Windows Vista

[Tony]

Anyone here install the new Windows Vista OS?

What are your thoughts?

 

[z987k]

www.defectivebydesign.org
But hey, I'm prejudice.

 

[Copperhed]

I tend to wait since it just came out, I am careful about the so-called patches too. .XP pATCHES windows took me down. that would be the patch that took many of us out. thought it was called Vesta, my bad.

Copper

 

[ColoradoXJ13]

I just installed XP (after wiping the HD and Windows 2000) on my 3+yr old laptop a few months ago, don't see Vista happening anytime soon

 

[aekdbbop]

yeah i installed it.. not worth it at all...

i have 2gigs of memory, a dual core 3800+, and a 6600gt video card... at idle my system resouces were at 12%.... 12%!!!! thats so fing recockulus.. with xp it was at .02%... i definently reinstalled windows xp, and installed some visual software to make it look the same.. and i am still at .02%...

save your money, if you get a new computer.. go for it.. but dont upgrade..

 

[ayrton]

Mac OS X on a 24" iMac on an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz w/2 gigs of RAM and a GeForce 7600 GT. I'm happy with the other side for now.

My work machine is a mirror image of my Mac hardware-wise, but it's a PC and I'm running XP only because my employer won't shell out for Vista. XP suits me fine.

 

[Tony]

Yeah, yeah...I know so many have Macs, others wont upgrade cause its new, all kinds of people hate Microsoft, etc... And thats fine with me. I just wanted to know from any of the people out there who had already installed it to see if anyone had an easy time of it.

I havent liked a Microsoft OS since Windows 95. To me that was the last one that worked without problems. 98 sucked, 2000 wasnt any better, and XP drove me completely crazy with screen freezes, programs not respondng, erroring out all the time, and on and on, etc... And not just my own, but a lot of other people I know as well. (I know... I know... I should have went with a Mac a long time ago. But I guess Im just a glutton for PC punishment.)

Anyway, I had too many problems with my XP SP2, and decided to get Vista. Anything had to be better... Well, it definately didnt go smooth, and isnt over yet. After reinstalling every driver known to man, everything is 3/4 of the way there. Unfortunately, now I need more RAM, a new graphics card and a new sound card. Geez...

aekdbbop, I see where you are coming from, as so many people are complaining about needing to upgrade basically their entire computer, other than my processor and hard drive. I would reinstall XP if I didnt hate it so much.

 

[david_42]

I'm still at W2000 on the laptop. I doubt it could run XP. I've had a few conversations with IT types & they aren't happy with Vista. Too much of a resource hog. One guy said less than 15% of his company's computer can run it at all, but people whine about getting it, then whine because it's slow or their porn was wiped out by the upgrade. He said they canned three salesmen on the latter.

 

[Tony]

Yup, seems like its a plain old hog for sure. If my XP hadnt drove me crazy I wouldnt have went to it...but, into the breech I went.

 

[Copperhed]

hell, buy a disposable Dell.
Install Vista OS.
You can always can it later.

Copper

 

[Copperhed]

Yeah, yeah...I know so many have Macs, others wont upgrade cause its new, all kinds of people hate Microsoft, etc... And thats fine with me. I just wanted to know from any of the people out there who had already installed it to see if anyone had an easy time of it.

Maybe I was trying to be nice. Have three 'puters up and & running at any given time.. Vista sucks.

Copper

 

[mrmota23]

Hey guys, I'm new to this here forum, thought I would add my $0.02 to this thread. I do driver testing at work for wifi hardware, and use vista ALOT. In addition, we put a genuine (though not legitimate) copy of vista on a box in our house.
After playing with it for over a month, and seeing the direction microsoft is taking, both of my roomates and i migrated to openSUSE 10.2 with KDE.
I honestly have to say, this was the easiest OS install I've ever had, easier than the XP or Vista.
GO LINUX!

 

[Tony]

Maybe I was trying to be nice. Have three 'puters up and & running at any given time.. Vista sucks.

Copper

Now there's a straight forward answer! Thanks Copper!

 

[Copperhed]

Notta Prob, tony.

mrmota23- Linux rules, I been watching it for years. Red Hat was brilliant in the old days.....still is IMHO, MS just stole what hackers/crackers exchanged with each other for free.

A billionaire....Go Figger


Copper

 

[Torchiest]

I have no intention of getting Windows Vista. It sounds completely pointless to me, not to mention all the difficulties people are having with general functionality. The Linux family of OS's are looking better and better.

 

[Orfy]

I din't like it.

 

[Fish]

Apparently its hell if you have a nice grapic card as it wont work with open gl.

