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Who has jumped onto the Vista bandwagon? |
Idea
Joined: Jan 22, 2007
Posts: 34
From: Warsaw/U.A.Q - U.A.E
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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.
"In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy." - Jean Paul Getty
"Trying is the first step towards failure." - Homer Simpson |
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mrmilo69
Joined: Oct 03, 2006
Posts: 197
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I can't even install Alcohol or daemon tools! Back to XP for me! |
mrao
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Mumbai, India
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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
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Red_Rach
Joined: Jan 20, 2004
Posts: 424
From: Manchester, UK
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Im thinking of getting the home premium edition on Tuesday. |
himlims_nl
Joined: Apr 06, 2004
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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
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msmmsm
Joined: Sep 03, 2003
Posts: 187
From: Edinburgh
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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.
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spikeyjac
Joined: May 30, 2006
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From: west yorkshire! Mobile: w890i
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to the above poster what acer laptop do you have?
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Idea
Joined: Jan 22, 2007
Posts: 34
From: Warsaw/U.A.Q - U.A.E
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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
"In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy." - Jean Paul Getty
"Trying is the first step towards failure." - Homer Simpson |
msmmsm
Joined: Sep 03, 2003
Posts: 187
From: Edinburgh
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@spikeyjac
Acer Aspire 5630, wanted to get the cheapest core 2 duo on the market, this seems to be it.
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Johnex
Joined: Nov 26, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Stockholm/Sweden
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Will be getting a Acer Travelmate 8215 soon, almost the best acer. |
arien617
Joined: Feb 01, 2006
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www.pcpitstop.com
All sorts of tests including Vista Readiness.
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Red_Rach
Joined: Jan 20, 2004
Posts: 424
From: Manchester, UK
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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? |
Xugaa
Joined: Oct 05, 2005
Posts: > 500
From: Great Britain
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Yeah I will be getting Vista, at least the Home Premium edition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista
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spikeyjac
Joined: May 30, 2006
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From: west yorkshire! Mobile: w890i
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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 |
fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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im gonna try and get parallels on my mac to run it..
apparently it does!?
so we will soon see! 
fatreg
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Posted: 2007-01-26 21:19
t610 > k700i > p800 > p900 > p910 > k750i > I-mate Jam > Blokia 6681 > HTC Prophet > HTC Wizard & Nokia N73 > E71 > BB 9000 > HTC Desire > Samsung Galaxy S > Samsung Galaxy S II & the Motorola Xoom 
