Am I the only one who loves Windows Vista?!?!?

[T J]

I can’t believe all the hate for Vista I see, everywhere. I got a new laptop a few months ago and it had Vista premium on it and I love it. My desktop still has XP and that’s fine too but Vista is very sleek. I have had zero problems with it. It’s fast, intuitive, and above all it incredibly cooperative in all tasks.

All the service packs that loads of people seemed to have problems with worked so well I didn’t know it was doing it until it finished installing and then no prob. I will admit there was a getting used to it period but that was no problem either.

So why all the Vista hate? Is it that people are so used to XP they are just being curmudgeonly? Perhaps they are trying to run them on old computers…? People won’t have a choice for long (if they want to stay with the Windows OS) because XP is becoming harder and harder of brand new machines.

Why does it work so well for me but not the other seemingly 95% of other people?

My name is TJ and I love Windows Vista!

 

[Marc]

Porbably

Microsoft is going about it's Mojave Project where people get access to a virtual system online to test some software supposedly not know it's Vista and everybody likes it.

The problem is that's it an idea situation, not a real world situation.

It's when Vista goes into the real world it's causing problems and not been taken up

Sure it's fine to use (I'm running it on the machine I'm using now) but it's never been what I would call a compelling upgrade. Oh it looks very pretty but it doesn't offer anything really that XP didn't for many users and also has features that will utter give people the shits (user access controls anyone?).

Now if you want to talk Server 2008 that I like

 

[Dream]

Stop trying to defend that piece of shit OS!

 

[Garrovick]

I think the percentages should be reversed. It's the 5 percent that have the problems. And I suspect in many cases, it's self inflicted. Just like the fuss from the change to XP from 93SE.

People who do not have problems simply have no reason to post that they HAVE no problems. What would be the point?

For proof - go to the iPod or Sansa forums... Seems there is not a player on the face of the Earth that actualy functions.

 

[JustAFriend]

A) Don't love it for long. It's going bye-bye in 18months when Windows7 (google it) comes out.

B) As long as you don't try to hook anything up to it and run mostly Microsoft programs, you're fine. If you're a musician or have to hook up any external hardware to it, you're not gonna be so happy.

 

[FatherRob]

My reasons for finding the piece of crap distasteful are found in the latest entry on my website (see link below).

Vista Sucks.

Rob+

 

[roliver]

B) As long as you don't try to hook anything up to it and run mostly Microsoft programs, you're fine. If you're a musician or have to hook up any external hardware to it, you're not gonna be so happy.

Absolute pure nonsense.

I run a ton of non-MS programs and have a number of external devices hooked up to my Vista desktop. It works, and it works perfectly fine.

 

[T J]

Ditto.

 

[ZERO_of_ZERO]

Im still on Windows XP and am thinking of getting a new laptop as various bits of this one dont work anymore.

I have no real opinion on Vista personally, but the few people I know who have up-graded for various reasons have had to replace a lot of hardware, as its not supported: New printer, new scanner ...........

 

[ialfan]

I think Vista is great myself overall. It's not miles ahead of XP but the interface is more or less sharp, it is 64-bit to allow more than 4gb of ram (on 64-bit editions that is), and more optimised for dual and quad core machines. In fact Vista runs better on my computer than XP does. I've had no hardware compatibility problems and only one or two software problems.

What bugs me about Vista is how bloated it is and how much disk space it takes up. This is something Microsoft is really going to have to fix in Windows 7 by allowing a modular installer, making Windows 64-bit only and discarding a lot of the legacy code that is rarely used these days.

 

[msbae]

I have had zero problems with it.

4 Things:

1.) I haven't had problems with it, either. The reason I haven't had a problem is because I refuse to allow that resource-hogging, driver-lacking, program-breaking crap on my machines.

2.) I was talking to one of my fellow Technical Professionals today about bad versions of Windows. He actually said he'd rather deal with Windows ME instead of Vista! Granted, Chad is a M$ hatin' Linux nerd but, that's just Hardcore with a capital H.

3.) Vista is the blond of Operating Systems. It looks gorgeous but, it's incredibly dumb.

4.) Stick to XP Professional as long as you can, dude. Windows 7 isn't scheduled to arrive until 2010 or 2011 and there's no guarantee it will be any good.

 

[roliver]

I have had zero problems with it.

4 Things:

1. Ummm...ok

2. Hmmm, a hardcore Microsoft-hating linux nerd doesn't like the latest Microsoft OS? Go figure.

3. Care to shed some details here?

4. Vista is good today. No need to stay in the past with XP, or hold off for a future OS.

 

[Non Sync]

I've been running it at home for over a year. The only problem I've had was with Norton Internet Security where the firewall was silently blocking updated applications.

The only reason I haven't installed it on my work laptop is the downtime to do a 100% fresh installation.

 

[Gaseous Anomaly]

Im still on Windows XP and am thinking of getting a new laptop as various bits of this one dont work anymore.

I have no real opinion on Vista personally, but the few people I know who have up-graded for various reasons have had to replace a lot of hardware, as its not supported: New printer, new scanner ...........

