Vista..

[Smith]

So I got to work today and the day staff had already setup the vista displays and the OS on all the computers. Im playing with it and I just dont see the point.

Am I the only one who thinks Vista is just a cooler looking version of XP? Whats so great about it? Should I upgrade ?(pirated of course)


Would all my programs and stuff run okay on it?

[S!X]

Don't bother installing it now because it's quite buggy at the moment. Not all you applications will work on vista either.

[Skiz]

Don't bother installing it now because it's quite buggy at the moment. Not all you applications will work on vista either.

I agree with the first part, but what won't work on Vista?

[S!X]

I agree with the first part, but what won't work on Vista?

I'm not sure but peat moss stated:
went back to XP because my software choices were limited . in the "New vista versions" thread. :dabs:

[peat moss]

New programs are being updated every day I switched back to XP because of Firewall and anti virus problems .


There is a compatibility guide here :

http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_List

[Smith]

So whats so great about vista then?

[lightshow]

According to what someone from Microsoft said on G4 today, it is mainly the "security" and Aero.

His argument was that Aero does not just look nice, but it is helpful to someone who has to sit at a computer 24x7. It has things like smoother fonts and visuals, which help on the eye strain.

That was his main argument. (He didn't go into the dx10 or anything though).

[Hairbautt]

Don't bother installing it now because it's quite buggy at the moment. Not all you applications will work on vista either.
Is it buggy? :blink: I never had problems, but I only used it for a week so...

The only problem I had was, yep you guessed it, software compatibility. :dabs: That and I do agree Vista needs to..."mature" a bit more. I hear SP1 is coming up for release too. :unsure:

Vista: Dx10, Aero (really the graphic interface is lovely as well as efficient), Search/Folder Organization for media, IE7 Protected Mode? Hmmm, that's what I liked.

[Colt Seevers]

So whats so great about vista then?

DX10, thats it really, from our point of view.

The rest is all marketing "WOW" bolloks....

The WOW starts here < Is the quote from MS Vista webfart...I can almost smell the marketing machine bullshit and at the same time remember the the launch day at least in UK of Win XP...with the Rolling Stones, Start me up... oohh start me up!!! meh.....

"Like WOW this is one fucked up OS!"

I'm giving it, at least unitl SP1 comes out and even then it's a maybe.

[Mindfukced]

just been reading on the bbc website:

Vista has speech recognition hole
Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders.
Vista can respond to vocal commands and concern has been raised about malicious audio on websites or sent via e-mail.

Im still on Xp, and dont plan on changing any time soon..I'll prolly wait till it gains a good rep, before I go out and buy it.

[Virtualbody1234]

I'm giving it, at least unitl SP1 comes out and even then it's a maybe.

Microsoft has heard a lot of people saying just that. As a response, they'll release SP1 way early!

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/news-section/t-vista-service-pack-1-set-2h07-release-151028

[Hairbautt]

I'm giving it, at least unitl SP1 comes out and even then it's a maybe.

Microsoft has heard a lot of people saying just that. As a response, they'll release SP1 way early!

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/news-section/t-vista-service-pack-1-set-2h07-release-151028
:lol: I bet that is why its comin' out so early...

[darknessgp]

just been reading on the bbc website:

Vista has speech recognition hole
Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders.
Vista can respond to vocal commands and concern has been raised about malicious audio on websites or sent via e-mail.

Im still on Xp, and dont plan on changing any time soon..I'll prolly wait till it gains a good rep, before I go out and buy it.


The speech recognition would be a problem with any speech recognition software. Basically it's saying that if the microphone can pick up what your speakers are playing then you could make a sound file of your voice giving commands...

On the side of what is so good about Vista, you really need to play with it for more than 5 minutes to get the idea. I'm doing a dual boot with XP and Vista, I got Vista free from my school anyways. Security is one, but I've found it's just soo much easier to use. Yes, it was frustrating at first, but once you start to realise how things are layed out I ended up liking it more than XP. The only reason I have XP around now is that Vista doesn't have the driver support needed for gaming, mainly because NVidia just released the initial driver for Vista, but the XP drivers make more use of the vid card.

[tesco]

Don't bother installing it now because it's quite buggy at the moment. Not all you applications will work on vista either.

I agree with the first part, but what won't work on Vista?I agree with the opposite.
There's nothing buggy about it, but lots of drivers and programs don't work.

[Virtualbody1234]

There's nothing buggy about it, but lots of drivers and programs don't work.
Perhaps that's the major bug!

[ahmed84h]

Don't install it now because there're a lot of bugs in it and also Microsoft will release Windows SP1 at the end of May so be patient to enjoy the Vista

[mr. nails]

i have vista ultimate edition and it works fine. i've got the 64bit version. ahhh, sweet! i've got the chipset, sound, and video drivers and all work. in the process of getting a virus scan that works with it. gonna have to go kaspersky for this. firefox works with vista64 ultimate quite well. i'm have ccleaner problems, but that will get fixed soon i'm sure. haven't really test much else. i'll report back. i think vista is a very nice touch. lol, until i play games i'm sure.

[cotopaxi]

Tried Vista and went back to XP. Sure it looks nice and all but is ultimately a big dissapointment. The firewall is VERY annoying. I don't like IE7 much. There just isn't anything that makes me think "time to delete my XP partition".

[mr. nails]

There just isn't anything that makes me think "time to delete my XP partition".

of course not. that's why i dual boot.

[copit]

dont install old versions of alcohol 120% ya could get blue screen of death every time you log in ... :(

[digmen1]

I just wish Microsoft would spend a lot of effort on making their OS smaller and more efficient.

And also as a Windows user it would be nice if they came up with a USEFUL feature first instead of playing MAC OS catch up eg widgets, transparent windows.

And also I wish they would stop treating us like children with all the balloons and pop ups and wanrings that you get as soon as you start up.

I hope Vista does not sell very well - so they (Richmond) get the message.

The thing is users such as us won't want it for a while. But all Mom and Dads and businesses that buy a PC will get one with Vista on it - no choice !

And over the next few months all the drivers and utility software programs will be updated (?) to Vista.

PS I also think that the price of the OS eg for a full version of Ultimate is getting VERY pricey which will put people off buying it.

Regards

Digby

[Smith]

just been reading on the bbc website:

Vista has speech recognition hole
Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders.
Vista can respond to vocal commands and concern has been raised about malicious audio on websites or sent via e-mail.

Im still on Xp, and dont plan on changing any time soon..I'll prolly wait till it gains a good rep, before I go out and buy it.


The speech recognition would be a problem with any speech recognition software. Basically it's saying that if the microphone can pick up what your speakers are playing then you could make a sound file of your voice giving commands...

On the side of what is so good about Vista, you really need to play with it for more than 5 minutes to get the idea. I'm doing a dual boot with XP and Vista, I got Vista free from my school anyways. Security is one, but I've found it's just soo much easier to use. Yes, it was frustrating at first, but once you start to realise how things are layed out I ended up liking it more than XP. The only reason I have XP around now is that Vista doesn't have the driver support needed for gaming, mainly because NVidia just released the initial driver for Vista, but the XP drivers make more use of the vid card.


I actually started laughing when I read this..that is so funny!

[tem]

I think Windows Vista is an overall efficient system :D