| | I just want to know if any one uses Vista. I heard it has horrible compatibility. Is it true? I am thinking of getting it, just need some suggestions |
| Nov 21, 2009 |
Well I haven't really tried much in the area of games, but in the area of business type software, and internet browsing, it seems to work amazingly well. Also, haven't had a single program crash on me yet, or a single error message. (I think i was in xp a total of about 5 minutes before I had some sort of error message pop up).So maybe i'll try installing a game or something and trying to see about performance. But so far, it seems to be great....although I haven't tried installi...
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I have Windows Vista and I don't recommend it unless you got it with a new computer since it lags horribly if you don't have the sufficient amount of RAM, cache and a good processor.
My system meets every single requirement, but since my processor is too old for Vista, it lags in gaming. That's why I opted for console gaming. xboxrulz http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/...quirements.mspx As always, try not to follow their system requirements exactly as mentioned. I always recommend pushing it above from what they have listed to ensure that it will run more smoothly. The major problem with Vista is the drivers for the hardware. If the manufacturer for your hardware device didn't release a driver for Vista, there might be compatibility issues with it. Save yourself the trouble and wait a few more months or longer until they work the bugs out (definitely will be more coming) and hopefully manufacturers will release updated Vista drivers. Windows XP is still preferred over Vista at this time. It will definitely take time to get used to as things have changed dramatically from what I have seen.
QUOTE(WeaponX @ May 20 2007, 12:21 AM)  If you read around, you will see that there are still issues that need to be worked out in Windows Vista. Before you even think of installing Vista, you better make sure your hardware are up to par to handle it: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/...quirements.mspx As always, try not to follow their system requirements exactly as mentioned. I always recommend pushing it above from what they have listed to ensure that it will run more smoothly. The major problem with Vista is the drivers for the hardware. If the manufacturer for your hardware device didn't release a driver for Vista, there might be compatibility issues with it. Save yourself the trouble and wait a few more months or longer until they work the bugs out (definitely will be more coming) and hopefully manufacturers will release updated Vista drivers. Windows XP is still preferred over Vista at this time. It will definitely take time to get used to as things have changed dramatically from what I have seen. Most drivers are compatible with Windows Vista unless you install the Windows Vista X64 (however, it's highly recommended if you have a 64-bit processor). It's also rumoured that the next Windows will only support 64-bit. xboxrulz QUOTE(WeaponX @ May 20 2007, 06:21 AM) As always, try not to follow their system requirements exactly as mentioned. Yeah, everybody remembers what hell it used to be to launch WinXP on hardware following MS minimum requirenments...If not for the games I'd move to open-source altogether, and as current benchmarks show (tomshardware.com), there is no significant improvement in speed (game-wise) when moving onto Vista. In fact, as WeaponX mentioned, a lot of technical (and security!) issues has to be fixed before the system is worth the hassle of switching from XP. Myself, I'm waiting up and till the moment in which Vista is as "seamless" as XP is right now.
Well i haven't tried vista yet, however I have heard of and had several friends comment on it, and I can say a number of things.
First of all, from what I have heard, vista isn't ready yet...there are still several issues. Second, windows xp performs better on even many new machines, simply because it requires less resources. So all in all, I think you might be better off waiting a little longer before getting vista...
My friends have talked to me about their Vista, saying that it really lags your computer. I think Microsoft has to manage its graphics : compatability. Having great graphics but snail-like speed would be a total waste.
Whenever microsoft declares a system requirement, I suggest going for more than what is expected because the system requirement is the least settings that you should have so that you can use it. QUOTE(lonelym @ May 21 2007, 04:36 AM) saying that it really lags your computer You mean games or system in general? No wonder the system lags, if on the same hardware Vista uses more resources than XP, with less left for running demanding software (especially games).
I run both XP Pro and Vista Ultimate on my laptop, and they both run fine, as far as speed goes. My laptop has a 1.6 Core Duo, 2GB ram, 256MB Shared Graphics. It gets a 3.1 Vista Rating, but i haven't had issues with lagging. It does take longer to boot up than XP, but once loaded it works fine with the built-in appz. 3rd party stuff, though, is another story. I really do not feel this Vista version is ready for mass producing, it should have been the final RC. If you haven't gotten Vista yet, I would advise waiting till the first service pack comes out. I don't run much from Vista, mostly i use the XP installation, but the programs that i have noticed problems with so far are firefox (random closing), Yahoo Messenger (crashes every 10 minutes), and even occasionaly IE7 and the windows module installer... it just crashes now and then.
I run the following XP Pro Vista Home Premium and linux and i have to say that XP Pro is the better out of all of them because Vista Home Premium may look good but like some one said it does actually lag ALOT unless it comes standard on your new computer (laptop) so i would suggest sticking with XP
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Well I haven't really tried much in the area of games, but in the area of business type software, and internet browsing, it seems to work amazingly well. Also, haven't had a single program crash on me yet, or a single error message. (I think i was in xp a total of about 5 minutes before I had some sort of error message pop up).
So maybe i'll try installing a game or something and trying to see about performance. But so far, it seems to be great....although I haven't tried installing xp on the machine (they gave me the cd's for both xp and vista, i am guessing in case i wanted to downgrade?)....I won't try xp unless I start running into issues with things, but so far, haven't had a single issue. Haven't come across any of these bugs people talk about there being a ton of....so it would be nice if somebody could point some out...because i haven't found any. Security seems to be great in vista, and my virus scanner.....appears to allow this computer to run much better with it running....no longer do I notice any difference with a virus program running in the background (I can even run a full system scan in the background without slowing the computer down).
I agree with the 'dont upgrade until a service pack' idea. Compatibility isn't great, performance suffers especially in games.
I'll probably just wait until i upgrade my computer - in that time hopefully microsoft will have caught on a started releasing a few service packs to fix some issues. I think they should implement a gaming mode or something similar because the performance really does suffer. I know people that run it and are heavy gamers, they have top of the line video cards but still get performance of mid range cards in windows xp. They should bascially turn down the cpu priority of all services/other apps and decrease the memory usage for them, as well as hard disk activity. In effect 'slowing down' windows to speed up games. -HellFire
I bought a new laptop back in March that had Vista on it. It is currently the computer I am using now. I like some of the newer features it has on it like Speech Recognition and being able to use your flash drives to speed up the computer, but it isn't really meant for gaming. Unless you go all out and pay the extra money for a really good computer, I'd recommend keeping Windows XP for playing games because you will lag a lot if not. It looks nicer and may be more secure but it's not high performance capable without lag.
Well I know that this is an older thread, that hasn't been brought up in a while, but I thought I would share some of my experience with vista.
I just got a new laptop computer with an Intel core 2 duo 2.0Ghz processor, 2GB RAM, 256MB Nvidia graphics card, with windows vista ultimate. I can say that it really outperforms my old 1.7Ghz pentium 4 computer by a ton, and I don't notice any lag anywhere, everything seems so speedy and works without a flaw. I am so far enjoying vista, unlike what many others here seem to feel. I think the problem is mainly when people try and upgrade their computers to vista, whereas when you buy a computer for it, it'll work much better. Same thing happened with xp for a while, because a lot of hardware didn't have drivers that supported the operating system. If you want a new PC go for vista, and if you want vista go for a new PC.
I have a Genuine Copy Of Vista atm.
But, Im Not Going To Use It Until The Bugs & **** Are out OF It. |
 Anyone Uses Vista? |
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