[CouchMaster]

Hehehe...I can't resist!
Vista, MacOS -- I'll settle this once and for all. Everyone go to Linux.
As good, if not better; and free...............

[Bloodyskullz]

Originally Posted by CouchMaster

Hehehe...I can't resist!
Vista, MacOS -- I'll settle this once and for all. Everyone go to Linux.
As good, if not better; and free...............

I like free!

[Covenant]

Originally Posted by CouchMaster

Hehehe...I can't resist!
Vista, MacOS -- I'll settle this once and for all. Everyone go to Linux.
As good, if not better; and free...............

Everyone...? :P

If I were to post in these forums with a Windows XP / Vista issue, I'm certain that it would be resolved within 24 hours.

Myself and other advanced users are surprised to see the same result with a Linux issue in 24 days. :P

[eduk8_me]

If I were to post in these forums with a Windows XP / Vista issue, I'm certain that it would be resolved within 24 hours.

Myself and other advanced users are surprised to see the same result with a Linux issue in 24 days. :P

Funny That isint it....with all the problems of the main OS's, Theres always lots of kind people to help you because they have all been there in that same situation at one point in there life.

popularity does matter... :P

[CouchMaster]

Originally Posted by Covenant

Everyone...? :P

If I were to post in these forums with a Windows XP / Vista issue, I'm certain that it would be resolved within 24 hours.

Myself and other advanced users are surprised to see the same result with a Linux issue in 24 days. :P

Now we're talkin...I'll give you that one!

Another one I like (Windows/Linux) - lets see...
You can have a $200 dollar headache, or a free headache

[Luvpeaceguru]

I hate to admit it but Vista is more stable, particularly, I would guess, for the more inexperienced user but it sucks power at a frightening rate to deliver a turgid, frustrating, so sloooooow experience.

For me the most noticeable is when you right click on a file. Sometimes that little wheel will spin for 30 seconds before the context menu pops up or sometimes it'll just stop and you have to right click again when the contex menu comes up immediately.

I run a Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz with 6 GB RAM and 8.4 TB of disk storage so I'm not lacking in power.....which brings me to another point. On the same system XP only ever saw 4 GB of my RAM but Vista only sees 3 GB!

And Vista still needs frequent junk file cleaning, registry repair and defragmentation to keep it running acceptably.

Another reason not to use Vista is Windows Mail which is only beaten by ActiveSync as the most incompetent piece of software produced by the world's largest software company. Actually I haven't solved this one yet. I had high hopes for Thunderbird but was very disappointed by the reality.

[Covenant]

CouchMaster = Scrotum Ache

Now that's an anagram! :P

[CouchMaster]

Originally Posted by Covenant

CouchMaster = Scrotum Ache

Now that's an anagram! :P

That's so cool Covenant - even my wife agrees, but you ought to see the anagram for my real name!

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by Covenant

If I were to post in these forums with a Windows XP / Vista issue, I'm certain that it would be resolved within 24 hours.

I wish I could say the same.

I hate to admit it but Vista is more stable, particularly, I would guess, for the more inexperienced user

My second Vista experience supporting a VERY inexperienced user demonstrated the contrary. Fortunately, we were able get around that problem.

Peace...

[Covenant]

"I mean other than not reading floppy discs with "bad" files on them."

Lol...that was going to be my suggestion. Really though, this is hardly an issue worthy of dismissing an OS as being unstable.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by Covenant

Lol...that was going to be my suggestion. Really though, this is hardly an issue worthy of dismissing an OS as being unstable.

Having to use the power switch to restart the machine doesn't? I could see if it I was having an issue with some obscure hardware device with a poorly written device driver causing stability problems but a single bad file on a floppy disc read by a USB floppy drive? Doesn't seem reasonable to me. Of course, I don't think Vista is a piece of crap just because of this one issue but from a stability standpoint, I can't see how a single bad file can bring Vista to its knees while XP doesn't have this problem. Of course, XP is far more mature than Vista is right now and with time, Vista will mature and become more stable.

Peace...

[Covenant]

I wonder if Vista also has trouble opening corrupt files on 5.25" floppies...
Curious...

In all seriousness, I do agree with you though.

[bluraycus]

I have a laptop that came with win vista home premium and works very well, and with no problems at all. I think if your gonna upgrade to windows vista you must have the hardware to support vista. The trick is if your gonna upgrade xp to vista do it when you upgrade your computer, and then thats the time to buy vista ready hardware. That my opinion and you can take it or leave it. I think it's only common sence.

bluraycus

[Covenant]

Originally Posted by bluraycus

I have a laptop that came with win vista home premium and works very well, and with no problems at all. I think if your gonna upgrade to windows vista you must have the hardware to support vista. The trick is if your gonna upgrade xp to vista do it when you upgrade your computer, and then thats the time to buy vista ready hardware. That my opinion and you can take it or leave it. I think it's only common sence.

bluraycus

Common Sense is an uncommon virtue...

I am shocked at how many Celeron equipped PCs with 512MB RAM and Shared Memory Graphics Cards I have seen on the shelves. Best Buy and Circuit City should both be ashamed of themselves.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by Covenant

I wonder if Vista also has trouble opening corrupt files on 5.25" floppies...
Curious...

In all seriousness, I do agree with you though.

Touche.

Peace...