Is it a mistake...?

[yoshi]

[19ninety]

Re: Is it a mistake...?

I run Vista Home, My Laptop is a Dual core 2GHz T2450 Intel CPU and 2046 MB of Ram.

The PC is a Dual core 2.13GHz 6420 Intel CPU and 4090MB of Ram, Due to a quirk in Vista only 3070MB is shown in systems, however I am assured by Dell I get the full benefit of the full 4090MB. The computer certainly runs fast.

Report say there will be an improvement in file transfer with the Service pack 1 due later this month.

We will see.

If I have a compliant its too many notices popping up asking for permissions, switch the fearure off and there are then dire security warnings.

Patrick

Eventually the UAC warnings saying its not enabled will go away. I havent seen one for as long as I can remember since turning off the UAC function.

Yep, Vista is quite memory intensive. 2GB RAM will surfice, however when using several large applications, say light room & photoshop, you'll see a huge benefit from even getting 3GB RAM, 4GB is better still.
Looking at the microsoft website, their minimum requirements are too low, I'd expect that you'll run into problem with Vista if you use any less then 2GB and a 2GHz C2D processor taking into account we all here run image editing applications.

I fear many people who complain Vista is not good have it installed on machines that cannot run it properly, most likely buying it from the ever knowledgable PC World

Some points I like about Vista:
It will in 99% of situations I have experienced, by deliberatly installing hardware/software, attempt to allow you to do this by actually finding a solution to the problem. Unlike XP which would lock up or BSOD.
Vista has yet to lock up to a point where I've had to manually restart it.
Its a polite OS, by that Imean should it experience a problem, it'll let you know, then it'll say its trying to fix it. Unlike XP which when it encountered a problem, well, you knew it was ging to cause a headache.
Vista has a basic EXIF viewer built in.
Theres a heap of gadgets and tweeks and toys and gizmos; not everyones taste, but I like toys too.
Stability.
It looks amazing.
Its easy to use.
Its better thought out.
Windows defender.
More information feedback when doing things.
Did I mention the sidebar?
More customizable.
Plus the little things I mentioned in the 1st reply.
And I'm sure theres more that I cant think of right now.

Some people dont like change, some just jump on the band wagon bashing something down because other people have said its not very good.
Its supprising, when something big like a new OS is released, how many people just carry the negative word of mouth, and never pass on the good points. Its always easy to be negative.
I'm sure if people bought a MAC they would grumble due to it not having the features windows does, or their software doesnt work. I'd love to try a MAC if I could afford it. Maybe this can all be like 'tography, Canon's new release isnt that good, oh well, but how many people that would say that have actually put some hours into trying the new Canon or Nikon camera, or whatever.
There will always be horror stories, just like buying a new car.

Or, you can wait it our, apparently Windows 7 is due to release around 2010

Rant over

[lumix]

Re: Is it a mistake...?

Eventually the UAC warnings saying its not enabled will go away. I havent seen one for as long as I can remember since turning off the UAC function.

Yep, Vista is quite memory intensive. 2GB RAM will surfice, however when using several large applications, say light room & photoshop, you'll see a huge benefit from even getting 3GB RAM, 4GB is better still.
Looking at the microsoft website, their minimum requirements are too low, I'd expect that you'll run into problem with Vista if you use any less then 2GB and a 2GHz C2D processor taking into account we all here run image editing applications.

I fear many people who complain Vista is not good have it installed on machines that cannot run it properly, most likely buying it from the ever knowledgable PC World

Some points I like about Vista:
It will in 99% of situations I have experienced, by deliberatly installing hardware/software, attempt to allow you to do this by actually finding a solution to the problem. Unlike XP which would lock up or BSOD.
Vista has yet to lock up to a point where I've had to manually restart it.
Its a polite OS, by that Imean should it experience a problem, it'll let you know, then it'll say its trying to fix it. Unlike XP which when it encountered a problem, well, you knew it was ging to cause a headache.
Vista has a basic EXIF viewer built in.
Theres a heap of gadgets and tweeks and toys and gizmos; not everyones taste, but I like toys too.
Stability.
It looks amazing.
Its easy to use.
Its better thought out.
Windows defender.
More information feedback when doing things.
Did I mention the sidebar?
More customizable.
Plus the little things I mentioned in the 1st reply.
And I'm sure theres more that I cant think of right now.

