Posted by Idea
So guys tell me does anyone already use the commercial version of vista on their pc? If so tell us your opinions, thoughts and general views on the whole Windows Vista hype.
I for one will hold off till at least the third quarter of this year to get an upgrade. Hopefully by then the primary obvious flaws will be fixed...
*It could be fun and constructive, if you are already running Vista, to give us your PC's specs.
Posted by mrmilo69
I can't even install Alcohol or daemon tools! Back to XP for me!
Posted by mrao
I've been running Vista Ultimate edition for over a fortnight now..perks of the job.
It has a nice glossy feel...great ui...provided you are running it on a machine with solid specs.. ( I'm using an HP Pavilion.. 2 ghz processor, 128 mb vid ram...2 gb ram, 80 gb hdd) The only grouse I have is the annoying permission prompts that keep popping up every now & then... haven't tried any of my favourite games yet...will do so over the weekend and post a more detailed report
Posted by Red_Rach
Im thinking of getting the home premium edition on Tuesday.
Posted by himlims_nl
my advise; stay away from it
system requirements are way too high, i realy dislike the look-'n-feel of the os. i'm having trouble changing the system, some options are hidden/removed
xp does the job well, and works much faster
Posted by msmmsm
Installed Vista Home Pemium 64bit on an Acer Laptop, everything went ok, but needed to download the audio diver and card reader driver from their website. No crashes yet, seems to be very stable, though the 64bit browser has problems with flash sites. Adobe are working on a 64bit version, but you can just load the 32bit IE.
Posted by spikeyjac
to the above poster what acer laptop do you have?
Posted by Idea
For all of you thinking on upgrading your PC to vista here is a helpfull link.
http://ati.amd.com/technology/windowsvista/areyouvistaready.asp
Its a system test from ati and AMD. This is a legitimate test that checks your processor, ram, graphics and other software and hardware required to run Vista.
Mind you i did the test and for the highest settings I need a 256 mb card. To me thats a rather stupid requirement because I've got a 128mb gddr3 256 bit card which in benchmarks and some games whips the Bytes out of 256mb and even higher spec cards.
But on the other hand im soo curious how the OS works, and no i have never downloaded the beta versions. I think its shopping time:).... Damn you Microsoft so evil yet so sexy at the same time.
Idea
Posted by msmmsm
@spikeyjac
Acer Aspire 5630, wanted to get the cheapest core 2 duo on the market, this seems to be it.
Posted by Johnex
Will be getting a Acer Travelmate 8215 soon, almost the best acer.
Posted by arien617
www.pcpitstop.com
All sorts of tests including Vista Readiness.
Posted by Red_Rach
My laptop and pc are both decent specs and are capable of handling vista so I'm not at all worried.
Whats the difference between 64bit and 32bit though?
Posted by Xugaa
Yeah I will be getting Vista, at least the Home Premium edition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista
Posted by spikeyjac
just ordered my free upgrade but will i have to back up my hard drive before installing vista?
becuase i dnt want to lose all my files and programs lol
Posted by fatreg
im gonna try and get parallels on my mac to run it..
apparently it does!?
so we will soon see!
fatreg
Posted by Toney_Ericsson
Drivers are going to be an issue for programmes, already know the Sony Ericsson PC Suite and Update Service are'nt compatible as of yet.
I'll have to get quite a few drivers and correct ones at that.
I'm thinking of which Vista to get, I was thinking of Vista Ultimate OEM with Office 2007 Standard retail. Not too sure if to go for Home Premium retail or OEM or Vista Ultimate OEM.
What are you guys going for and what would you suggest?
Must say the few little extra features of Ultimate I do find appealing.
Posted by fatreg
Premium for me.
fatreg
Posted by Toney_Ericsson
Are you going retail Home Premium fatreg?
I know that with Retail Home Premium in the box there is only the 32bit version and there is a coupon to send to Microsoft to get the 64bit version. With Ultimate though both are in the box, sod paying retail Ultimate price though as that's over the top. That's why I was thinking OEM.
Posted by fatreg
i dont mean premium at all..
i mean ultimate.
ive only got a 32 bit machine..
so doesnt really matter to me!
ermmm ive got vista from elsewhere..
fatreg
Posted by fatreg
hmmm..
parallels has installed it but i cant run my stoptimer programme!
bugger..
looks like ill need to ininstal in 30 days..
fatreg
Posted by msmmsm
You might want to think twice about getting an upgrade version.
http://www.dailytech.com/No+M[....]+Windows+Vista/article5887.htm
[ This Message was edited by: msmmsm on 2007-01-28 22:22 ]
Posted by Gigs
Using it at work, I quite like alot of it.
