to boot from that "external" drive (this is,
as for as the OS is concerned, an internal drive), if it connects via USB or
firewire then ASFAIK you will not be able to boot from that external drive.

 

[babaloo]

Dual boot is the only way to install Vista.
When you feel like fiddling with the OS and getting nothing accomplished you
can boot to Vista.
When you need to actually accomplish something, be it actual work, play a
game, whatever you can boot to XP.
The bit about Vista deleting restore points when you boot to XP is testament
to the lunatic incompetence of Microsoft programmers and marketers. These
are probably the people advising Attorney General Gonzalez.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

Dual boot is the only way to install Vista.
When you feel like fiddling with the OS and getting nothing
accomplished you can boot to Vista.
When you need to actually accomplish something, be it actual work,
play a game, whatever you can boot to XP.
The bit about Vista deleting restore points when you boot to XP is
testament to the lunatic incompetence of Microsoft programmers and
marketers. These are probably the people advising Attorney General
Gonzalez.

Vista doesn't delete the restore points, XP deletes the Vista restore points
when you boot XP

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Vista doesn't delete the restore points, XP deletes the Vista restore
points when you boot XP

babaloo?

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Aloha all.
I bought a new Dell XPS 410 system. Came with Vista installed. I tried it
for a few days. I found it incredibly non-intuitive (after using XP for
years). As mentioned before...no easy way to go back up a level in
directories, lack of common commands, hidden controls, the stupid User
Controls, etc.

It's all there. And some of the stuff you could have put into classic view,
XP and Win 2K, if need be.

I wiped the drive and installed XP.
However, I'm considering buying another drive, installing it, and
reinstalling the OS (Vista) and system that came with the system
originally,
just to give it another try.

Why not? I have used XP for many years. It took a couple of weeks to get use
to look and feel of Vista.

And besides, Vista is more than just about the user experience.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/WFP.mspx

Should I?
Can I use a dual-boot system, or will I have to replace the current hard
drive? Can I get the Vista drive to boot from and external drive housing?
Thanks all!

Sure why not? You know that you broke the software warrantee with the
computer manufacture when you changed that O/S. So don't call them for
anything concerning support based on the O/S you are now using.

You can also use this solution as well.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

You should try to install Vista compliant software.

http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/
http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=5175
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...5ea7-4ad3-be3f-af29f7b48dde1033.mspx?mfr=true

 

[Lang Murphy]

Aloha all.
I bought a new Dell XPS 410 system. Came with Vista installed. I tried it
for a few days. I found it incredibly non-intuitive (after using XP for
years). As mentioned before...no easy way to go back up a level in
directories, lack of common commands, hidden controls, the stupid User
Controls, etc.
I wiped the drive and installed XP.
However, I'm considering buying another drive, installing it, and
reinstalling the OS (Vista) and system that came with the system
originally,
just to give it another try.
Should I?
Can I use a dual-boot system, or will I have to replace the current hard
drive? Can I get the Vista drive to boot from and external drive housing?
Thanks all!

HA! Pretty funny! Post with a subject of "Vista Sucketh!" and then ask how
best to reinstall Vista. Gee... don't hold your breath waiting for a
response from me.

Lang

 

[noaim]

years). As mentioned before...no easy way to go back up a level in

there is a easy way to back up a level u just click on the bar the folder
that u want to go to

 

[Bill Yanaire]

If Vista sucks, you need to take a Windows 98 CD, put it in the system,
reboot, format your PC and you'll be computing in half an hour.

 

[carl feredeck]

vista is crap

 

[Bill Yanaire]

No you have it wrong. You are an IDIOT. Maybe you should put your
computer in sleep mode so you won't be bothering people here.

 

[carl feredeck]

Perhaps you should put your head into vegitable mode,
since it will be working harder than it is now!

GET LOST LOSER!

 

[Frank]

Perhaps you should put your head into vegitable mode,
since it will be working harder than it is now!

GET LOST LOSER!

STFU you moron!
Frank

 

[Spanky deMonkey]

You are a Douche Bag, Just FYI.

vista is crap

 

[Ben Phillips]

Who is this Carl guy. Wherever I him his saying something bad about vista.
It may not be that good but his behaving like his a spokesperson of... no
wait his too stupid. No one would hire him.

 

[Mike]

Who is this Carl guy.

He's just another jealous, Linux using MS hater. IOW, a troll.

Mike

 

[Gary]

vista is crap

Only if you don't know enough about how to install it.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

He is probably a Ubuntu snob. Can't figure out something like Vista!

 

[Rich]

Aloha all.
I bought a new Dell XPS 410 system. Came with Vista installed. I tried it
for a few days. I found it incredibly non-intuitive (after using XP for
years). As mentioned before...no easy way to go back up a level in
directories, lack of common commands, hidden controls, the stupid User
Controls, etc.
I wiped the drive and installed XP.
However, I'm considering buying another drive, installing it, and
reinstalling the OS (Vista) and system that came with the system
originally,
just to give it another try.
Should I?
Can I use a dual-boot system, or will I have to replace the current hard
drive? Can I get the Vista drive to boot from and external drive housing?
Thanks all!

I bought a new house in a new town.
I lived there for a few days.
I found it incredibly non-intuitive to find a grocery store.
My old house and town were so familiar.
I found this new town so stupid, it had none of the familiar landmarks.
All my left hand turns are different.
The stupid new buildings.

I moved back to my old town

However, I'm considering buying another house in that new town and moving
there as well.

Should I?

Oh brother


Rich

 

[carl feredeck]

a vista house is poorly built...
It falls on you head and kills you.