Vista isn't so bad after all

[madasahatter]

Interesting article here - debunking some of the myths about Vista

[Rik]

It's certainly a different perspective. Now, if he could do one for XP vs Vista...

[Noreen]

Well, I like Vista and am glad that I've got it. The only hardware that wouldn't work with it was my old scanner (according to Canon it wasn't possible) but I found a program that got it to work, so now I'm happy. All my old programs that I really want still work after downloading the Help patch from MS. Vista is so pleasing to the eye and is fast on my laptop.

[Tacitus]

Interesting article - debunking some of the myths about Vista

Er, what's Vista?  Is it that 'Wow' thing that Bill Gates was banging on about?  You know the one that features in the Apple ads as being, well, sort of rubbish......   

[madasahatter]

It's certainly a different perspective. Now, if he could do one for XP vs Vista...

You're just trying to cause trouble now ain't ya? 

Just thought it was refreshing to see an article focussing on the good points of Vista for a change, and proving that it's not the horned beast that so many peeps make it out to be.

I'm a happy Vista user and I don't care who knows it 

[Rik]

The problem is that the Mac comparison is not really the issue. MS needs to convince XP users, so his take on that would have been more interesting.

[Steve]

Having used vista now for about 6 weeks and going back occasionally to the pc using xp it reminds me very much of when I had an old pc running 98

[Noreen]

I wouldn't have changed to Vista when I had my previous XP laptop, XP did all that I wanted it to do so I saw no reason to go to the trouble. 

[madasahatter]

Er, what's Vista?  Is it that 'Wow' thing that Bill Gates was banging on about?  You know the one that features in the Apple ads as being, well, sort of rubbish......   

That's the whole part of the article though Tac - there is so much stuff about how bad Vista is, quite often vague and pretty meaningless. The mac vs PC ads do nothing but jump on the band wagon making Vista a whipping boy, when it isn't and shouldn't be.

All it is, is a new OS - fair enough it may not be perfect, but then what is? It does what an OS is supposed to do - allows you to use your computer - quickly and efficiently in my experience.

[Steve]

allows you to use your computer - quickly and efficiently in my experience.

I'll second that

[madasahatter]

The problem is that the Mac comparison is not really the issue. MS needs to convince XP users, so his take on that would have been more interesting.

Take your point Rik. The problem is that I believe that a lot of XP users haven't even tried Vista - they've just believed what they've read and heard. Not blaming them for that - if you know and like XP and you're not having any problems, then you aren't really likely to change are you.

The issue is that such a lot of rubbish has been spread around about Vista, that it will take a long long time to overcome. Rubbish such as "Vista sends information about everything you do direct to MS", and "you can't use p2p with Vista", and "you can only play DRM media on Vista" - these are all things that I've heard and read about Vista which are patently untrue, yet peeps will believe it because so and so told them, and so and so is never wrong etc.

[Rik]

There are many So and Sos in this world. He has been a bit quiet lately. 

[madasahatter]

There are many So and Sos in this world. He has been a bit quiet lately. 

 

[kinmel]

I think the most accurate measure of whether XP or Vista is the preferred choice of experienced Windows users is to look at which the pirates are downloading most, after all they have a full choice of the options and don't worry about cost.   

The pirates prefer XP and you can bet your bottom dollar they will have tried Vista.

[greenfedora]

I can't think of anything Vista has given me that I wanted. All it meant to me was endless wireless networking problems until SP1 seemed to cure them.

[Tacitus]

You're just trying to cause trouble now ain't ya? 

Who, moi?

Actually I'm going to have to get used to Vista as the Uni is going over to it next academic year.  Given the usual stuff that happens at the beginning of term, it should be fun....

[talos2]

I've got Vista on the laptop and XP on the desktop, both seem OK, occasional blip, but nothing really to shout about with either of them, except the price of course.

[Simon]

I've also got Vista on the laptop and XP on the desktop.  On the whole, the desktop is faster, but to be fair, is a higher spec than the lappy.  Vista runs OK, but I'm not keen on the file system, and find myself spending a lot of time searching for things that are in a different place to XP.

[talos2]

find myself spending a lot of time searching for things that are in a different place to XP.

I'd forgotten that, yes it is a pain.

[MoHux]

I've also got Vista on the laptop and XP on the desktop.  On the whole, the desktop is faster, but to be fair, is a higher spec than the lappy.  Vista runs OK, but I'm not keen on the file system, and find myself spending a lot of time searching for things that are in a different place to XP.

Don't forget 'Search' is a lot more comprehensive than it was in XP (unless you have turned off 'Index.dat of course).

It can save you a lot of time if you can remember to use it.  I keep forgetting. 


Mo


   

[Simon]

I also find navigating via that navigation bar a pain, and can never work out how to get back to the main drive index without going via My Computer.  It's probably quite simple, but I just haven't grasped it yet, and hence, find it annoying.

[MoHux]

I also find navigating via that navigation bar a pain, and can never work out how to get back to the main drive index without going via My Computer.  It's probably quite simple, but I just haven't grasped it yet, and hence, find it annoying.

I'm not sure if it's what you want Si', but you can always right-click your Main Drive Icon and create a shortcut that you can put where you want. 


Mo

[Odos]

I have Vista home, XP home and XP64 Pro all installed on my desktop. For me Vista is nothing but a pain, it's slower than both XP's, it uses far more disk space 14.5 gig, compared to 1 gig XP home and 1.6 gig XP64 Pro and yet it does nothing "extra" cept get on your nerves when you want to do something it thinks you shouldn't do.

If all you do is everyday stuff like using word, excel a little browsing or the like then fine it looks pretty and does the job but try doing something out of the ordinary and it complains at you then locks the machine till you stop trying to do what YOU want to do with YOUR machine.

Why have I got Vista you may ask, simple I need to know how it works for when I'm asked to "fix" a machine that has that OS ( and I use the term lightly  ) installed.

Tony

[Inactive]

I wouldn't have changed to Vista when I had my previous XP laptop, XP did all that I wanted it to do so I saw no reason to go to the trouble. 

Exactly Noreen, I think we would all accept that XP was a significant improvement over previous OS's ..however, Vista isn't really that much of an improvement to justify investing in, unless, like you circumstances dictate a change.

[madasahatter]

and find myself spending a lot of time searching for things that are in a different place to XP.

But surely that's nothing wrong with Vista - it's not a fault with it -  just that you are used to XP more than anything.