I know that what ever forum you are going to visit some people are going to say upgrade and some are going to advise you not to. If you are buying a new computer do NOT upgrade to vista. This is my story. In the last year I bought two brand new machines. I am a regular home user and needed them for two fairly simple reasons machine 1 was my laptop, bought near the release of Vista my machine featured 1GB of RAM, 1.7GHX processor and was a low end machine. My desktop was a DELL E520, a powerhouse (or so I upgraded it to be, fast reliable), the best desktop I have ever had. Well done DELL. Okay, so whats with the vista title, well... Both machines came with Windows Vista and two different versions in fact. My laptop came with Windows Vista Home Premium. For a while this was fine, however word documents ere taking for ever to load and simple photo editing was really rubbish because the laptop was lagging. Some applications clearly didn't work correctly and I was disappointed with my battery life and general performance of the machine. My laptop was revived when I installed XP, however thr problem was I could not find all the drivers so I resorted to moving back to vista, however since I have located all the drivers I have once again installed XP and now I don't have a problem. My files load faster, my system loads faster, and best of all XP simply doesn't eat away at my RAM like Vista did. It's apparantly getting faster after Service Pack 3. I didtched Vista because Microsoft placed a clause in the EULA, anyone who reads the Windows Vista Home Premium license fully will see this clause towards the end. My Desktop was similar, same speed rubbish apart from it came with Windows Vista Home Basic. I wouldn't touch this operating system with a barge pole, so once again I have installed XP onto it. Bottom Line... Vista is an absolute waste of time and money. We (the customers) are saying it, educational departments are saying it and businesses are refusing to upgrade because of the high training costs. It will make your computer slower, apart froma few additional features like the sidebar (the yahoo one works on XP) you are paying to make your computer run at a pain stakingly slow speed. Don't accept this from Microsoft. It's not fair. Stick with XP.
I have to agree. I upgraded and after 3 days of all kinds of problems, went back to XP and now use the included upgrade disk that I recieved with my laptop, as a coaster at my desk lol.
I also had Vista but gone back to XP becuase of a bunch of problems with like explorer.exe and some of my programs just crashing without a reason.
I really don't see why anyone would want to upgrade. I have used this operating system for months as well so as an experienced user, I know it's a letdown. Microsoft need to wake up and make some speed and performance changes, rip out the version rubbish and make 2 simple versions like home and professional as was XP, lets face it nobody wants basic. Radical rethinking is in order. Also I really do hope this is the last thread on how rubbish Vista is.
in vista a lot of programs will just crash i even got the famous blue screen Best stable version of windows from my experience is Windows Xp Professional Service Pack 2
vista will be the #1 os in a few years. XP was buggy when it first came out as well. I hope things will get better after a few vista service packs.
I also think that Vista will get better after few service packs but I must tell that it is way more buggy than XP was when it has been released. I remember using Windows XP without any updates or service packs few moths after its release and it was functional OS. It was buggy but not as much as Vista. I wasn't experiencing random applications crashes, freezing, slugishness and so many other weird buggs. And it was also WAY faster. You didn't need to wait 5 minutes until it started etc etc. Yes Vista will get much better and it might have potential for future but take into consideration that Windows Vienna is coming out soon so Vista doesn't have much time to get that better In my opinion, it will be forgotten once Vienna is released.
I love vista.. I have ultimate.. and i havnt had any problems.. really.. the true bottom line is.. If your pc is medium to high end then get vista.. And overall dont upgrade.... then you run into problems..
i used vista for 1 month. then i degrade to xp again... vista is really sucks my pc configure is core 2 duo, 2gb ram, 200gb hdd, 512 mb xfx,
I am really tired of all these threads with "OMG Vista sucks sooo much I am using XP for the win" and "Vista vs XP whats best and why???". These threads make me laugh so much and just by looking at the thread I know someone are going to blame someone else because of this. If someone likes Vista, then its fine. If someone likes XP its fine too. So there is no problem there. If you look through the statistics you will see that more and more machines are with Vista. Microsoft have done it again, they are integrating a new system, with success. The users can think what they want, they can say Vista sucks, but the truth is that people use the "suck" OS. Do you remember when XP was launched ? The same threads were opened "Win 98 vs XP whats best??" none of us could think of running windows 98 now would we? just wait and see, in a few years we will all run windows vista and we will think back to XP as "slow OS it sucked". OS is the same with everything else. New things = A lot of critic. Just wait and see, Service Pack 1 will clear (many) problems with Vista, you just need some patience. Thats just my few cents..
I have Windows Vista Ultimate. Yes, sometimes I have to use the Compatibility Wizard but I really love Vista Do you use DreamScene? It's one of the best features in Vista in my opinion.
I am very happy with XP and will put off funding Microsoft as long as I can. Don't they have enough money to put ou a few free upgrades?