Windows Vista Rules!

[heftysmokes]

Thanks for the input!

[SkinnyDan]

I'm kind of worried, I work for the Air Force is client support (read: help desk weenie) and we are about to start testing Vista, IE7 and Office 07. DoD plans on having them as the Standard Desktop Configuration by the end of the summer. It's going to suck because out of the thousands of pcs on the base here only maybe 25% are Vista ready.

[dcmasta]

From my experience Vista has terrible compatibility issues with a lot of drivers. Even if your computer does pass the vista readiness test, it doesn't insure you that everything will go smoothly. After installing vista on my laptop I couldn't get my video driver to work after trying for 3 days. I finally gave up and reformatted switching back to XP. If I were to ever get vista, it would be on a new computer that came with it pre-installed. Upgrading to it has caused nothing but problems for me as well has a few of my friends.

And yes, Ubuntu is pretty sweet.

[cigar no baka]

I'll never get Vista, thinking of switching to a Mac for the first time ever. Microsoft made Vista downgrade the quality of your music and other media while playing, in an attempt to appease the recording industry. As I make backups of all the CD's I buy, they can go to hell, I will never buy an OS that screws with the quality of MY media when making backups.

[CoventryCat86]

From what little I know about Vista, I'm not impressed.

[WhiteWidow]

Haven't used it or even seen it yet, really. But I've been told it has a lot of little features that are cool. For example, you can plug in a USB disk and use it as extra RAM. It has also been explained to me that it uses a lot of memory because unlike XP, when you start it up it pre-loads things like Office, etc. into the RAM so those things will load faster.

400 bucks seems like a rip to me, but it has already been completely cracked so if anything I'll probably just download it.

[vinnieg24]

i dont mind it. before i got it, everyone was complaining about it, but i haven't had any problems yet * knock on wood...i had to jump on the band wagon anyway, its what we use at work

[597]

I have Vista on my PC and its just what one expects from Microsoft. If anyone is considering upgrading I would say wait another 6-months to a year till they work out most of the bugs. I still prefer my Mac, though I have heard about some problems even with there new OS (I haven't upgraded my Mac yet).

[Sinatra]

I recently upgraded to Vista and have very few complaints. There are some points where I come to a stand still, but the additional features and improved aesthetics make up for it. I enjoy trying new stuff, so maybe I just like the change.

[MarkD60]

I find windows vista completely unacceptable, and I understand it is not approved for business use yet.
I work at a radio station and it is non-usable for recording and controlling networks.

[Bassfever]

I paid the extra cost and "downgraded" back to XP. It was an upgrade in my opnion. Vista Sucks. I even have 4G of memory.

[Mizicke5273]

Vista has come a good bit since its release. Service Pack 1 has helped out a lot. Ive played with it a bit at home since the RTM release. But Im thinking about making the switch to it as my main OS on my gaming rig to see how it does before I buy it.

The only thing I dont like about vista is that as it is, it dosent really offer anything over xp. Now if it was released in its original form with everything that it was supposed to have, then it would be something to upgrade to. But maybe theyll be in the next windows.

[Corvin]

Vista has come a good bit since its release. Service Pack 1 has helped out a lot. Ive played with it a bit at home since the RTM release. But Im thinking about making the switch to it as my main OS on my gaming rig to see how it does before I buy it.

The only thing I dont like about vista is that as it is, it dosent really offer anything over xp. Now if it was released in its original form with everything that it was supposed to have, then it would be something to upgrade to. But maybe theyll be in the next windows.

Windows 7 is going to be what Vista was supposed to be. At least, that's what my buddy over at the MS campus in Toronto has said, he's been playing with some early alpha releases and keeping tabs on the ms research lab docs on it.

[sammis]

[QUOTE=Mizicke5273;108634]Vista has come a good bit since its release. Service Pack 1 has helped out a lot. Ive played with it a bit at home since the RTM release. But Im thinking about making the switch to it as my main OS on my gaming rig to see how it does before I buy it.

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Hi Mizickie

Before you do the update on your gaming rig, you might want to check out the gaming tech forums.

Vista is horrible for games, mainly due to the load a game puts on a system. Vista itself puts such a load on a PC that most games suffer in the performance area badly. Then you get into Admin rights, etc... not a pretty sight.

I participate in at least one game beta a year and the comments from the Vista group are pretty bad.

sammis

[Mizicke5273]

[QUOTE=sammis;108679]

Vista has come a good bit since its release. Service Pack 1 has helped out a lot. Ive played with it a bit at home since the RTM release. But Im thinking about making the switch to it as my main OS on my gaming rig to see how it does before I buy it.

QUOTE]

Hi Mizickie

Before you do the update on your gaming rig, you might want to check out the gaming tech forums.

Vista is horrible for games, mainly due to the load a game puts on a system. Vista itself puts such a load on a PC that most games suffer in the performance area badly. Then you get into Admin rights, etc... not a pretty sight.

