Vista... Do I? Dont I? Really can't decide!

MercilessKiller

Hey hey. Played around with Vista and have access to a legal Vista Business edition through the MSDN AA sites... However I just don't know if I want to! Would like some advice!

Specs of pc: 2.6ghz P4 800fsb Northwood
1gb Dual 3200
6800 Ultra 256mb DDR2 AGP 8x gfx

So the specs are ok to run it... Also using the new Office (which i love)...

Are the bugs still a big downer on it or are a lot of them getting ironed out? When will Sp1 be released as well?

Thanks

Millionaire

Been using Vista since it came out. I havent Personally come across any bugs as of yet but i think people are confusing bugs with driver issues.

I use my pc everyday and it runs very smoothly and is very stable.

Only thing to check is that all your existing hardware and software that you use is compatible and has vista drivers. Otherwise works just fine.

Fonz_2

Same experience for me, I've been running it since release with absolutely no problems - a much better experience for me than XP.

We run it at work too, on 350,000 computers.

superscaper

No official date for SP1 but MS have said it will be on the same time scale as previous first service packs so it's likely to be around October to December of this year.

Millionaire

By the way I dont see the point in upgrading to Vista unless its a new pc your getting even though I do prefer Vista over XP

Unless you cant wait to use it

MercilessKiller

I like to install new things ya see :P

As for driver issues, the only reason i uninstalled was because 3d games were rubbish on the current nvidia drivers but tbh, i've stopped gaming now due to other priorities (a girlfriend )

All my hardware is compatible (i've previously installed it anyway).. Just things like security and the other bugs Im thinking about.

Meh looks like i'll upgrade when I'm bored one day then. Thx all

andipandi_2

Stick with XP until they sort Vista because its full of holes,wait a year or so

Millionaire

andipandi wrote: »

Stick with XP until they sort Vista because its full of holes,wait a year or so

Any Proof? Vista is regarded as a more secure OS than the previous, XP

Fonz_2

Sounds like uninformed scared of change talk to me

everythingblogcast

I have been using all the Vista from the first beta on a pc and I have come acroos a few bugs, and now I have a Dell PC with Vista Home Preimun on it and I fine it great.

Of course new OS will have bugs in it.

Zahc

I got a new laptop with Vista Home Basic installed. I was expecting it to be buggy as hell, but it appears to be OK. I had to upgrade to 1Gb though.
I wouldn't bother upgrading from XP though, it doesn't appear to offer much more than XP; just looks pretty.

Zahc