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I’m a Vista user and based on my experience I would say whether or not you should download it depends on how you use your machine. If you’re a hard-core webmaster or developer, running many applications at once - it’s not for you. If you’re a prototypical Web user, watching videos, surfing the ‘net - it’s a very elegant operating system.

I rolled back from Vista to XP. I found that Vista was slow, hogged resources, and was non compatible with my peripheral despite driver updates.

YMMV, but I don’t think Vista is ready for public use yet. It should have spent a few more years at the developers desk.

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make sure you have good RAM to go with it. I am running it on a Core 2 Duo machine with 2 GB RAM and so far so good. Much faster than my XP running on P4 with 1 GB RAM… obviously…

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I went from XP to vista a year ago and it has had a few bumps along the way but over all I am pleased with the new OS.

I looked at this way: Vista is here to stay and I need to understand the new OS as I am in the tech arena. For me, it is an issue of maintaining my skill-set.

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LOL! it did not even pick it up on the last comment….

Go to apple or stay with XP. I tried with no avail to get my mom’s vista computer to want a wireless network. Most ISPs don’t know how to do Vista. And to add to that it will shutdown even more often that XP!

Never will go to Vista, I bought my son an Apple Imac instead of Vista!

My oldest daughter and I have Vista and they work fine alongside the XP and XP Pro that my other daughter and husband run. We haven’t had any issues with our wireless network. We did have a problem with one of our printers not working with Vista, but since then my husband found the updated driver and it’s fine.

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I have Vista at work and XP at home. I haven’t had any problems with XP, but I find that Vista causes problems when there are two many windows open at the same time. Often I have to restart my computer, as black or transparent windows try to open and stabilize, but don’t.

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I think you should give Vista a try, since you’re into technology. How about dual-booting your computer?

I’ve a lot of hardware that are now ready for 64-bit systems.

The only issue that you might have are the applications which are still designed well for 32-bit Windows XP systems.

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I use Vista and I’ve got no problems… If you wait a little longer, then Microsoft might release something new, and you’d be “old fashioned” again. Just my thoughts.
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I’m using Vista Home on one computer and Vista Ultimate on my laptop. I have no issues with it on either computer, routinely have PaintShopProIX, Outlook, Windows Mail, 50 tabs in Firefox3 and sometimes a Hoyle game as well open all at once. Every once in awhile a script on a website will bog everything down, but for the most part, it cranks right along. This is on the weaker machine that has only 1GB of RAM. On the 2GB machine, I’m running SQL, Visual Studio, Outlook and Great Plains along with the 50 tabs in Firefox and it doesn’t even blink.

I think the people who are having troubles with Vista don’t have enough RAM or don’t have their system set up properly.

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If your pc is only one for you to do all the computer work,is a high risk for you change to Vista.

It better using virtual system such as virtual PC to run Vista.Mean that you have dual system inside.

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Well, they usually say: Never change a running system, but then again - that might not count for you

I did 2 things, one computer I went Microsoft free and installed Ubuntu Hardy Heron and it is a beautiful thing.

However, there are 2 programs that I need to work and can’t live without:

Adobe Dreamweaver and Itunes or WinAmp
Ubuntu doesn’t have a good HTML editor like Dreamweaver) and there is no good ipod support, sure you can transfer songs, but very hard to transfer video.

The other was upgraded to Windows Vista.

Dual Core Athlon XP 3200+, 1GB of RAM and this system can barely handle. Vista consumes 800MB of RAM just by itself. Minimum 2-4gb of RAM if you don’t want hangs and performance problems when loading programs.

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upgrade to vista. i use it, was afraid because of all the talk and i have had NO problems with it. i love vista.

If it’s not broken don’t fix it. I’ve found xp to be the only tolerable OS from Microsoft (Millenium Edition was a disaster!)

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Vista is cool. I like it well maybe I don’t use a lot of programs just the basic programs. The only thing is that vista uses a lot of battery power if you are using it on a laptop.

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meh,I used vista for some time and it was a real pain.Switched back to XP in no time.Less glossed up,but more effective

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I’ll tell you something, for me vista is better than XP. Haven’t get in any problem so I cannot say a negative comment about it. Vista is cool!!

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Hi, my name’s Cody, and I’m working with the Windows Vista Outreach Team to help answer folks’ questions or concerns about their copies of Vista.
I see that you’ve just recently upgraded to Vista, and I’m glad to see that everything has been running smoothly! I noticed that some of your commenters (and you, too) were concerned about their hardware and software’s compatibility with Vista.

While you were able to get those Canon drivers for your printer pretty easily, it can sometimes be a little tougher for some folks with lesser-known brands or older hardware/software. I wanted to share a handy resource that’s great to have around for Vista users who have recently upgraded.

Microsoft has set up a Vista Compatibility Center at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility and this will let you perform a search on your hardware and software, it will let you know if they are compatible, and it will point you towards the drivers and updates you’ll need to make sure your computer will stay running smoothly. It’s a pretty nice centralized resource not only for people who just upgraded to Vista, but also for people who look at their current PC and digital device setup and want to find out “Will this work with Vista?”

I hope it’s useful for you and your readers! Let me know if I can help with any other questions or concerns, I’d be glad to help in any way I can.

Thanks,

Cody
Windows Vista Outreach Team

Cody this is my beef with Microsoft, now that there is bad experiences and press there is a team. When I was using a BRAND NEW DELL laptop with VISTA I had no help at all. It was up to me. Dell and the ISP couldn’t help me. There has to be trash in that software, otherwise you don’t get this many problems. Nothing personal but my experience was absolutely ridiculous.

Biotek,
As for me I am switching to Apple for good, as I replace my computers. That laptop is my brother’s laptop now, I let him and my SIL who is a computer analyst deal with that baby. Microsoft doesn’t deserve my money, I am sick of the trash operating systems that we as consumer are supposed to make work. When you bring home any other product you expect it to work straight out of the box.

oooo I feel so much better. Nope my mind hasn’t changed on Vista.

Thanks biotek for allowing me to air my frustration!

I did ditch Microsoft for good on one of my machines, for those of you who don’t have apple hardware, Ubuntu Hardy Heron is a GREAT operating system. It can do almost everything, and with the WINE application you can even play many games and use many windows app’s.
The only deficit is difficult ipod support, but if you read my blog post I write about alternatives on managing the IPOD on Ubuntu. Seriously, Ubuntu is very easy to use GUI, and is very Apple like, I happen to like the GNOME Desktop.

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I do hope that the link is helpful. And I agree that people should use the Windows Vista Upgrade Adviser before they begin the process. Thank you for reminding people this is an important step to take when they are upgrading and not just buying a new PC.

Cody
Windows Vista Outreach Team

I prefer Xp still, it is easier to use. Vista is so new to me, I don’t like the icons, even though a lot of people loves it.

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I have been very happy with Vista Business 64 Edition. There was a little of a learning curve which wasn’t so pleasant at first, but I am over that bump in the road, now.
It has been very stable for me, a few software packages don’t work, so I had to keep a spare system with XP on it. Now, I have Vista Business 32 bit version on my spare and upgraded my software packages.

I favor my 64bit version of Vista, because of the speed difference with graphic software I use.