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I've had vista for about 10 months now and not had a single problems, it's way better than XP.]]>Feb 1st 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
A big heaping bowlful of FLAMEBAIT.]]>Feb 1st 2008 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
That is, unless XP's third service pack does something new and interesting...]]>Feb 1st 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
From reading comments, the people that build PC's that installed it...love it. The people that happened to get it with their new laptop complete with buggy drivers and loads of crapware...hate it (mind you, those are usually the same types that rarely upgrade drivers).

I actually installed Vista on an old laptop (single core Celeron 1.2mHz) and it really did improve the experience and speed. XP took twice as long for things to open and allowed me to multitask half as much. Granted, this is without Aero (the laptop won't support it). My custom build desktop only uses Vista Ultimate and I've NEVER had a problem.]]>Feb 2nd 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
I have no idea why would want to to get rid of Vista. Sure its not perfect, but its a fine successor to XP in my opinion and can only get better with time. Frankly, the only thing that annoys me is the redundant permission windows, but you click so many of those things anyway whats one more?

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I think I'll wait and see what SP1 does to the performance. If it's still rubbish, I'll 'upgrade' it to XP (assuming Sony let me have all the drivers for the trackpad, camera, BT etc.)]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
Now I'm not saying it's got everything right, and I know a couple of friends who have had some problems, but it's not the pile of rubbish that people are panicing over. It's certainly better than the total nightmare several friends have has with Ubuntu (won't start-up, runs but can't get the soundcard to work as it's too new and not supported, graphics corruption with ATI etc etc), and I am not adverse to trying OSX, but they need to make it run on PCs, as I can't justify spending money on new hardware when there's nothing wrong with the hardware I've got, and I don't want to be tied into only being able to use Apple hardware (that's an even worse monopolistic attitude than Microsoft in my opinion).

So Vista's OK with me...he's hoping that Windows 7 is a 3.1 to 95 jump though.]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
On another note, I wonder just how many of these types of places around the country try to fold astronomy into their stores. I know every one I've ever been to has a selection of about four different telescopes with dust on them. I just don't get it.]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
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P.S.: Please, don't throw me any rocks ! I'm not a fanboy, but I use both OS's (work / home) and it is my honest opinion that Vista sucks.]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
This has been fueled... a lot, but industry "experts" that talk about the slow uptake rate of Vista, but they conveniently forget, that "way back when" the move from Windows 2000 to XP was not all that brisk initially either.

The fact is that regardless of what OS you are running, it is far more stable, and most users are satisfied sticking with what they have, at least for the duration of the machines life, unlike the days of Windows 3.X or Linux Slackware or the original MAC OS, where OS updates were more needed for functionality sake.]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Aside from the annoyance of moving a lot of settings around (in many instances, to no noticeable improvement in terms of the number of steps taken to get something done), there are a few good reasons to go with XP over Vista. For one, performance. This isn't a matter of subjective opinion in most cases - look at the Benchmarks. Most game and processor intensive apps just run slower. Combine that with the annoyance factor of the unending security prompts, and you have a couple of very good reasons to avoid Vista. Tell me, what do I get in return aside from eye-candy? A few small things - but to me these are just not worth it. If performance is not critical (i.e. none of you are gamers who want a decent frame-rate running recent games - either that or you have money to burn on hardware) then I can see it. A lot of people don't use their PC for Games or other CPU intensive apps. For these people I am sure that Vista is fine. I am also sure it is in many peoples interest to be nagged with security prompts if they do not understand what there PC is doing most of the time. But otherwise - and I am asking this sincerely as I maybe missing something based on my limited experiences with Vista - why would I want it???]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.news.com/Windows-XP-outshines-Vista-in-benchmarking-test/2100-1016_3-6220201.html
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I would have to agree. At the same time, I do not think Vista is enough of an upgrade to demand the time and money that it has required from consumers, software developers, and hardware manufacturers. Now, granted, the underpinnings of Vista might make it worth the time and money, but most people just do not see any major advantages of Vista over XP.]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/94747/94747.html?Ad=1

And this isn't some Mickey Mouse amateur 3rd party opinion - this report was sponsored by the industry leaders - Microsoft themselves - so you know they're numbers you can trust.]]>Feb 6th 2008 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
That's why you probably _shouldn't_ trust the report. The report would hold more weight if it was performed by an independent third party. It's obviously in Microsoft's best interest to promote their latest product.]]>Feb 6th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
It's already been a much discussed point that Vista is not perfect, but pretty good (if a little hardware intensive). Likewise people had a cow when XP came out, many refused to leave 2000 Pro. Stands to reason people don't change (not individuals, people as a collective) and they resist change. When Win7 ships, we'll have it all over again, with how Vista was rocks solid, and why would they want to change everything.]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
i'll say it: i like vista just fine. in many ways, it's an improvement. well, once you figure out how to turn of UAC. LOL]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
Now I've never had that security warning tell me anything useful, but I don't like having to ignore it completely. Also, it's also annoying the way Vista has screwed up the Windows Explorer to make it hard to see your folder structure. Plus, I hate change.]]>Feb 4th 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/

What are you talking about? Removing the unwieldy OS *IS* the repair ;-)



Yeah, I keed, I keeeeed, etc.]]>Feb 2nd 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
Glad to see the answer is a decisive "no one."]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/
If Vista had anything interesting to offer, it'd be ok. Sadly Vista is only a new XP. Would you pay to buy XP again??? No way.]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/

When you have the mind set that you won't like something, you won't.]]>Feb 1st 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/Feb 1st 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-this-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-vista/That's really rubbing salt into an open wound especially using the Dubbayu character. Sad, so sad.

Vista Ultimate isn't that bad, but it is a resource hog. I think people with sub-par computers might want to consider a downgrade. However Vista runs just fine on higher-end computers. Driver problems aside, there isn't much to dislike about Vista. That being said, I'm happy enough with WinXP Pro running in my BootCamp partition. I gave Vista Ultimate a shot but it overworked the fans on my MacBook Pro 2.33 (running under Parallels).

I'm just glad there aren't any stores saying they'll downgrade Leopard to Tiger (using Hillary Clinton's character).]]>Feb 1st 2008 11:12AM