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carrotosaurus:
Ok, Windows Vista has been out for a while now - what does everyone think about it?

Personally, it took some getting used to, but I am REALLY warming up to it. I think it's really amazing, and much easier to customize and play with settings. I love the fact that it can emulate any old version of Windows when running an application (old school games, here I come!) and I am a huge fan of the file explorer. Now that the nVidia graphics drivers are finally working on it, I can even run my CAD software without crappy-ass Software OpenGL. The only thing that bugs me about it is the 10 different flavors they make you choose from when you buy it. Also, Media Center is a piece of crap; but I don’t use it anyway.

I apologize for opening up a new topic on this, but the last thing wrote about it was in March - I don't really feel like resurrecting terribly old threads.

ackblom12:
After having used it a a while I think most of the concerning it (outside of business perhaps) are unfounded. If you didn't expect to have to upgrade when a new OS came out, like you did with every other new version of Windows, and then expect it to function at least as good as the last OS which has 5 years of patching behind it your an idiot. As of now I've noticed no real slow down since i switched from XP and I'm looking forward to the SP1 patch.

Now, with companies selling pre-made computers that shouldn't have Vista on it in the first place is just retarded.

Storm Rider:
I got my laptop with Vista already installed on it and it works fine. All the people who are bagging on it just because it's a new OS from Microsoft need to move on. Being a jerk about what operating system your computer runs on is and always has been completely ridiculous.

muteKi:
Why does Windows run so much worse than Mac, allegedly? 'Cause it's popular, so more viruses are written for it than Mac. If everyone used Macs, I think Macs would get the same complaints.

Vista is good, but some "legacy" software of mine doesn't have compatibility with it, and I'm running the 32-bit version. I know of no Vista patch for Sonic R. (I know, I'm a freak for wanting to play it, but meh. It's a nice kinda' nostalgic trip signifiying what 3D Sonic could and maybe should have felt like.)

It seems to run just fine for me, and I greatly prefer Aero and transparencies to the XP themes. (Ugly as sin, I tell you!)

ackblom12:

--- Quote from: Storm Rider on 10 Oct 2007, 09:24 ---I got my laptop with Vista already installed on it and it works fine.

--- End quote ---

I'm thinking of instances like my fiance's best friend, where she got a computer from Dell and her not being computer suave didn't realize that 512 megs of RAM wasn't enough. They neglected to mention that a RAM upgrade would be a good idea even. It was silly of them.

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