This is true; I had to get a new printer and scanner when I switched to Vista. I did however go wireless and went printer, scanner, copier all in one so it was a big improvement in space saving.

I haven't had any problems till this evening when the power flickered, it took about 45 minutes to recover and repair Windows files before it would work again. I really don't think that has anything to do with Vista though. It would have happened with XP to I'll bet.

 

[scotthm]

Why does it work so well for me but not the other seemingly 95% of other people?

I've been running Vista Ultimate 64 at work for over a year now, and I've got to say it's been a decidedly mixed bag. There are many things to like about it, but the biggest three problems I've had are:

1) Performance. Transferring files to/from USB drives or network shares is painfully slow. It seems to have gotten better as various patches have been applied.

2) IE 7. It hangs up inexplicably and without warning several times a week. I often have to reboot the computer to gain control of my web browser again. I know there are other browser alternatives, but I shouldn't have to abandon Vista's built-in browser to have a stable system.

3) Application compatibility. I had to get a new scanner because HP wouldn't provide a 64-bit driver for my existing scanner. Several applications I need are being run on an XP virtual machine because they're not compatible with Vista 64. As time goes on this will improve, but there will probably be a newer version of Windows out by the time I get everything migrated over to Vista.


I'm building up a new PC for my home right now, and it's getting Windows XP w/SP-3 installed on it.

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[Rii]

The only issue I've had transitioning from XP to Vista has been the loss of desktop span modes across multiple displays. Given that AMD has managed it with their Radeon drivers, I'm comfortable blaming Nvidia for that rather than Microsoft.

I wouldn't recommend upgrading from XP to Vista, there's simply no reason to do so, but I also wouldn't hesitate to choose Vista over XP when building a new PC. I wouldn't go with Vista on anything less than 2GB of RAM, but the difference between 1GB and 2GB of DDR2 is what, $25?

 

[Marc]

The only issue I've had transitioning from XP to Vista has been the loss of desktop span modes across multiple displays. Given that AMD has managed it with their Radeon drivers, I'm comfortable blaming Nvidia for that rather than Microsoft.

I wouldn't recommend upgrading from XP to Vista, there's simply no reason to do so, but I also wouldn't hesitate to choose Vista over XP when building a new PC. I wouldn't go with Vista on anything less than 2GB of RAM, but the difference between 1GB and 2GB of DDR2 is what, $25?

How many monitors are you talking about? I have my Vista desktop spanned across 2 monitors on my work system (Nvida card)

The settings are in different place but it's definitely possible

 

[Rii]

^ Vista supports Dual View/Extended Desktop mode, also Clone, but it doesn't support the Span modes that were available under XP, which treat however many displays are connected as a single integrated display.

The most immediately obvious difference between the Horizontal Span and Dual View modes is that the former will extend the taskbar across both displays. Ultramon does a better job of that than even XP though, in that it creates an additional taskbar for each display and assigns windows to taskbars according to which display the window is actually on, and it still functions under Vista, so that's not a real issue. The other quality of Horizontal Span mode that I appreciated was the ability to render games across multiple displays, which isn't terribly useful with two displays but can be with three, and always impresses the kiddies regardless.

Nvidia's official statement on the matter:
Due to architectural changes in the new Windows Vista Window Display Driver Model (WDDM), span mode cannot be supported in NVIDIA graphics drivers. NVIDIA recommends using the built-in Windows Vista multi-display modes.

It's not exactly a major issue.

 

[drasche]

I'm on Windows XP and I don't feel the need to change.

As you are surely aware of, Microsoft teased us about Vista going to be the greatest OS in existence. However, most people AND companies disagreed with MS and they didn't make the move to Vista.

More recently, and because they are lauching a new advertising campaign, Microsoft itself said that Vista's original release sucked big time but now, with Service Pack 1 and all the little fixes, it's the greatest.

And I think this story repeats itself with each new release.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm waiting to see what Windows Seven is capable of. I dismiss Vista as I dismissed Windows Me in the past.

As a rule, never ever install a brand new software or operating system on your machines. Wait for the first batch of bugfixes, and in the case of Windows, always wait for the first Service Pack.

 

[Stone_Cold_Sisko]

Love is too strong a word, but I have no real problems with it. I go from Vista at home to XP at work, and it's pretty seamless, because they are all the same.

Vista actually seems smoother in terms of managing memory, those memory swap-outs refreshes were brutal on my old XP computer.

But its pretty much the same thing. If you have XP and are worried about a new computer iwth Vista on it, don't (as long as you have at least 2gb of ram). It's literally the same damn thing, but prettier. If you know how to use one you know how to use the other.

Why does it work so well for me but not the other seemingly 95% of other people?

It's also worth noting that the internet is a very vocal minority. Large numbers of non "internet geeks" (i say that lovingly) buy computers and use Vista with no real problems. I think when someone starts talking about, say Linux, in a Vista discussion, it's a fair bet they're not on the same wavelength as most of america.