I participate in at least one game beta a year and the comments from the Vista group are pretty bad.

sammis

If you have a dual core or better, 4GB RAM, and an 8800 nvidia /3870 ati series video card, any game out besides crysis wont even begin to really tax a system like this. Unless you play at insane resolutions with max settings. Basicaly as long as you have the video card and ram to support the game, you have nothing to worry about. Vista's biggest problem in the begging was drivers. This has been worked out for a while now. Gaming performance is on par with XP now. The only way you will really suffer a performance hit with games is if you are using a low end system. If you are ,then yes XP is better to game on.

Ive been following Vista since its release and with SP1 Vista has finally been brought up to speed with XP. It was the same when XP was released. It wasnt worth the move for everyday users until SP1 hit that fixed alot of bugs and drivers got mature enough.

Most bugs and driver issues have been worked out by now, thus why I am migrating over. I need to get some experience with it before I have to support it.

As for Windows7, I havent really been worried about it, as Server 08 is taking up most of my "time to wait for a new OS" time. Ive been thinking about switching my 03 server to it recently. But before I do I think ill set up a virtual machine before I do, or at least install it on a test rig to mess with it. Ive talked to a few guys at work about and it seems to be pretty decent so far.

[MarkD60]

Going back is the only out of a dead end.

[Kenyth]

For those of you who enjoy the freedom to purchase the hardware and software you want, and want the freedom to put multimedia content you buy on any number of devices, Vista is the first step towards the end. Vista implements OS technology that prevents "Copyright Infringement". In laymans terms, it prevents you from using your purchased content in any other form besides the way you bought it. Any hardware capable of copying protected content will be unable to play it. This is accomplished through the driver signing requirement Vista has. Everything from the disk drive to the monitor will have to comply. You will have to buy certified hardware and software to play Blu-Ray and other "Premium" content. You can bet that this technology will not stop there.

Stopping piracy wouldn't bother me so much if it didn't impact my ability to make MP3's and MP4/DIVX files to play on my portable devices and car stereo. Also, the software with items like the IPOD and Sony Mp3 players require you to destroy all your hard work if you change PC's. I think that's complete BS. I spent my 24 hours of work ripping my music collection to a collection of MP3's I can fit on two DVD-R's. I don't feel like doing it every couple of years to make life harder on the music swappers. I may be looking to play with Linux soon. XP appears to be the last MS product I'll be interested in.

[cigar no baka]

For those of you who enjoy the freedom to purchase the hardware and software you want, and want the freedom to put multimedia content you buy on any number of devices, Vista is the first step towards the end. Vista implements OS technology that prevents "Copyright Infringement". In laymans terms, it prevents you from using your purchased content in any other form besides the way you bought it. Any hardware capable of copying protected content will be unable to play it. This is accomplished through the driver signing requirement Vista has. Everything from the disk drive to the monitor will have to comply. You will have to buy certified hardware and software to play Blu-Ray and other "Premium" content. You can bet that this technology will not stop there.

Stopping piracy wouldn't bother me so much if it didn't impact my ability to make MP3's and MP4/DIVX files to play on my portable devices and car stereo. Also, the software with items like the IPOD and Sony Mp3 players require you to destroy all your hard work if you change PC's. I think that's complete BS. I spent my 24 hours of work ripping my music collection to a collection of MP3's I can fit on two DVD-R's. I don't feel like doing it every couple of years to make life harder on the music swappers. I may be looking to play with Linux soon. XP appears to be the last MS product I'll be interested in.

A-MEN brother!!! I'm going to have to consider a separate PC for all things media related and use a different OS because it looks like Microsoft has kowtowed to the media conglomerates. They're going to punish everyone for the actions of the pirates!

[Mizicke5273]

For those of you who enjoy the freedom to purchase the hardware and software you want, and want the freedom to put multimedia content you buy on any number of devices, Vista is the first step towards the end. Vista implements OS technology that prevents "Copyright Infringement". In laymans terms, it prevents you from using your purchased content in any other form besides the way you bought it. Any hardware capable of copying protected content will be unable to play it. This is accomplished through the driver signing requirement Vista has. Everything from the disk drive to the monitor will have to comply. You will have to buy certified hardware and software to play Blu-Ray and other "Premium" content. You can bet that this technology will not stop there.

Stopping piracy wouldn't bother me so much if it didn't impact my ability to make MP3's and MP4/DIVX files to play on my portable devices and car stereo. Also, the software with items like the IPOD and Sony Mp3 players require you to destroy all your hard work if you change PC's. I think that's complete BS. I spent my 24 hours of work ripping my music collection to a collection of MP3's I can fit on two DVD-R's. I don't feel like doing it every couple of years to make life harder on the music swappers. I may be looking to play with Linux soon. XP appears to be the last MS product I'll be interested in.

This has already been hacked.

And I think your talking about the HDCP or what ever it is. Where your video card and monitor have to be certified to play HD content on a HD drive. This is not Vista's falut as far as I remember, but the MPAA's, just like not being able to upconvert sd dvds through a component connection on a standalone dvd player. Your forced to use the HDMI connection.

This HDCP only applies to "retail" HD content. And there are ways around it. XP also has to comply to it, as it applies to hardware and software, not the OS.