Adios Vista! Windows 7 On The Horizon

[innerSpaceman]

Anecdotal or not .... I glad it's going. The sum of anecdotal I've been exposed to, whether or not it represents any accuracy, has led me to a distrust and disdain of Vista.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Vista = Runs significantly slower than XP (on existing hardware)

I haven't noticed this at all, then again I made sure I had enough RAM to run the program.

Requires training for users coming from XP

I didn't notice this either. Sure, things were laid out slightly differently but they didn't create any confusion that I recall.

For home users who surf, email and write documents it is a bloated behemoth of an operating system that just gets in the way.

Personally, I have had no issues with Vista at all. Never had a crash, never had any problem whatsoever, other than trying to get some older programs to work with it - but that is to be expected.

I hear all of the horror stories and find them puzzling. I'm perfectly happy with my purchase.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Its not me: I wanted a server a long time ago.

Permission is for L OSERS! Just do it. It'll be a month before anyone even notices they have stopped crashing and by then.....


(Or you could just stop downloading all that porn on your vista PC)

[Kevy Baby]

Vista is everything I had come to expect from Microsoft and its years of experience.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I like that one of Moonie's knocks on Vista is that it "requires training" for prior XP users, but then he suggest switching to Unbuntu.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

I haven't noticed this at all, then again I made sure I had enough RAM to run the program.

I didn't notice this either. Sure, things were laid out slightly differently but they didn't create any confusion that I recall.

Personally, I have had no issues with Vista at all. Never had a crash, never had any problem whatsoever, other than trying to get some older programs to work with it - but that is to be expected.

I hear all of the horror stories and find them puzzling. I'm perfectly happy with my purchase.

So you spent exrta $$$ to make sure you could run Vista, and for that what exactly did you get in return? What is vista doing for you that XP would not do faster, better, cheaper?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

What is vista doing for you that XP would not do faster, better, cheaper?

Supports more than five simultaneous users logged into Shared Docs.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I like that one of Moonie's knocks on Vista is that it "requires training" for prior XP users, but then he suggest switching to Unbuntu.

I'm giving Kevy credit for being above average in that area. Perhaps I misspoke.

Also, I did not suggest an across the board switch to Ubuntu. It just fits this specific issue, how to get a stable file sharing PC on the cheap.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I think the university here runs Vista. It's a system I'm not used to, anyway, and it's a form of Windows. It's the most annoying thing I've seen. I frequently can't find basic functions in Word and Excel, the things I most use.

Ok, sure, it's got a zillion features, but none of those are usable for me. And all the extra carp gets in the way of me finding the things I actually want. I'm not impressed.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Supports more than five simultaneous users logged into Shared Docs.

You run Windows XP HOME at your business?

I cry for you.