Some people dont like change, some just jump on the band wagon bashing something down because other people have said its not very good.
Its supprising, when something big like a new OS is released, how many people just carry the negative word of mouth, and never pass on the good points. Its always easy to be negative.
I'm sure if people bought a MAC they would grumble due to it not having the features windows does, or their software doesnt work. I'd love to try a MAC if I could afford it. Maybe this can all be like 'tography, Canon's new release isnt that good, oh well, but how many people that would say that have actually put some hours into trying the new Canon or Nikon camera, or whatever.
There will always be horror stories, just like buying a new car.

Or, you can wait it our, apparently Windows 7 is due to release around 2010

Rant over

You are probably right in saying that most of the problems are contributed to the machine not having sufficient memory installed. I have three friends that had computers with only 512mb and 1gb installed. All of these I have now upgraded to 2gbs and the computers are running far better. Vista dose like the lion share of the memory available and tends to grab more and more as you increase the memory size. At what point it says enough is enough I can't say. I opted not to have Vista on the experience I have had sorting out other peoples machines. I'll agree Vista dose look nice, but at a price. No OS is perfect but XP I believe is as good as any minus all the whistles and bells.

[yoshi]

clean installation

[StuartR]

Re: Is it a mistake...?

clean installation

Although I came out in favour of XP earlier in this thread, I reminded myself over the weekend that my Son's laptop runs Vista and has done so without any problems whatsoever from the day it was purchased over a year ago. It's a fairly bog-standard Gateway dual-core laptop with "just" 2GB RAM and it was bought from that well-known purveyor of electronic goods - Tescos!

So, as dad hasn't been required to "fix" anything in all this time I guess I'd have to accept that Vista is, or at least can be, pretty stable...maybe when I next upgrade my desktop (won't be long now ) I'll give it a try.

Although I'm seriously thinking about getting a laptop instead of another desktop...subject to the graphics being able to handle COD4 @ 1920 x 1200 on my 24" monitor...probably wishful thinking?

[paul.r.w]

Re: Is it a mistake...?

Wishful indeed, but glad to hear of another COD4 fan. (Johnny Clan)

[Patrick]

Re: Is it a mistake...?

Although I came out in favour of XP earlier in this thread, I reminded myself over the weekend that my Son's laptop runs Vista and has done so without any problems whatsoever from the day it was purchased over a year ago. It's a fairly bog-standard Gateway dual-core laptop with "just" 2GB RAM and it was bought from that well-known purveyor of electronic goods - Tescos!

So, as dad hasn't been required to "fix" anything in all this time I guess I'd have to accept that Vista is, or at least can be, pretty stable...maybe when I next upgrade my desktop (won't be long now ) I'll give it a try.

Although I'm seriously thinking about getting a laptop instead of another desktop...subject to the graphics being able to handle COD4 @ 1920 x 1200 on my 24" monitor...probably wishful thinking?

Sorry to be a pain but what is COD4.

Patrick

[Stephen]

Re: Is it a mistake...?

Sorry to be a pain but what is COD4.

Patrick

Google it Patrick I had to

[Patrick]

Re: Is it a mistake...?

Google it Patrick I had to

Just another game, I don't do games.

Patrick

[StuartR]

Re: Is it a mistake...?

Just another game, I don't do games.

Patrick

I don't generally but there's nothing like running around killing people to help you relax after a hard day in the office

I started off with Wolfenstein, Duke Nuk'em, Doom, Quake etc. and never looked back (unless I heard heavy breathing behind me ). My Dad used to play Quake 2 when he was 80! and I remember him telling me that it nearly frightened him to death one night (2am!)- he had to turn the PC off and turn all the lights in the house on and go to bed . Anyone who's played it will know what he meant!