by Angela <:3---}~~~~ M.
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August 8, 2006

windows vista

September 13, 2007 09:00 PM EDT
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Do you have vista and what do you think of it?  I have a new computer.  I have yet to plug it in and turn it on.

I know my old computer inside and out. I can open up the windows registry and pull out viruses with out the help of a scanner.  But this old thing is almost dead.  But Im finding it hard to put it away and set the new one in its place.  I think I fear vista LOL.  I dont want to experiance a virus in it for the first time LOL  it was a nightmare when i first got 98SE.  

 So what should i know about the system before i turn it on.  Come on I want to hear the good and the bad.  

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Comments: 26

Paige C. Sep 13, 2007, 9:03pm EDT
Vista doesn't really talk to your old email system no matter what they tell you.

Vista takes twice as long to start up and twice as long to close down as my old Windows

I haven't had too many other problems with it.
Sue * Sep 13, 2007, 9:08pm EDT
I bought a laptop in May with Vista. I love it. I have no problems with it at all, and I've kept my music downloads on my desktop, so the laptop is still as fast as when I bought it.
Marianne R. Sep 13, 2007, 9:16pm EDT
Vista is majorly bloated with crap you don't need. It is a system resource hog and has had a lot of unfavorable reviews. I refuse to upgrade to it until they trim the fat. Worst case, I'll get a MAC :)
Jennifer N. Sep 13, 2007, 9:16pm EDT
I have Vista on this laptop. It seems better than it was when I first got it. I had a display bug that locked up PC and display died and came back.. and repeat.

A patch/update finally fixed it but it was darn near unusable til it was fixed.
Larry H. Sep 13, 2007, 9:17pm EDT
everytime I have changed operating systems I lose my data that isn't compatable with the new system.. went from 95 to 97, my stories on 95 weren't compatable with 97, you guess it it isn't compatable with the XP either..
Jennifer N. Sep 13, 2007, 9:18pm EDT
I refuse to have Vista on our main PC. It's so slow and resource heavy that to buy a PC with the MINIMUM 1GB memory will cost as much as this laptop did.

Which is why I'm still offline and without a PC as we are having our XP PC repaired rather than buy another Vista PC.
Vivian P. Sep 13, 2007, 9:19pm EDT
I don't know any thing about it
Bundy P Sep 13, 2007, 9:22pm EDT
I also have a new laptop with Vista and have had no problems.
M C. Sep 13, 2007, 9:24pm EDT
Don't have Vista yet, but have heard some horror stories..the initial product will always have bugs and kinks to be worked out..Another thing to keep in mind is not every program may be compatible with it yet..
Marianne R. Sep 13, 2007, 9:36pm EDT
Another thought.... You basically need a lot of new software and hardware to run Vista. On a new system with new stuff, it's probably fine. But if you're looking at trying to keep your existing hard drive intact with the same software versions, you're probably screwed.
Sandra L. Sep 13, 2007, 9:41pm EDT
I haven't heard anything good about it. I hope that when I do get a new computer, all the bugs will be worked out.
Jennifer S. Sep 13, 2007, 9:47pm EDT
I have Vista on my laptop and love it. The hardest part was just getting used to the different look. I haven't had any problems at all.
Angela <:3---}~~~~ M. Sep 13, 2007, 9:50pm EDT
memory is not a problem with this one i have over 1024mb of memory. i know people are running it on 512mb.

Id love to have gotten my old computer repaired but it would have cost more than 349 that i paid for the new one. so i had to go the cheapest way. But Im not happy about it

what i have heard is you dont want to upgrade an older system to vista a lot of older systems dont work right with it

once you get it on it is a nightmare to remove. my daughters IT teacher doesnt even want to deal with vista. they are learning now how to install windows 2000 and linix on the same hard drive. windows 2000 is the system of choice out there for some reason.
Victoria H. Sep 13, 2007, 10:14pm EDT
I got it for free through HP to upgrade my new computer with it, but never did do it because everything I heard about VISTA was bad. So I can't help you! Sorry!
Don(time to open them FEMA camps) S. Sep 13, 2007, 10:29pm EDT
We have vista basic and it isn't any better or worse than the other windows systems.(I have used them all)

The bad things I have heard are from folks upgrading .

Seems to work ok on factory installations though .
Jimmy _ Sep 13, 2007, 10:57pm EDT
My son tried it and went back to XP. He told me it took up so many resources that he couldn't run some of his games.

