Windows vista

RE: Windows vista

I personally haven't used it but from what I have seen it looks pretty but that is it. It looks like it will get annoying very quickly and they seem to be trying to get it to look like a mac.

Another Microsoft rip off and one that runs like a tank too.

Avoid like the plague.

RE: Windows vista

It looks like it will get annoying very quickly

Yeh...that explains it then[:'(]...thanks UR, the trouble is when you buy a new computer these days it's already set up with vista[&o]....I'm sitting here with it now & getting my knickers in a right twist with it & I don't mind admitting it[:@];)

xxxx

RE: Windows vista

Unfortunately the hardware is improving and the "old" versions of windows just couldn't keep up with it, so it was inevitable that a new version would have to come out eventually. Like when they moved from windows 3.1 (8 bit) to windows 98 (16 bit) then windows xp (32 bit)

If it's come on a new machine then it should run just fine. If not, I'd be a little suspicious of what you've bought.

Alternatively you could read "Who moved my Cheese?".

😉

RE: Windows vista

:DThanks Giles, I got the computer (just the tower) from Tescos at the weekend when mine finally died...it doesn't seem to like you to use more then one window because of the tabs (you're suposed to open everything with a new tab with vista apperantly)...sometimes it will & sometimes it won't & C&P is a bit iffy...& trying to post here is hard sometimes...because you need to open a new window to post in & then another if you want to use a smiley it doesn't like it & once it's not allowed you to do one thing it seems to not let you do anything[sm=banghead.gif]...it could just be a glitch I supose

Love
Amyxxx

RE: Windows vista

Not many people do like vista with it being new.

I have been on a forum for about a year, called the vista forum, and it deals with vista, xp and pc problems. The guys on there are fantastic. We also have a laugh to in general.

If you want to have a look, i can let you know the web site.

Dawn x

RE: Windows vista

Thank you, Dawn. Generally speaking, it's always useful to have a weblink given, if relevant to the topic. Is this the one you meant:

[link= http://thevistaforums.com/ ] http://thevistaforums.com/ [/link]

I had a look at it yesterday ... it seems v. interesting!

To Amy ... and all ... I did make some enquiries about Vista, since I'd seen it mentioned in several places, andapparently all new PCs now come with it.

Upgrades are only any use if a PC is no older than 2006, which lets me out by a year, and I can't say I'm sorry, having watched the demos online ... annoying is the word! Can be found here:

[link= http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx ] http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx [/link]
home page

[link= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista [/link]

In the last para is a link to Criticism of WV, and that’s looooong! If you want more, Google yielded 178 million results. I’m a bit pushed for time to read them all just now. 😉

Somewhere I read Microsoft are planning on replacing it in 2½ years.

Holistic

RE: Windows vista

Fortunately I replaced my laptop just before Vista became the standard distributed operating system. Most reviews I have seen in the professional IT press consider Vista to be XP with Service Pack 6 - fulfilling some of the previously missed promises for XP, but as ever, with plenty of security flaws and OTT functiions that no-one will use. I didn't upgrade to XP for 2 years after it first appeared - I had Win '98 tweaked to perfection, and I'm just reconfiguring my new laptop the same way. When (and if) Vista is stable, secure and free from memory leaks, I might consider changing - until then I'll stick with my turbo-charged version of XP.

RE: Windows vista

I've heard only bad things about Vista.. and I also came home from work today to my fiance watching this video on the computer... so I just thought I'd track it down and post it up on here since the subject has come up... I thought it was funny... it's pretty long and quite stupid after a while, but you'll get the point.

[link= http://www.fugly.com/videos/7148/vista-speech-recognition-demo.html ]http://www.fugly.com/videos/7148/vista-speech-recognition-demo.html[/link]

RE: Windows vista

I'll wait atleast a year before upgrading to vista for microsoft to fix bugs that my occur and for drivers to mature