Windows VISTAS: Disscuss
 

I know Microsoft right now is dependin on this program.. and spent like 7 Billion dollars to make it.. but they're 300 Billion dollar company... But lets talk tech..

What do you think is good and bad bout Windows Vistas... is it a resource hog?? Runs slower then XP on slower machine???

it looks cool lol

my friend has beta version and says its great
im not sure personally though :thumbsup: :thumbsdow

it's good... ben running the RTM version for a while now... I've completely changed over from XP... haven't had any issues yet.

Wats the pros and cons you have noticed with runnin the XP and the Vista?

Right now there are no advantages to be running Vista other then it's eye candy. And there are probably certain programs that will not work with Vista as it's completely a new OS, and wasn't built on top of XP (NT).

I decided to ditch XP because I could... I don't run any legacy software. I've gamed on Vista and it works just fine as well.

Install it on an extra drive/partition and see how you like it and if you can make the switch now... if not.. dual boot (which is kinda gay IMO) or wait.

Can it handle more programs being open without killing resources?

i like the auto glass wheel and the new ie7 (in spite of its [ie7] compatibilty bugs and all) the ability to tab surf vs the conventional surfing style i find is quite useful during research,musc management, and yes porn. the ability to scroll through windows like theyre part of one giant 3d desktop rolodex is pretty cool. the bad part about the vista series.... and yes i do mean series is that its selective of all the features based on what type or version of vista you get

ultimate

autoglass, widgets, media centre the whole shabang

Premium

widgets, media centre and standard features

Enterprise/Professional

updated project, outlook and a new meeting manager (video conferencing ready)

home

basic media centre and widgets nothing special really

i dont know how many of you saw the leaked microsoft canada prices but they are way cheaper to start than the xp was when it first came out (1000) based on the version of vista you want to buy the price is matched accordingly. the memo estimates that were leaked suggested 250-550 pending on the version you plan to purchase ....aaahem bootleg what ev, im not here to judge you

I don't' understand what your asking here...

Vista on it's own uses more resources then XP as I mentioned previously. After that it's program specific on use of your available resources.

I havent touched Vista and cant say i want to right now. Just want to leave well enough alone with this beast of a PC i have :veryhappy

I've been running the Vista RC1/2 (64bit) for about 3 months. I tried to install the RTM couple weeks ago, it actually made my computer instable for some reason. And I am back running XP PRO SP2 32bit.

I think Vista is a much improved OS over XP in every single way. It is much much faster than XP too. Some say it's instable, but from my first hand experience it is no less stable than XP I am running right now. Looks much prettier too.

It has improved searching capabilities. Full Disk encryption. Direct X 10 which wont help you unless you have a DX 10 card which are very expensive right now, not to mention no games support it yet.

Far more annoying to install software but should stop some idiots from accidently installing viruses.


Cons - More resource intensive. annoying install feature. Annoying activations. XP does most of everything needed other than DX10 games.

Having used MacOSX, I think the search on Vista is still awfully slow.

It might be more resource intensive, but it is only because it is able to manage all of the resource more efficiently. On the XP, I feel most of my 2GB are wasted, but on Vista, I feel I can benefit from having even more memory. XP is just very inefficient in terms of memory management.

Fair enough. I get a free copy of Vista Ultimate from Retail Edge so personally I can't wait till I get my retail version of it to try it out and see how much has changed under the hood. Wasn't planning on buying it anytime soon but free copy of the full package. Can't complain.

word, i think i get a free copy too. i'll prolly make a dual-boot first, see how it is.

Garbage

what makes it garbage?

Personally I love the fact that I can encrypt all of my files extreamly easily.

Vista is like every other MS OS that has come out, when it is released it is bug ridden, and some what unstable, but you have to realize that windows 98 had 600,000 lines of code for the core OS, windows XP up'ed that to 1.2 Million, and Windows Vista is rumored to be about 1.6 Million lines of Code. That is a huge amount of Data to compile, and MS does not have the resources to test every single possible setup of users running it's Operating systems.

From a Home users Point of view, Vista is a nice looking OS, but will require a lot of people to upgrade their computers to get the most out of it, which is what MS and the Computer Manufactures want. The quoted life span of a computer is supposed to be 3 years, but most people I know have systems that are 5-7 years old, and Vista will force them to upgrade if they want it to work. That's a point that most people are missing as well, the fact that their Athlon 1.2Ghz with 512Mb of Ram may not be able to run Vista at all. I have heard a lot of complaints from people about Vista running slow, and it is due to the fact that their PC doesn't have even the recommended minimum specs required to run Vista.

From an IT Administrators point of view, I will not touch Vista until at least SP1 is released. I cannot afford to have downtime on my systems because of a buggy OS. Not to mention, I have to have time to test all of the software we use, to ensure it is compatible with Vista, and if it is not, I have to allow time for the companies to release Vista Compliant versions.

That is something else that not a lot of people are considering when purchasing Vista. "Is all of my software going to work?" A lot of people are impressed by the eye candy, and don't think of the other consequences that upgrading to a new OS may bring.

For now I will keep my PC Quad-Booting between 2000 (Main OS), XP, 2003, and Vista, but in time I may move to strictly 2k3 and Vista.

Just installed vista today....takes up a lot of resourses.....i guess it does have a few useful things but other ten that..I think it has a more user friendly interface than anything else.

One thing I've notieced is that Opera isn't optimized for Vista at all. In XP even with 5-8 tabs open it uses about 60mb's of ram, however in Vista it's all the way up to 175mb's. Firefox actually uses less resources but I'd still rather stick to my Opera. Haven't noticed any issues with programs not working yet. Although MSN live has crashed a few times when I attempt to create groups in a certain way. I am only running RC1 though.