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est:
Ok people, I have seen a lot of bad-mouthing of Vista around here and other places, so I am starting a thread to talk about it! Is it just because it is newest and most bloated of the Windows family? Does anyone actually have some non-biased opinions based on usage of the OS, or are the complaints I am seeing mostly based on speculation and conjecture or from something you've read elsewhere? If so, links plz omg.
Here's the official recommended specs:
* An 800 MHz processor
* 512 MB of RAM
* A 20 GB hard drive with 15 GB of free space
The main gripes I am hearing are people claiming Vista needs 2gb ram to run, the security thing (ie: it treats you like even more of an idiot than XP already does), you need a super-duper graphics card to run it and that there are driver problems.
The ram thing: Heather ran a late beta of Vista on her old PC with an Athlon XP 2100+ and 512mb ram and it worked ok before her hdd failed (unrelated hardware problem)
The security thing: You can turn that shit off, and I will.
The graphics card thing: You can turn the new graphics off, in fact it does it for you automatically if your card isn't up to the job.
The drivers: It's a brand new OS. It takes a while for hardware manufacturers to give updates for their drivers. It isn't MS's fault if your hardware manufacturer hasn't provided new drivers yet.
I guess what I am saying is that this happens every single time a new OS comes out. I can remember people having a shit attack about XP, but it is easily the best Windows OS, at least for home users. Windows ME was a pile of crap, but apart from that exception each successive Windows release has improved upon the previous iteration.
I am not standing here saying Vista is awesome, it's just another OS. Maybe it's better than XP, maybe it's a step backward. But let's talk about it sensibly rather than throwing out hyperbole and hearsay.
est:
So ok, after all that my take on any new Windows OS is to wait about 6 mths after release before checking it out seriously. It gives the hardware manufacturers time to get their drivers in order, and there may even be an SP1 by that time. This is probably what I am gonna do with Vista, but it depends on when I get to upgrade my PC. My PC is pretty old (Athlon XP 2500+, 1gb ram). I am pretty sure it'd run Vista, but I am already going to be upgrading fairly soon (fingers crossed). If I am going to go to the trouble of a reinstall then I may as well wait until I have new hardware and have to reinstall anyway, y'know?
JJMitchell:
Here is an article the really made me wonder if it would be worth it.
Basically he says that all the new features might be 'nice' but not enough to make him want to upgrade. He has been using it for 19 months.
I'm not saying I'll never upgrade but why would I put myself through needing to spend money on it and driver issues, especially with games when the features it adds aren't all that?
Liz:
I have Vista and I prefer it over XP, really. Mainly it just looks a heck of a lot better- the design beats XP on so many different levels. Also, I have 1 GB ram and it runs even better than my old computer with XP and the same amount of ram. Really I'm not that technical, though, so basically the aesthetics are good. As long as it runs well and I like it, I'm satisfied.
There are a lot of security warnings, I will admit, but I leave them there. They make me feel safe.
Melodic:
As an avid computer gamer, I'm going to be waiting until the next big game comes out that is Vista-exclusive, and for that reason I really do hope Crysis gets delayed a couple of months. In ideal conditions, I want to upgrade my video card when I upgrade to Vista, and I want ATi to unleash their DX10 cards before I'm forced into purchasing a next-gen GPU.
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