Vista is quite possibly worse than windowsME

Post by **Arlos** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:51 pm

Like any other MS product, I am goin gto wait til Service Pack 1 is released. Any new huge piece of software is going to have issues, I simply will wait until the initial release set of issues are fixed, and then look at aquiring it.

-Arlos

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:49 pm

Good lord I cant believe I am gonna do this but...Arlos is right...fuck I hate myself now.

Tossica wrote:Kahar, what kind of tech establishment do you work for that you can't get a free copy of Vista?

got a copy right here. but I believe in the rule that nothing bill give us can be trusted till Service Pack 1

I would like to reference you to the hell that was Windows ME

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:23 pm

lmao Windows ME was the biggest pile of dook since DOS 4.0.

Naethyn · Post by **Naethyn** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:39 pm

Tossica wrote:Kahar, what kind of tech establishment do you work for that you can't get a free copy of Vista?

msdn partner subscription

Post by **Tossica** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:51 pm

Ok, put 2 gigs of ram in the laptop.

Vista is great if you throw enough ram at it.

I usually run my OS bare bones but the bells and whistles are really nice. The networking, performance, reporting and troubleshooting tools and the overall ease of use are great. I wouldn't suggest everyone run out and buy it but it's a great OS for the kind of work I do.

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:02 pm

Agreed, I wouldn't try running it with less than 2GIG, I'd rather have 3 for the extra caching but it's a fun OS. Loving it so far.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:08 pm

I loved it the first week.

I then started hitting all of its weakpoints left and right.

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:11 pm

Been running it for a couple weeks now. So far no weak points. What problems did you have?

dammuzis · Post by **dammuzis** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:50 pm

vista basic/home premium dont support faxing, total clusterfuck when it comes to driver support. runs like a snail with anything older than 6 months old.
if you are a complete newb with computers the os leads to extreme amounts of frustration

on the plus side you can get a vista computer dirt cheap out of the dell refurb.

Gaazy · Post by **Gaazy** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:07 pm

I'll stick to this XP then, I know how to run games and the internets and thats about it~

Post by **Tossica** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:05 am

I had to uninstall it due to lack of driver support from 3rd parties including my firewire sound card.

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:37 am

Unfortunately I have to keep vista cause in about 3 months I have to order laptops, unfortunately I have a choice, MAC books for everyone...or vista machines sicne I am having a hard time finding non vista systems in large bulk.

Bodin · Post by **Bodin** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:17 am

Kahar try Dell laptops for XP Pro

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:05 am

I have about 40 of them right now I am throwing it cause I cant get the support I need on them and the owner of my school says 'yah there shall be no more dells for I dont like MIke."

Bodin · Post by **Bodin** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:27 am

Hrmm I am normally a Dell laptop shop here, but recenlty brought in some sonys for the small footprint and such. Check out some of the Vaios from Sony. Last two I bought are still XP. (Some things I don't like about them but seem semi solid)

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:32 am

yeah we have gone mainly to HP business class laptops and I have been happy with them. my main problem is school discounts are thru certain contract companies. so i am stuck with their stock.

Post by **Arlos** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:39 am

Sorry anyone is being forced into Vista at this point. As I've said before, I don't trust any MS product, especially an OS until at least the first major service pack comes out. By then, most of the major issues have been ironed out, there's usually a fairly stable driver suite, etc. No way in hell am I adopting it now or any time soon.

-Arlos

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:49 am

something we both agree on.

I have about 20 licenses left on my site license. beleive me those will be used first.

Evermore · Post by **Evermore** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:33 pm

all i can say is thank god for test networks.

Vista has some nice ideas. im still in the leery about the implementation thou.

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:53 pm

its like wiping your ass with a chair leg. it is long...painful, and when your done using it your shit is splintered and you feel viloated

Post by **Tossica** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:02 pm

Vista kicks ass if you have a machine that can run it and if 3rd party assholes would get some up to date drivers out there. They only had what, 2 fucking years to come up with compatible drivers?

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:01 am

problem is toss we are dealing with the educational system most of their shit is so outdated it makes the military look modern.