Vista?
#1
Posted 2008-November-21, 10:27
To those with Vista, do you wish you still had XP too? Do you have programs you can't run on Vista? My 5-year old puter is a Dell and I have been happy with it, I just don't know if I should limit myself to that brand this time.
My laptop is Gateway and it is good too, now that I replaced the harddrive after two years.
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#2
Posted 2008-November-21, 10:36
I haven't had any problems with vista. I don't regret my choice. For the most part I don't notice a difference except that Vista looks flashier, which I'm actually not a big fan of.
#3
Posted 2008-November-21, 11:24
Problem with Vista is that there are different flavors of it and most computers come with Vista Home. I tend to use Vista Business and Vista Ultimate
#4
Posted 2008-November-21, 11:57
Robert
#5
Posted 2008-November-21, 12:39
Just make sure that you have at least 2GB of memory.
In a company all systems should run the same software to minimize trouble.
If they move to Vista, they would have to buy lots of new computer and they have to make sure that every software that is used will work in the new environment. With Windows 7 on the horizon, they don't want to go trough this twice.
#6
Posted 2008-November-21, 13:19
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#7
Posted 2008-November-21, 13:26
Lots of bugs and compatibility issues (Plus it won't talk to my Vonage router)
#8
Posted 2008-November-21, 14:42
JoAnneM, on Nov 21 2008, 11:27 AM, said:
To those with Vista, do you wish you still had XP too? Do you have programs you can't run on Vista? My 5-year old puter is a Dell and I have been happy with it, I just don't know if I should limit myself to that brand this time.
My laptop is Gateway and it is good too, now that I replaced the harddrive after two years.
Doesn't your daughter work for Apple?
#9
Posted 2008-November-21, 14:56
#10
Posted 2008-November-21, 14:57
#11
Posted 2008-November-21, 15:00
hrothgar, on Nov 21 2008, 02:26 PM, said:
Lots of bugs and compatibility issues (Plus it won't talk to my Vonage router)
i think a lot of the issues i've had with vista are problems with software that was not specifically written for this OS. Things like word, excel, ie, etc. run just fine, but the moment I try to use some software packages specific to my work, vista chokes. I am wondering whether MS actually tried third party vendor software in their testing, or only verified that their own programs work.
#12
Posted 2008-November-21, 15:02
Vista in this Lenovo lasted 3 days
Ubuntu since then.
#13
Posted 2008-November-21, 19:34
Vista isn't perfect, but SP1 goes a long way towards fixing many of most egregious problems.
#14
Posted 2008-November-21, 21:03
TimG, on Nov 21 2008, 08:42 PM, said:
Yes, my daughter-in-law! And don't tell her I am looking at computers!
My son uses several Macs in his animation studio but he has some PCs too. Their 3 year old has a Mac, and an iPod. But I am not really into Apple, I can hardly use my iPhone they gave me. The apps all work but I hate the phone.
Well, in this economy I will just look for the best deal. I used to buy computers by the dozen when I was working so it shouldn't be too hard to buy just one. By the way, my other son works in programming at CalPers and I believe they have never switched to Vista.
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#15
Posted 2008-November-21, 23:22
Anyone noticed how microsoft OS's go in a good/bad cycle? Vista,XP,ME,98.
#16
Posted 2008-November-22, 02:46
But, as others have said, it does require a more powerful system than XP. This is not a problem if you are buying a new system as long as you get at least 2GB memory.
The reasons that most businesses that I know have not upgraded to Vista are (1) there is little significant business advantage/value over XP and (2) their installed base of PCs includes a large percentage that would need to be upgraded to run Vista (essentially memory upgrades) and this is not cost-effective given (1).
Paul
#17
Posted 2008-November-22, 04:13
JoAnneM, on Nov 21 2008, 11:27 AM, said:
To those with Vista, do you wish you still had XP too? Do you have programs you can't run on Vista? My 5-year old puter is a Dell and I have been happy with it, I just don't know if I should limit myself to that brand this time.
My laptop is Gateway and it is good too, now that I replaced the harddrive after two years.
Hello,
I jumped from windows 95 to Vista so I cannot compare it to XP.
What I hate the most at Vista is the downright telling you lies about the structure of your folders.
One mess that you will not encounter is about language adaption, where depending on what program you use some folders are inexistent or have a different name.
But let us talk about BBO. If you use the BBO windows client you can choose "open bridge movie from your computer". There you get the impression that you are looking into the folder
C:\Program Files\Bridge Base Online\hands\
(ok here in germany it would be the fake folder "programme" that in reality is a link to the real folder "programm files")
The truth is that you get at the same time to see the lin fies in
C:\Program Files\Bridge Base Online\hands\
and!
c:\Users\stefan\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Bridge Base Online\hands\
as if they are in one.
Now if you want to open a lin file for instance with the double dummy solver you have to guess where the files are and face the fact the AppData folder is a hidden folder that you will not see. And so on.
No I am not happy with Vista,
ciao stefan
#18
Posted 2008-November-22, 05:12
jkljkl, on Nov 22 2008, 10:13 AM, said:
C:\Program Files\Bridge Base Online\hands\
and!
c:\Users\stefan\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Bridge Base Online\hands\
as if they are in one.
Now if you want to open a lin file for instance with the double dummy solver you have to guess where the files are and face the fact the AppData folder is a hidden folder that you will not see. And so on.
No I am not happy with Vista,
I'm rarely the first to defend Microsoft but I think what they have done here is sensible and it should really be regarded as a minor issue/bug/feature with the BBO Windows client.
#19
Posted 2008-November-22, 16:38
Aberlour10, on Nov 21 2008, 12:57 PM, said:
Robert
yes but then that will be the right time to buy VISTA!
#20
Posted 2008-November-22, 16:45
inquiry, on Nov 21 2008, 03:56 PM, said:
no it runs bridgebrowser just fine.....its just getting harder to find Stephen to do updates to it so you can open files with newer dates.
Main reason not to run Vista
1. legacy hardware-but would probably be an issue with XP too
by that I mean old isa cards
2. SCSI components-for scanners and older scsi adapter cards- you can usually get them to install but finding the drivers can be a pain...and they usually arent written for Vista.
3.Drivers- has been slow to get driver support from some companies.