XP to Vista

random456

Have to say, Vista looks more polished but I preferred xp, everything with vista seems to have to go all round the wrekin before you can do something simple like delete a file! (I am running both) also i really hate the search function in Vista but I believe they are sorting that out in sp1.
Another annoyance is the fact that a lot of my hardware is incompatible with it. I don't hate Vista I just think normal xp processes are very long winded to achieve in comparison, I would have preferred to wait until sp1 came out before I upgraded in hindsight.

Herb

Hi. We have 4 very old computers running ME & XP and they are all networked nicely via our Orange Broadband wireless router. We can all access each others computers and swap files.

3 of these computers are getting replaced with new ones running Vista Home Premium.

I held off - but the salesman tried to upsell me to Vista Business or Ultimate saying that I will not be able to Network with Home Premium.

Is this true?

Thanks

aardvarkuk

Herb wrote: »

Hi. We have 4 very old computers running ME & XP and they are all networked nicely via our Orange Broadband wireless router. We can all access each others computers and swap files.

3 of these computers are getting replaced with new ones running Vista Home Premium.

I held off - but the salesman tried to upsell me to Vista Business or Ultimate saying that I will not be able to Network with Home Premium.

Is this true?

Thanks

From http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx


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Salesman full of sh*te.

Little_John

Networking with in vista home and home premium works just like XP home.

It is the advanced features of logging on to network domain servers that is missing and a few other litle bits none that are important for your setup.

I'm still removeing vista and sticking XP on customers PC's, so far there is 1 PC that I havnt had to do it on, that guy just wanted a pc to have internet access and run office 2003.

robt_2

Little_John wrote: »

I'm still removeing vista and sticking XP on customers PC's, so far there is 1 PC that I havnt had to do it on, that guy just wanted a pc to have internet access and run office 2003.

Are you not installing it properly then? I have installed it on at least 7 different pc's, all different specs and different editions of Vista and not had any problems on any of them. I have a feeling you may be slightly biased and tell customers that they should have XP and not Vista