For some it'll be better to wait until service pack 1 though. (Using daemon tools here without an issue btw)
@mrao: btw try disabling UAC (msconfig -> tools -> disbale uac -> launch -> reboot) and that gets rid of alot of those annoying boxes. Google UAC if you wanna know more about it first though.
I probably won't form more than glancing opinions until it gets installed on my media server and gaming rig though.
Posted by Johnex
Read this thread guys, very intresting:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=140494
Posted by Toney_Ericsson
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Oh so you got a Mac then have you fatreg?
I ordered my copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and Microsoft Office 2007 today, should have it sometime tomorrow.
I understand there is generic drivers already on the Vista disc, not 100% sure if everything will be ok though. I already know a lot of software needs to have Vista compatible updates made for them i.e. Sony Ericsson PC suite and many many more software like that.
Posted by fatreg
i do indeed have a mac
os x beats the hell outta vista. but this isnt a flame war.
isnt it like $1000 for both vista and office 2007??
fatreg
Posted by Miss UK
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Bummer my XP Pro is a corp version,
I do have probs entering the code in corrospondance to MS,
however all the updates work...
hope Vista will install fully
Posted by Toney_Ericsson
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It's £850 for both Ultimates of both but I dont need that as I'm not a global organisation, I'm only a home user so went for the cheaper option
I got Windows Vista Ultimate as an OEM (to install on this machine only) if I get a further PC or laptop i'll obviously then get a OEM for that too. I've never needed Microsoft's support or warranty which is what you pay for with a retail boxed version, this is just the disc alone.
The Microsoft Office 2007 I have coming is Standard and is the retail boxed version. Office 2007 Standard is fine for me as it has you're essentials like Outlook 2007, Word 2007, Excel etc etc.
I also got Acronis True Image 10 coming as my version 9 isnt compatible with Vista, plus version 10 can do more as well. It's the best mirror imaging backup software in my opinion.
Also treated myself to another new mouse, the Logitech MX Revolution
http://www.logitech.com/index[....]B/EN,contentid=12134,crid=2135
[ This Message was edited by: Toney_Ericsson on 2007-01-30 01:06 ]
Posted by Miss UK
WoW somebodys got money
Posted by Toney_Ericsson
Nah I went for the better priced option, I like value. I went OEM on the Vista Ultimate, same thing and under £120.
I can't really justify £350 for it in a box with support that I'll never use. And besides it can only be installed on one machine at a time anyway which is another reason to go OEM
It's nice if you can get a free though through being a beta tester or whatever mind.
By the way, I have Vista installed, really like this. Theres a few things to get used to.
Drivers wer'nt that much of a problem really. My xp network driver is working in this and there was quite a few to download from windows update. Waiting for Epson to release a specific driver for my printer an Epson Stylus RX620 though, they say it will be out in the next few days. Theres no problems playing any games like Battlefield 2142.
If anyone in the UK is looking for good prices for Vista and Office 2007, have a look on ebuyer and dabs.
[ This Message was edited by: Toney_Ericsson on 2007-01-31 13:45 ]
Posted by Miss UK
Kewl you've got your mitts on it..
I was asking Sony Ericsson man to pop some screen shots up,
but now you've got it can you post some up for us to see Thanks
I really want it myself dunno how long it will take before my friend
can get it tho
my Sony Vaio can't really handle VISTA,
it's only just working with XP Professional..
heard this morning that MS want cusumers to upgrade to Vista cos they plan to not make anymore updates for it in the next coming months really is abit cheesey that
Posted by Toney_Ericsson
I know XP Pro will get support for like the next 4 years still, did'nt know they plan not to make updates. Have you ran the Microsoft Vista advisor tool then? Even 32bit Vista Ultimate is using a good 1GB of memory with several thing open. I've heard the 64bit uses 1GB with just the browser open.
I've got 3GB of RAM on this machine, you want 2GB really if you're a gamer or doing anything which needs resources, I do think 1GB of RAM is a minimum though to use it properly.
Heres a couple screen shots for you, I have'nt installed much yet as I only put it on yesterday. With programmes I'm making sure their either Vista compatible or have an update which makes them compatible.
Notice I'm using Firefox
I don't trust Internet Explorer, not even on a new OS.
[ This Message was edited by: Toney_Ericsson on 2007-01-31 15:35 ]
Posted by p900 lover
If anything i will go for the Home Premium as it has support for xbox 360 media edition. Just run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor and it said something about my Internet connection not being there, well it is cos im on esato and other sites. Not a very good start for vista if it cant even tell weather or not i have an Internet connection hmm
Posted by Toney_Ericsson
It's proberly saying that it doesnt know if you're network driver is supported like it said it doesnt know about mine.
