arfur mo Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 i guys and girls, been real quite lately in here so lets have a debate away from security and fire systems for a while, this is a bit like asking a taxi driver what he thinks of mini cabs my laptop decided it had had enough of me (to much Ovaltine spilled onto the keys no doubt), so now breaking in a nice shiny new Lenovo 3000 N100, all that raw power from the 2g dual core centrino has not improved my typing speed (or spelling) much though from inception Vista has ben roundly panned so i insisted that XP Pro to be installed not Vista. thinking about it Vista has now been around a little while i wondered if anyone has migrated over to it successfully and is it starting to get 'sorted' as all the previous MS software has been. i remember XP was released and the manic cue's to buy it at PC World, a day or so later even bigger cue's to get it un-installed back to W98 was also tempted to try Linux so the same question arises really although i appreciate its not as compatible with lots of software. regs alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateurandy Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 i guys and girls,been real quite lately in here so lets have a debate away from security and fire systems for a while, this is a bit like asking a taxi driver what he thinks of mini cabs my laptop decided it had had enough of me (to much Ovaltine spilled onto the keys no doubt), so now breaking in a nice shiny new Lenovo 3000 N100, all that raw power from the 2g dual core centrino has not improved my typing speed (or spelling) much though from inception Vista has ben roundly panned so i insisted that XP Pro to be installed not Vista. thinking about it Vista has now been around a little while i wondered if anyone has migrated over to it successfully and is it starting to get 'sorted' as all the previous MS software has been. i remember XP was released and the manic cue's to buy it at PC World, a day or so later even bigger cue's to get it un-installed back to W98 was also tempted to try Linux so the same question arises really although i appreciate its not as compatible with lots of software. regs alan Vista is OK if it's on a new machine designed for it. Personally I still prefer XP, but maybe that's because it's largely sorted and I know my way around it. Usual caveats apply for any relatively new software - check backwards compatibility on anything that's important (hardware or software). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woosh Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Avoid VISTA like the plague. IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barsnake Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Most Likely Going Vista When Service Pack One Arrives Until Then No Chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfur mo Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 guys, looking at the prices for legit software seems little in it between XP ans Vista, i know early on driver support was very lacking. i was using a MAC recently, supposed to ne the dogs nutts but perhaps i'm odd (ok yes i am) but i just hated the expandind icon bar regs alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky3366 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I have vista on my main pc & work laptop. Main pc is fine with no probs at all...the laptop is a pain... loads of driver errors. If at first you don't succeed...don't try skydiving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateurandy Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I have vista on my main pc & work laptop. Main pc is fine with no probs at all...the laptop is a pain... loads of driver errors. Did they come with Vista or did you upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breff Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I was entitled to a free upgrade to Vista Business when I bought my IBM T60 with XP Pro on it. All was well with XP, I did the upgrade, software wouldn't work, no printer drivers, even windows calendar(built into vista) failed to start. There have been a few updates and the calendar issue has been resolved but as stated earlier, I wouldn't go Vista until at least SP1 is released (I've heard October??). I have also spoken to others who say to only do a clean install, don't upgrade from XP. The opinions I express are mine and are usually correct! (Except when I'm wrong)(which I'm not) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubit Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 i guys and girls,been real quite lately in here so lets have a debate away from security and fire systems for a while, this is a bit like asking a taxi driver what he thinks of mini cabs my laptop decided it had had enough of me (to much Ovaltine spilled onto the keys no doubt), so now breaking in a nice shiny new Lenovo 3000 N100, all that raw power from the 2g dual core centrino has not improved my typing speed (or spelling) much though from inception Vista has ben roundly panned so i insisted that XP Pro to be installed not Vista. thinking about it Vista has now been around a little while i wondered if anyone has migrated over to it successfully and is it starting to get 'sorted' as all the previous MS software has been. i remember XP was released and the manic cue's to buy it at PC World, a day or so later even bigger cue's to get it un-installed back to W98 was also tempted to try Linux so the same question arises really although i appreciate its not as compatible with lots of software. regs alan If you regularly install software (test/evaluation/product requirement etc) then stay well away from Vista. Your lappy is a tool to be used constructively. Unless of course you want to spend hours wasting your time trying to get it to behave and you wishing you had kept with XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky3366 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Did they come with Vista or did you upgrade? I upgraded from XP... If at first you don't succeed...don't try skydiving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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