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Weird vista problem
Liz:
I had Vista and it crashed, so now I have free Linux. Vista was okay but I am happy now as well!
StaedlerMars:
The problem with Vista is that for the amount of money you pay for it to be installed on your computer, you're getting an awfully buggy OS.
Another problem with Vista is that when it came out, it wasn't ready for release. It might be now, but it wasn't then, the amount of bug reports was astounding. Microsoft even admitted to these problems and sent out bugs to fix them. About half a year after the OS was released.
As for the user's computer not being able to handle it... Microsoft did say that "nearly all PCs on the market in 2005 would be able to handle it". In 2005 people. That's 3 years ago. If there's still a majority of people that can't use vista because their computer can't handle it, than there is something wrong with that statement.
Also Ubuntu, takes up 5 GB of space, needs only a 700 MHz processor, with 400 Mb RAM. Vista takes up 15 GB runs on 1 GHz, and 512 Mb. If I want to buy a lap top with 60 GB of free space, boom a fourth of it gone. The Mac OS X requirements for the newest are similar to Ubuntu. Windows XP is 300 MHz, 1.5 GB free space, and 64 Mb of RAM. Look at the difference. For an operating system that just looks nicer than XP, what's the point? (what are the other benefits except for widgets, which you can download as a seperate program?)
The fact that I'm paying 400 dollars for an OS that is still being ironed out, instead of paying nothing for an operating system which works and is constantly improving (Ubuntu) as well as has a very active support community is ridiculous. I have worked with Vista and as far as I'm concerned, the differences isn't enough to warrant me buying it. If you have XP there is no point in upgrading to Vista (until they start making applications that only run on Vista, but that's a long way off) . However, I'm sure this is the same for all OSs.
However, your friend's problems with his computer are quite obviously not Vista related, and he's just being stupid.
Edit: grammar
Siert:
--- Quote from: StaedlerMars on 04 May 2008, 03:13 ---*snipped out so not space hogging*
However, you're friends problems with his computer are quite obviously not Vista related, and he's just being stupid.
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Alright I am going against my word by sliding back into this debate.
I bought my computer for £600, which is not bad for a nice decent computer, it came with Vista Premium already installed so that makes it quite a good buy (As well as all the hardware coming to somewhere in the region of £650 if bought seperately at reliable sources). So I guess if you can get a good deal its worth it.
Also my friend is now buying a comptuer bit by bit, same friend who hates Vista with a passion, so he is buying a computer section by section. He is doign it because he wants buildinmg experience (Personally I'd rather let a company build it for me, its cheaper and less risky, of course I'd tell them what I'd want in it!)
bicostp:
Check the hosts file, maybe there's some bogus entry in it, maybe everything but Google is being redirected to 127.0.0.1. (All it really needs is the loopback entry: 127.0.0.1 localhost)
Is it configured with a valid DNS server? Can you get to other websites by IP address, or ping the Mac or router?
Try using OpenDNS.
http://www.opendns.com/
--- Quote from: Matteh99 on 03 May 2008, 11:20 ---Any ideas besides loading Linux or OSX on it?
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Load XP on it. :lol: Yeah, don't bother with Linux. If your friend can't diagnose this problem themselves, they won't be able to do a thing with it.
StaedlerMars:
Do you have any live cds lying around?
If not, pop this onto your USB stick and test her computer.
Puppy
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