I found the broadcom network driver I used in XP works fine. You're obviously need to get all you're basic drivers on a disc before installing. After you installed it's more than likely there be more drivers it will pick up that you need in Windows Update.
Posted by whizkidd
Folks who are getting the cheaper versions, you can upgrade to a higher version anytime... By purchasing a key to "unlock" the premium features.. Actually there is only one version of vista except for the starter edition. Only the features have been disabled according to the product key you have purchased. This means you can upgrade from home premium to ultimate without a reinstall!
Posted by masseur
Windows Vista Upgrade
Decision Flowchart
Posted by whizkidd
i just wasted 5 mins downloading that image on wap. 
Posted by spikeyjac
hi was just wondering on the upgrade email i got it says i need to send off my reciept and redemption form?
what is the redemtion form
Posted by whizkidd
@spikey, if yours is a dell i might be able to help...
Posted by spikeyjac
nah its a acer
Posted by sithcentz
I got Vista for free yesteday thanks to Sony
Anyway, things run perfectly on my laptop which is a dual core, Nvidia 7600 GO 256 MB, 1 GB RAM machine. I don't understand why people are saying you need 2 gig's of ram when mine hasn't even come close to using all of my ram and I have zero slowdown even running multiple apps through Aero with the glass effects turned on. Office '07 looks and runs great as well.
Posted by Gigs
@Missuk:
XP will still have critical updates etc coming out, service pack 3 is planned for next year I believe. It's not completely dropped from their support line up
Posted by Miss UK
Thanks for the pictures of it..
it looks alot updated compared to XP Pro
does it have options to change the colours of the bottom taskbar,
I mean like on the XP Pro theres only 3 of them Blue, Olive Green, & Silver
ive run a advisor test on my Acer Aspire T120E it says I need a Video card for it im gonna take the risk and try without it lol
I upgraded my ram from 256MB to 1GB last year the advisor hasn't mentioned anything of it needing another ram stick
I hope your right that they will keep XP updates going another 4 years,
I heard the info all on Radio One's newsbeat
My laptop is screwed if the case lol
466Mhz
was a good bargain tho £90 I wanted it for surfing round the house in the comfort and of course the warmth... browsing the pc upstairs is chilly
Posted by masseur
yeah, microsoft recently commented that they were continuing support for XP
for me, I don't think I'll be upgrading any PC's to vista but I have a preorder for the new Vaio SZ4VWN/X to replace my 2 year old S3XP and they say this is the most powerful vaio ever built, but we'll see.
It comes with Vista business and initially I wanted Home Premium but comparing the two there seems little difference, just a few different names for almost the same thing like the DVD making etc.
Posted by Miss UK
Phewww well thats good..
good to have XP on 1 machine and Vista on the other
is VISTA running ok with Anti-Virus programs?
I mema the trouble I had when I got my Tiny PC with XP Home on it,
it was on of the first pcs out with at the time lol
Hmm you know I was beginning to think to myself why did I buy a Desktop I mean you can do alot more with them like upgrade them cheaper than a laptop, but having a laptop is more convienant!
Anyways hope my PCG-F400 (Sony Vaio)
lasts me a while
Sony Vaio's cost alot
I don't think i'd splash out on £1000 for 1 brand new
infact i'd prob go for Dell if I went for a brand spanking new one,
my mates just bought 1 was reduced from £500 to under £400
I guess when it comes to SONY your paying for the name
Posted by Toney_Ericsson
My desk top is a Dell:)
Must say I do like the Dell XPS H2c.
About the RAM, Dell themselves recommend 2GB of RAM, if you want decent gaming on a PC these days you need it.
I saw on a forum someone was talking about Vista 64bit and saying that with just the browser open he was using 1GB of RAM.
I'm certainly using more RAM than XP.
To miss uk,
To be honest I'm not sure if you can change the colour of the task bar, don't seem to be able to.
You seem to be able to change the colours of the windows though
[ This Message was edited by: Toney_Ericsson on 2007-02-01 15:21 ]
Posted by Krubach
Before spending money on Windows Vista, buy another PC...
Then get Vista...
Posted by garlic_bread
im thinking f getting vista
will it be ok on these specs?
hp pavilion laptop
amd 64
1.8ghz
512mb ram
128mb graphics
dont know any othher specs
Posted by Toney_Ericsson
I beleave thats within the minimum requirements yeah. Be a good idea to run the Vista Advisor to make double sure.
Posted by Johnex
What about an acer 2.0ghz core 2 duo, 2gb ram ddr2 667mhz, 120gb hdd, radeon 1400 (i think)?
This lappy comes tomorrow, and Johnex will pack it with vista ultimate, and office enterprise, apart from the usual linux open suse
Posted by whizkidd
What processor is it kiddo? The model no? T2050? 2200? Any ideas?