One for the Fista (ooops Vista lovers)

[Colin Edwards]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/19/windows_xp_vista_7/

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[Colin Edwards]

Oh hell... did i let this one slip too - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/18/microsoft_vista_push/


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[neil.]

Ahhh more nails in the coffin. Nowadays there is more to the operating system world than Microsoft. Since switching to Linux at home I've never looked back. The other half likes it, the kids (age 4 and 5) like the kiddie games and educational stuff on it. Can't remember the last time I used a Windows box. At work we are Mac based, so it's always Unix/Unix like stuff for me.
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[Finglonga]

Never had problems with Vista, find it much stable that XP. No complaints here.
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[veeeffarr]

And? Nowt wrong with mine :roll:

[ncrn]

So 1/3rd of people who bought vista pc's either bought pc's of too low a spec to use it or couldn't deal with the new interface so switched back to a dated system?

Fair enough..
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[ncrn]

And I'm sure when the next version is out people will be scared of it as well, call it terrible but will quietly switch to it when they get round to upgrading their pc's.

I have gone back to using XP since vista and it feels awful in comparison, they've come on leaps and bounds since XP. I laugh when I hear people saying they are switching back.

If you really don't get on with vista then try out linux, its a bit complex but it works well.
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[Icey]

[GhostRider]

Initally had a few quips when it first came out due to the non-existence of drivers for any of the software I was using, but then thats the case for any new operating system I suppose. Other than that its been plain sailing really.

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[panrider_uk]

Biggest problem with Vista is the occasional program that won't run on it.

The main one for me is the server software for my media streaming box.

To get round it I just run a copy of VMWare Workstation and have XP running under that. Works like a charm

Mark
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[Nebzor]

Not only does the article prove anything, it's based on a survey "of over 3000 computers" and they "estimated" the percentage.

Fail.
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[WildGoose]

Disregarding the article, although twas amusing to read.

If vista is so fantastic, why are they talking very seriously about the so called Windows 7, vista has barely been out five minutes.

I take no interest in operating systems or software side of computers, it annoys me too much. Hard enough trying to keep up with hardware developments, so the above is a genuine question.

XP was super stable when it was released everyone singing its praises (blue screens a thing of the past etc), now, over time, it reverts to the slow decay indicative of all MS operating systems, your computer takes longer to boot up, longer to do everything, more errors etc as crap accumulates, and windows proves to be frail once again.

Vista will do the same in time, they are all one and the same.

Why can't they design a platform and stick with it, not keep inventing the wheel every few years. They have surely had long enough to gauge what people like and don't like to make a decent 'standard'.
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[Seb]

[neil.]

They could do what Apple did with OS X, which was to take the BSD kernel (which is licensed for free under the MIT license without the restrictions of the GPL, which GNU/Linux is distributed under, so you don't have to redistribute it or it's modifications freely), and modify it, building a proprietary GUI on top. It's there on a plate for them, already made. Look at OS X - a great secure, stable OS that gets faster and more efficient with each release. It's basically a Unix core. Oh well...
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[JonB]

I can't understand why XP users continually lay into Vista? What exactly are they scared of?

I have never had any problems with Vista, I can do exactly what I did with XP and be more satisfied I am not using a cheap lego set like the block colours of XP.

Runs a lot faster as well.
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[panrider_uk]

Well I use XP at work and Vista at home.

Nothing at all wrong with Vista as long as it comes on the PC you buy (and has enough RAM).

I'd never "upgrade" from XP to Vista though if it was going to cost money. There is too little difference to make it worthwhile.

Vista should really have been called XP Service Pack 3.

Mark
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[Peter3hg]

My desktop has Vista which has never been anything except reliable. My little Advent Netbook has XP on it and it definitely feels like taking a step back in OS when using it, although I doubt it could run Vista very well.

[Frost]

Vista, in latvian it means CHICKEN!


(sorry inside joke)

[Hetzer]

Today I removed Vista from three brand-new Dells for a customer and replaced it with XP-Pro. When I set up her network I left it with three PCs that were able to share one printer. Next time she turned the network on only the directly-connected PC could communicate with it. I managed to get the other two talking to it again, but attempts to print caused havoc. On brand-new systems. No internet connection at the time, so no virii or trojans etc. No new apps loaded. Just Vista doing it's usual SHITE.

Vista is a fvcking TOILET, and MS should be prosecuted and fined out of existence for the criminal fraud they have perpetrated against the public with it.
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[ncrn]

Seriously..? Last time I networked 6 vista pc's and 2 laptops they all plugged into each other no problem, talked fine, shared internet and a printer. I had no issues at all..
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[Hetzer]

[ncrn]

I will agree with you that the price for office is criminal, I will never pay for office. I could have paid £20 as a student for it, but even then I decided that was too much..

I would suggest open office, its not amazing but it works and does pretty much everything Microsoft Office does; plus its free .

To be honest only reason I like using windows is for the gaming element, soon as linux cracks that well, I'm done with windows.
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[Hetzer]