Windows Vista Comments

[nielsencl]

My main computer with Windows 2000 went down last week and I bought a replacement that came with the Home Basic version of Vista on it.

Since I avoided XP for many years (It's ok, but I just didn't like it or NEED it.) I thought that perhaps I should get it and learn to work with it since at some point there will be NO support for Win2k anymore.

It bothered me the way things were different, and I had the user-protection turned on so I have to "approve" many basic operations when installing and using software, but I thought "At least I am protected, even if I am bothered...".

But after I installed Office 2000 and discovered that my Outlook no longer worked (I couldn't send mail and when I opened up old mail, the message did not show up...!), I decided I did NOT have time to put up with such a bad "downgrade" and made a backup of Vista (Note: use good discs because the system only lets you make ONE copy!!!), and installed Win2k again. I am now saving all of the service packs and patches so if I have to do this again and the support it gone I can still get it installed again.

If you have XP, then Vista may be fine for you, but I caution you to look into it closely before purchasing or installing Vista. To me, it was just like XP for the most part and I didn't really see much that was different...

 

[Randall]

Thanks for the comments. One of my friend also installed it and said that it was good for home users and other things. But as I am a webmaster and a developer I am always in need of 1 browser and 1 notepad

Which I am managing in other windows version.

Moreover I also heard that it was resource intensive. Please let me know. Is it using much more memory then the previous windows versions?

Thanks.

 

[nielsencl]

I heard that it uses more resources, but since I have removed it I can't tell you more about it.

 

[Chocokriz]

I was sort of tempted in purchasing a computer with Windows Vista, but I can't really bring myself to doing so. I mean, lets face it, XP is out and Vista is in. But the thing is, I'm kind of afraid of compatibility issues with programs and such. I'm sure everybody knows that a brand new Operating System always has a ton of bugs/issues to be worked out. When they get past that point, I'll be all for it. :]