how do you rate vista?

[fritzi93]

Vista SP1 will remove the "Kill Switch" that so many folks complained about. (Change your hardware, go on vacation, and hey presto! Your comp is almost non-functional when you return. Also server outages were an issue.) Even dealing with the 3-day warning period (if you didn't miss it) was just too much. That removes one objection to adopting Vista. Also, there's no doubt the driver problems will be greatly diminished. Look here:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=334&tag=nl.e539

And here:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1005&tag=nl.e539

And here:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1009&tag=nl.e539

[DaveC2003]

See Dreamscene with Vista Ultimate, its brill

[Thor1160]

Vista is different...sure...however I believe if people sat down and bothered to read instructions, look online, etc. they would have much more luck. All these "issues" can be annoying, but the answers are there for those who bother to look. Working in the field of security I would know that vista is an extremely secure operating system. All those extra pop-ups are just trying to prevent viruses, trojans, etc. Again, those who bother to LOOK for their answers, will find it. As we speak I'm using vista fine, with MANY games and not many issues (a few here and their, I'll admit,) but those who LOOK for their answers will find it. Obviously the reason they made Vista was to be DIFFERENT from XP, otherwise it would be simply windows xp. Of course it's going to change. It's much safer, and simpler if you are agile enough to find the answers.

So before you start flaming Microsoft, sit down and read! Thats what I did.

[Thor1160]

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my vista

[Disk_Contented]

[quote=Thor1160] It's much safer, and simpler if you are agile enough to find the answers.

So before you start flaming Microsoft, sit down and read! Thats what I did.
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Safer it isn't. Sure it's more secure than XP, but when you consider the patches XP now has, that means nothing. Vista has a wad of patches allready.

You can't find answers for things that can't work.

It doesn't support hardware sound. Realtek audio is a joke.

Gaming performance is down.

I use digital audio soft. Vista.....Pointless.

Imagine XP with a pile of eye candy thrown in, with all the performance demand that will create. Add a dash of ruined gaming, poor sound and next to no real improvements, and you have Vista.

It's rubbish, full stop.