I never upgrade until they have time to get all the bugs out.
donna h. Sep 14, 2007, 8:15am EDT
I never installed the Vista on my desktop, especially after seeing how it worked on my laptop
Trish A. Sep 14, 2007, 1:03pm EDT
My daughter had Vista and it was confusing for her. One of her college profs. required papers to be submitted with Windows so she now has both systems on her computer. It seems to be working for her.
Jennifer N. Sep 14, 2007, 2:55pm EDT
Angela, Windows recommends no less than 1GB memory for Vista - why they sell PCs with 512 mb memory is beyond me... I had a desktop with less (512mb) and it did not perform well at all. It RECOMMENDS 2GB memory. I have 1GB on this laptop and it seems fine, but to be fair I only do light surfing and work on it as a rule..

I do hope you don't find you will need more memory.

For us, fixing the old PC (replacing power supply, processor AND motherboard) was cheaper than the $300 something it'd be for a new PC) We are told the repairs will be around $150... I guess we got lucky...
CyberGwen ! Sep 14, 2007, 3:00pm EDT
I just got a copy free from Microsoft and have been leery to install it, so I am glad that you asked. One of the reason that I was thinking of not doing it is that I only have 1 GB of memory and those that I have talked to suggest at leas one and a half.

I also just had my HD crash and spent days without a pc, so I don't want to upgrade, have problems, and be without again!

I did do the advisor and it suggest that I would have to upgrade my video card to use some of the Aero features. What in the heck are those??
I dont have Vista yet. Keep us posted on how you like it.
Janna O'Donnell Sep 15, 2007, 5:39am EDT
My only problems with Vista is that some of our children's educational games don't run on it.
Debra C. Jun 10, 2008, 4:04pm EDT
You didn't say what version of Vista you have and that really makes a difference on how well it performs. Just some general observations:

  1. Vista has a lot more overhead than previous operating systems. You need a duo core processor -- quad cores are nice if you have the apps that use them, but most home users don't. For all the talk about 1GB of RAM, you really need 2GB AND at least 128MB of dedicated VRAM for most of the video features to work as designed (and I'd say at least 256MB VRAM). 7200rpm is the minimum hard drive rotation (5400 just crawls).
  2. Vista puts the OS software to run all of its 7 versions on your machine and activates only those portions associated with your license key. Can you say "bloat"?
  3. While you can always expect to buy some new software if you jump an OS version, this is even a bigger consideration with Vista. Office2007 runs nicely on the business versions (I haven't run it on home versions) -- and I'd say it is better than Office2003 if you have a Vista machine ... it was designed for Vista. That's the key -- "compatible" is not the same as "designed for".
  4. If you have older peripherals (printer, scanner, etc), these may not have Vista drivers. Check the manufacturer site before you even bother trying to install -- and if your install disk doesn't say VISTA on it, download the Vista driver first -- don't expect an XP driver to work, and don't trust that a driver in Vista was the correct one (this is one area MS didn't test well and they screwed up on a lot of the driver inclusions).
  5. Watch out for the new user access control (UAC)-based security. It asks if you want to load something and, if you say "yes", gives administrator privileges to load it. This means you should say "no" unless you are sure about something. While this was true with XP, if you were running as a limited user, it wouldn't automatically upgrade your rights -- Vista does.

Vista has some really nice features if you are running it on the right hardware with the right software. In my view, it is too bloated and runs too slow for a "new" OS, but it can be interesting. A would like it for marketing presentations if I wasn't using a MAC.

If I was buying a new machine and the old one wasn't dying, I'd wait for Windows7.
Angela <:3---}~~~~ M. Jun 28, 2008, 3:46pm EDT
so far vista is turning out to be pretty good, we just bought a second computer today with it on it. mine is home basic and the other one is premium
Bruce K. Aug 11, 2008, 6:05pm EDT
I cannot find anything in Vista ... they completely screwed up the ease and simplicity of Windows Explorer and many of the interfaces. There are some improvements, mostly improvements in things like Media Player and IE which are in XP anyway.

I just bought an Apple iMac a month or so ago, and I love it. That said, it is not perfect either.

I am sick of the whole computer paradigm, where these companies are trying to make it seem like these things are so overly-complicated they are willing to spend lots of money to fix them, and they are OK with being spied on.

1984 is here, you are being watched, and will be watched much more in the future.
Phillip L. Work Jan 24, 2009, 4:09am EST
See my latest article at: http://hubpages.com/hub/Can-Microsoft-or-Anybody-Else-Be-Trusted/.

Regards,

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