Yuri_Rage said:Bringing up a slightly old thread here, but it seemed like the right place to vent and/or ask questions.
I just bought SWMBO a new Dell laptop, and I didn't have a choice about the OS - it was Vista or nothing. So far, Vista isn't all that impressive. It's just different enough to be irritating, and I agree with just about every negative aspect posted here so far.
Now here's the real kicker...it seems to me that the damn OS is slowing the whole computer down. It's got a dual core 1.8GHz AMD 64 with 2 MB DDR and a 5400 RPM hard drive. The video card is an ATI Radeon 1270 with 256 MB on board. Why is my brand new computer so f'ing slow?! What am I missing? I have a damn degree in computer science, I got it all connected and updated, and it's still freakin' SLOW!
My SWMBO just got a new Dell laptop with Vista too. I didn't want her to get Vista because I don't want to have to worry about 'fixing' it for her. She kind of likes Vista but I find it irritating. She got the dual core intel and it is very fast...she has not complained.
I thought one of the 'great' things about Vista was that you could drop it and install XP...maybe I made that up.
Oh, BTW, did it take a ridiculous amount of time to get to you? SWMBO's took over a month...4 weeks past the original estimated ship date.