Windows Vista

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My opinion,wait 6-12 months till upgrading to Vista.  More driver support etc wil be available.  Any other thoughts?

64 bit ver worth having?

[Bonibelle]

Why did you put this on the dead horse section? No one will see it...
I agree with you, it always seems better to wait and let them work out all the bugs before you jump on board.  My friend, Mac lover that she is, insists that Vista still won't compare to her MAC...that is the only thing that makes me want to try it sooner...just to have a direct comparison.

[Bonibelle]

Ha look what I just found in my email...

http://www.apple.com/getamac/?cid=CDM-NA-3906A

[NE-Phil]

My opinion: wait until Vista Service Pack 1 comes out to fix all the bugs, security problems, updates and idiocies they introduced with the current version.

If you're really in a hurry, start out with a brand new PC that's listed as a Vista Premium Ready PC.

Don't bother upgrading to Vista unless you already have a fast PC, have plenty of hard disk space, are willing to add additional RAM and a fast video graphics card with at least 256MB of RAM.
Yes, Vista will run with less but why bother? I'm going to stick with XP until I build a new PC.

Phil

[Chad]

http://www.apple.com/getamac/?cid=CDM-NA-3906A

[Vinny]

I heard that XP will be supported until 2012. That's a long time away. My opinion is that unless you get a new computer - don't bother. Although I'm not in the computer field I believe upgrading an older computer is asking for problems, big or small.

I've added video cards that locked up the CPU because the CPU didn't know what to do. Memory is OK but how many people add the wrong memory and wonder what's going on. I work with a guy who tries to upgrade his computer by adding whatever and after hours trying to debug the system then removes the stuff.

Vista may be a good product but wait for the debugging as was said. By that time the old computer your on will be obsolete and it's time for a new one. For people who don't want to build their own you can buy a Dell or HP/Compaq for $400 or buy a high end one for $3000. OR you can buy an Apple! I usually go low end for my computers as I only use it for relatively stupid stuff ... like this!

[GoBlue]

I'm  waiting for Service Pack 1.  I would check that every program that you have will run a 64 bit Vista before I'd use the 64 bit version.  I hate being on the bleeding edge any longer.

[Vinny]

I'm  waiting for Service Pack 1.  I would check that every program that you have will run a 64 bit Vista before I'd use the 64 bit version.  I hate being on the bleeding edge any longer.

I had some nice programs when I was on Windows 98 that will not run on XP. Kind of pissed me of that as we go forward you can't take favorite programs with you!

[Micah]

Why did you put this on the dead horse section? No one will see it...
I agree with you, it always seems better to wait and let them work out all the bugs before you jump on board.  My friend, Mac lover that she is, insists that Vista still won't compare to her MAC...that is the only thing that makes me want to try it sooner...just to have a direct comparison.

I agree with your friend.  As a long time windows user, I have been running vista for over 6 months.  After six months of vista I went and got me a Mac.  I've had my mac for 2 months and i love it.  I never could say the same about vista.

[xrdirthead]

Love my Vista!
No need to get the 64 bit. Stick with the 32 bit now. Not enough support for the 64.

[Mez]

I built up a new box last month and bought an OEM version (32 bit) of Vista Home Premium and LOVE IT! Best version to date and I started way back when on Windows 3.0. As long as you stick with the 32 bit version you are fine

[Brewman]

I have a new PC arriving this weekend, we'll see how Vista works out.

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Today I installed Vista 64-bit. Everything is working great,and had no problems as of today,with finding drivers for my various hardware,in 64-bit form.
It's now actually using all 4 gigs of ram that I have,compared to win xp,which was only using 2.7 gigs total.
My Battlefield game,I had to instruct it to run in administrator mode,then had no prob with diff OS issue/s.

It actually seems a tad faster compared to win xp.

I now have win xp on 1 HD,Vista64 on another HD. Both drives are identical,same speed etc.
Not runnin em dual boot,but using CMOS to boot up whatever drive I want,from the gate.

The software only cost me 99 bucks,as it's an OEM builders edition.

Back to learning what this longhorn thang iz all bout lol

[Brewman]

So far so good on my new PC, with Vista- not the 64 bit.  I did need to get some new drivers for a couple of my printers, but they are now working fine.
 New scanner just installed came Vista compatible.  Also upgraded to Office 2007 pro- and am quite impressed with the new layout of word and Excel.
My cable company supplies software (CA Associates, IIRC) for firewall, anti virus, etc...  that so far hasn't been upgraded to run on Vista, but hopefully soon.
Other than that, I like Vista.

[Steve]

I know this topic is going a back a bit but it has relevance to me now. I just bought a new laptop a couple of days ago and it has Vista. I'm not quite loving just yet...

For you computer nerds, any idea how I can get my Cannon MP150 printer running on my wireless. I can't find the driver to get it running on Vista.

Feel free to email a link @ srsb@shaw.ca

Much appreciated!!

Steve