[Lowtechie]

I guess I can live with it. It's unfamiliar, so I'm going to have to find where the heck it's put everything, but on the whole, it works. If that sounds like damning with faint praise, then I got the tone about right!

Very irritated that it doesn't support some of the software and hardware I use, so I'm going to have to pay out to upgrade or replace things which worked OK before.

Can I suggest a forum dedicated to "things that work on XP that don't work on Vista, and how to fix it!?"

It doesn't even work with ware sponsored by this site, which is pretty bad doos
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[JStergis]

I'm still running XP Pro on my boxes, and I'm not particularly happy with it. I keep it because it has a few features I like.

I prefer 2000 by far. It's the most rock-solid stable OS MS has ever made. XP can't compete, simply put. It wasn't uncommon for me to have a good 3 months of uptime with 2000 Pro under heavy use. MS did a great thing with 2k, but they lost it IMO.

Make 2000 start quicker, add a few more bells and whistles, and you've got yourself a darn-near-perfect OS. Even Linux users agree, 2000 was great.

Anyways, I'm not switching to Vista any time soon, I'd need four licenses for it, and I would need at least Business to connect to my 2k server domain (which I only have because an old server and os cd was given to me).

[paulb100]

Vista is OK now since SP1 - this is same for all Windows...in 5 years time everyone will be saying STAY WITH VISTA COS WINDOWS 7 IS BUGGY

I must admit I like it and for those who whinge about upgrades etc , everybody likes to upgrade their machines to run better and at least Vista needs 512Mb RAM but 1Gb recommended , tell me anyone who runs XP on 256Mb with all there programs without performance issues... my old XP laptop on 256Mb was slow as hell until i upgraded it

256Mb was suffice for XP when it was first released but not as time went on and it got hundreds of patches and add-ons and also as computers are able to run faster and better on more memory etc software manufacturers ALSO create thier programs to utilise more memory so upgrading isnt just 'for Vista' - run XP on 256Mb and you WILL have problems.... and todays games wont run on anything less than 1Gb so saying that 'having to upgrade to get Vista' is totally wrong - if you dont upgrade nothing will run properly never mind Vista

I have nothing against XP i think its a great OS but now that Vista is settled I think that people should give it a chance....

[JStergis]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Good thing TSG isn't a Ford versus Chevy site ..................

Why not? Ford would so definitely obviously win!

[dr911]

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[Stoner]

Originally Posted by JStergis

Why not? Ford would so definitely obviously win!

I've owned both and found Fords to only excel only on cliff diving.

[dr911]

Originally Posted by paulb100

Vista is OK now since SP1 - this is same for all Windows...in 5 years time everyone will be saying STAY WITH VISTA COS WINDOWS 7 IS BUGGY

I must admit I like it and for those who whinge about upgrades etc , everybody likes to upgrade their machines to run better and at least Vista needs 512Mb RAM but 1Gb recommended , tell me anyone who runs XP on 256Mb with all there programs without performance issues... my old XP laptop on 256Mb was slow as hell until i upgraded it

256Mb was suffice for XP when it was first released but not as time went on and it got hundreds of patches and add-ons and also as computers are able to run faster and better on more memory etc software manufacturers ALSO create thier programs to utilise more memory so upgrading isnt just 'for Vista' - run XP on 256Mb and you WILL have problems.... and todays games wont run on anything less than 1Gb so saying that 'having to upgrade to get Vista' is totally wrong - if you dont upgrade nothing will run properly never mind Vista

I have nothing against XP i think its a great OS but now that Vista is settled I think that people should give it a chance....

paulb100....How in the world world would YOU know that "WINDOWS 7" is buggy ? , please explain this part of you post??

[new tech guy]

Originally Posted by dr911

paulb100....How in the world world would YOU know that "WINDOWS 7" is buggy ? , please explain this part of you post??

I believe he is just making a prediction as he is stating that people complained when windows xp originally came out and now everyone cant get away from it, they will do the same with vista and the same with windows 7. Im not trying to make it look like Paul cannot speak for himself but just thought i could explain this to dr911.

[deubanks]

Why would anyone believe that Microsoft has learned enough, since Vista was released, so that Win 7 will not be buggy like all the other OS's?

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by deubanks

Why would anyone believe that Microsoft has learned enough, since Vista was released, so that Win 7 will not be buggy like all the other OS's?

I don't think it's a matter of Microsoft "learning enough" as much as it being simply part of the nature of releasing new software. Software vendors do the best they can often times problems arise despite their initial efforts. Of course, developers would LOVE to hold on to the software until it's "done" but they business folks force them to release _something_ so the business can remain competitive and hopefully profitable.

Peace...

[paulrw]

New user here, but long time Windows Admin/software developer. I happen to use XP at work (which is beginning to show it's age) and a Vista user at home.

I have to say, I really like Vista. Have both Home Premimum, on my laptop, and Ultimate on my desktop. I find them both to be very stable and runs 99.999% of all my hardware and software, with a few minor glitches. I had an old 3com 3C905 NIC that worked for about 2 weeks. I believe the card developed problems. Replaced it and haven't had any issues since.

Have NOT found any software that will not run. Some older games don't like networking, I can live with it.

Nor is Vista slow. My laptop has 1.5 GB of RAM, my desktop has 2.

My point is, Vista is no where near as problematic (at least for me) as the many posts I've read here and else where. It simply works.

Can anyone here name ONE OS that is 100% bug free? The answer is no. Not Linux (which i detest), OS X ( a joke), or Windows, regardless of version. They ALL have their issues. It's all in how we handle them.