From XP to Vista - wish me luck...

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  1. #1
    Just got a computer on sale (impulse buy) for $350 from best buy...

    it's got an 18.5" flat widescreen monitor...
    2GB ram...
    1.66 ghz processor...
    350GB hard drive...
    DVD+-RW...

    and...

    Vista Home Edition!

    Wish me luck...

    hopefully I don't respond to my own thread later today with "this sucks"...
     
    tarponkeith, Nov 28, 2008 IP
  2. Bohra

    Bohra Prominent Member

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    #2
    Welcom to the slow world ... lol just kidding..

    Ull get used to it
     
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  3. dynashox

    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    #3
    Good luck mate. :D

    Don't forget to tell us your experience with Vista.
     
    dynashox, Nov 28, 2008 IP
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    peter_anderson Notable Member

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    #4
    Well done :)

    Vista is honestly pretty good.

    Thats a good buy - thats only £227.55 - I paid £400 for a similar spec PC.
     
    peter_anderson, Nov 28, 2008 IP
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    rsrikanth05 Well-Known Member

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    #5
    Vista is the best OS from Microsoft ever.
    You'll love it.
     
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  6. danger9918

    danger9918 Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Congratulations buddy

    $350 is a bargain for such specifications :)
     
    danger9918, Nov 28, 2008 IP
  7. definitive

    definitive Well-Known Member

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    Vista is fine. i've been using it for about a year now and would never go back to XP or get a Mac
     
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  8. tarponkeith

    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    I guess it'll take some getting used to...

    it's not slow, but doesn't seem as "smooth" as my XP desktop...

    One thing that bugs me, is how the web seems different on this widescreen... when you maximize a page, it HUGE... I need to go back and redesign some of my older sites now, haha...
     
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    zambosayaff Banned

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    #9
    welcome to the new world of vista.. :D
     
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  10. TehAkiSan

    TehAkiSan Peon

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    #10
    Good luck with Vista! :)
     
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  11. tarponkeith

    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    Sooooo different... it's too wide...

    and this sidebar thing? i hate it...

    i'm trying to get it back to looking like windowsxp and that's taking forever...
     
    tarponkeith, Nov 28, 2008 IP
  12. tarponkeith

    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    What's with all the popups? I need to click "ok" like three times before I can delete a file or empty folder..
     
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    terminator69 Notable Member

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    #13
    Well you can always go back to XP if it sucks.
     
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    lycos Well-Known Member

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    Welcome to Vista. You will get used to it after some time :) But look around in the web, I remember seeing before a tweak that allows you to disable the prompt.
     
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    tokyoice Well-Known Member

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    Good luck!!
     
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  16. Artifexus

    Artifexus Active Member

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    #16
    I've been on Vista for over 6 months and have absoutely no problem with it. Different a bit, but no problems.
     
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  17. kingofsanda

    kingofsanda Peon

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    Good luck with vista I hope it works well for you.
     
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    web_hunk Peon

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    #18
    Please don't go back to XP. Let Microsoft have at least a few satisfied Vista customers. :D
     
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  19. Ajucoolest

    Ajucoolest Well-Known Member

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    #19
    Well I must say Vista is good for graphics but slow at performance and satisfaction for me.
     
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  20. dairyman

    dairyman Notable Member

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    Well, that's what I was planning to tell. Hope you will be patient enough to handle with vista and never downgrade to xp :cool:
     
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