Thread: Vista

good old microsoft!!

vista compatability website is only available to
explorer users

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

hands up those who remember when the whole operating system took up less than the first 128 k of the available 640..

Ah, the good old days of DOS and CPM!
I don't know how much memory the operating system on my first computer used, but as there was only 4k total, it could not have been much.
I can also remember using a Microbee network with 15 stations that ran with just two 360k floppies. One disk had all the network software and the other had the application (often Wordstar for wordprocessing) plus all the files saved from the 15 workstations.
The system didn't crash much, but I did spend a lot of time soldering new keys on the keyboards.

hey Bill Gates is already a Billionaire why do you want to give him more

best thing coming out of my recent need to replace burnt motherboard, video card and powerpack was they wiped my hard disk and only reinstalled windows xp.

l just downloaded mozilla fox, thunderbird for email and open office suite not a msn product other than the os and has my machine being running sweet

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

so,, yes? no?

gees you guys make it difficult.

so do we upgrade xp?

or do a fresh install?

and if we go with the new install,, can we copy all our files across

will xp office work with vista?

so many questions
so few DX10 games,,

Pedro the correct answer is Yes, NO, Maybe..

I have been using it, for several months playing with a variety of pre-release versions and for the last 3 weeks or so I have been using the full release of Vista Ultimate as my main OS at work.

It runs smoother on my laptop than XP did. That said - I do not intend to spend my money upgrading the machines at home yet.. ( Laptop OS is supplied via work)

Office XP will run on Vista I believe - 2003 and 2007 have both run fine on mine. I am finding very few issues with incompatible programs, I run Firefox as my main browser, thunderbird etc run fine.. 98% of my work apps. are fine.. just need to be patient for a could to bring out their vista compatible versions.

As far as the Upgrade or clean install question - the answer is not as clear as it always used to be with Windows - Vista has an image based install - unlike previous versions on Windows. Some performance testing I've seen shows virtually no diffrence between clean install and upgrade...so maybe the clean install is not needed.

Mine is installed in a multi boot XP - Vista - Kubuntu (I was too chicken to jump 100% into Vista for work) BUT since getting setup on the Domain I have not used XP at work in the last 3 weeks.

From my Vista install I can access all the documents and files etc in the XP directories without a problem. I can even run some programs that installed there.

To get the fancy aero graphics working you will need a reasonable video card and I wouldn't want to live with less that 1Gig of Ram (preferably more). To be honest the graphics thing is no big deal unless you are into that sort of thing.


I really think the decision to upgrade comes down to how much you want to part with your $$$. and what state your current system is in. There is a BIG price variation between OEM and full version pricing... so look carefully at which version you think you want and how is smartest to buy it.

For the price of Vista Ultimate full version you can get the OEM version PLUS a new good sized hard drive plus have plenty of beer money left over....just a thought


Mark

I D/l a copy of Vista Ulitmate and installed as a 30 day trial ( I didn't enter a serial number)
Too much eye candy, a resource hog. too many steps to navigate.
The only Wow factor I got was from how slow my computer became.
At $500 approx, I un installed it and am happy Dual booting with XP and Free ! Linux Kubuntu 6.10

Originally Posted by Rovernaut

I D/l a copy of Vista Ulitmate and installed as a 30 day trial ( I didn't enter a serial number)
Too much eye candy, a resource hog. too many steps to navigate.
The only Wow factor I got was from how slow my computer became.
At $500 approx, I un installed it and am happy Dual booting with XP and Free ! Linux Kubuntu 6.10

Best advice I've seen is don't buy Vista until you upgrade your PC. Then buy the OEM version for, at most, half the full price.

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Buy a mac and don't worry about viruses or Mc Affee!!

Yes, but....

I went to look at getting a Bigpond wireless broadband modem for my daughter.

All was well until I read on the brochures that it doesn't work with Macintosh.

Scrap that idea, She'll have to get the phone connecxted to her room in Derby and run dial-up. (A heck of a lot cheaper, too. I looked at another brochure which gave the costs for a super fast connection on a 36 month contract at $7500 - Seven and half grand! )

Ron

Ron

We bought a new computer for my in-laws. We chose OEM Vista as the OS. It seems quite good although definitely no "wow" factor over XP.