 

[dblvsn]

VISTA = Virus Included Switch To Apple

 

[z987k]

Well here's my plug for linux, been running it since about 04, and have never looked back. I have found ubuntu to be my favorite thus far, so easy to use, virus + spyware immune. It's legally free. FOSS community rocks. I don't know, I just can't ever see going back.
www.ubuntu.org

 

[Torchiest]

I've been looking into Ubuntu just a little bit recently. I had considered the RedHat version a few years ago, but never went after it. One thing I'm concerned about is being able to run apps, specifically games, on Linux. Any idea if that presents a major problem?

 

[brewman !]

I've been running Linux as my desktop computer and servers since 2001/2. (RH8 !) I ran RH and Fedora until last week. I moved to Ubuntu and it great. The problem with Fedora is that its always changing and there always seems to be something broken.

I'm writing this on Kubuntu 6.10 "Edgy", in a Konqueror browser, listening to Basic Brewing Podcasts on Amarok.
Here is a screenshot. http://picasaweb.google.com/beermeister1/SteamMashing/photo#5037220606561172690

Linux and Ubuntu rock.

I moved to Linux way back when because we were being inundated by viruses in Win98SE. Linux has been 100% reliable all along and it gets better feature wise every month.

 

[z987k]

yeah so **** yeah for liniux (sorry toasted)

here;'s another screeny

 

[Torchiest]

Is it pretty easy to set up? I'm pretty interested, but wouldn't I have to partition my hard drive or something like that? Feel free to tell me to go do my own research if you don't feel like answering all these questions. :fro:

 

[Kaiser]

I totally used to be into Linux, but recently I removed Linux from all my computers. The reason: I don't want to spend time maintaining two systems. Since I have some programs that require Windows anyway (one of them is Adobe Premiere) I opted for all Windows.

I like Vista, though I might be the last one to get it. It's a reason for people to buy a new computer with a bigger processor and I work for AMD

Kai

 

[Torchiest]

Well, I can understand that; I have multiple computers myself. Now get back to work, damn it! (I own AMD stock)

 

[Copperhed]

I've been looking into Ubuntu just a little bit recently. I had considered the RedHat version a few years ago, but never went after it. One thing I'm concerned about is being able to run apps, specifically games, on Linux. Any idea if that presents a major problem?

I'm no Pro, but this link totes some Kick Butt info on Linux. I personally would not attempt to go to Linux unless I had more than one computer, but I guess you suspect that. I have played around with RedHat 6.0 (oldie but goodie) - never really dived in as I would have liked. Too many irons in the fire.

http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/l1/lesson1a.html

Also, I visit here a lot, Crackers as well as Hackers hang here and are phenomenal as far as knowledge is concerned.
Warning: this site is as addictive as HB.
www.totse.com

Cheers,
Copper

 

[z987k]

I totally used to be into Linux, but recently I removed Linux from all my computers. The reason: I don't want to spend time maintaining two systems. Since I have some programs that require Windows anyway (one of them is Adobe Premiere) I opted for all Windows.

I like Vista, though I might be the last one to get it. It's a reason for people to buy a new computer with a bigger processor and I work for AMD

Kai

Maintain? I don't understand how you had to maintain it? If you get a solid, stable distro, and don't **** with it, there's nothing that will ever make you need to maintain anything.

 

[z987k]

Is it pretty easy to set up? I'm pretty interested, but wouldn't I have to partition my hard drive or something like that? Feel free to tell me to go do my own research if you don't feel like answering all these questions. :fro:

Get a liveCD and test it out first, download the iso over at www.ubuntu.org, burn it to a cd and play a bit. It won't change a thing on your system. If you decide that you like it and want to start off dual booting, like most people, there is plenty of info out there on that, either do a google search or www.ubuntuforums.org is amazing.
There also seems to be a few knowledgeable linux guys here, including myself who loves to help people see the light.

 

[brewman !]

+1 for using the Ubuntu (or Kubuntu or Xubunu) Live CD to see if it works well on your machine and if you like it.

+1 for it not needing much maintenance once you get it set up. Stay away from Fedora for this reason. They are always issuing updates and things are always broken.

See this for why you might not be interested in upgrading to Vista.
http://slashdot.org/articles/07/03/02/1822256.shtml

 

[Copperhed]

Torchiest,
Have you had the time to research the links/opinions/stuff folks have seen fit to pass along to you?

Just wonderin'....in retrospect after reading this thread I observe us (me included) as being quite passionate about our OS. Almost as much as our political leanings and favorite brewing recipe.

Anyhow it pans out, I wish you the best,

Copper