Vista and Office 2007

SUBMAN1 · 05-30-07, 11:28 AM

I got this wild idea at work today (actually came out of boredom, but thats beside the point - and I have 10 copies of both Vista and Office 2007 Enterprise so I might as well try it out on something) to upgrade my main work machine to Vista and Office 2007. I ran the Beta's and the Beta's were more flash than substance, and it seems nothing has changed with the release version.

Anyway, I'll report on what I see later on. So far, I am un-impressed. Office 2007 is loading while I write this though, and that looks like a major change over Office 2003, so that may be worth the upgrade. Vista, so far, is not worth the upgrade.

-S

ReallyDedPoet · 05-30-07, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Vista, so far, is not worth the upgrade.

Yeah, sticking with XP for awhile

Yes

Jimbuna · 05-30-07, 12:16 PM

Put Office 2007 in a couple of month back...tis a tad different from 2003 but you sharp cotton on to the differences.
Vista...yuk, no thanks....sticking with XP Pro till at least the end of this year.

JSLTIGER · 05-30-07, 12:39 PM

I'm in the process of ordering parts for a system upgrade, and as I don't have an XP CD and Vista is $20 cheaper, I've decided to go with it...(32-bit version though).

SUBMAN1 · 05-30-07, 01:31 PM

This upgrade is starting to become extremely painful!!!

I loaded a simple old terminal emulator, it failed to install completley, and now upon reboot, Vista hangs at the welcome startup screen with its damn blue circle going around and round forever! What a POS OS!

-S

SUBMAN1 · 05-30-07, 01:32 PM

It won't even boot in safe mode! Going for my first Vistal repair install. nice.

-S

kiwi_2005 · 05-31-07, 02:10 AM

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Anyway, I'll report on what I see later on. So far, I am un-impressed. Office 2007 is loading while I write this though, and that looks like a major change over Office 2003, so that may be worth the upgrade. Vista, so far, is not worth the upgrade.

-S

pfft

Vista runs fine, no problems, games run etc., i recently had a run in with Starforce protection when reinstalling SH3, but solved that. Im very happy with Vista Ultimate, would never go back to XP.

SUBMAN1 · 05-31-07, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Anyway, I'll report on what I see later on. So far, I am un-impressed. Office 2007 is loading while I write this though, and that looks like a major change over Office 2003, so that may be worth the upgrade. Vista, so far, is not worth the upgrade.

-S

pfft

Vista runs fine, no problems, games run etc., i recently had a run in with Starforce protection when reinstalling SH3, but solved that. Im very happy with Vista Ultimate, would never go back to XP.

I can't agree with you (yet). I keep running up and slamming into brick walls! And besides it being a resource hog - it is also dog slow! I heard you get a 10% reduction in FPS with Vista in games, but I feel it is even worse since my XP system will run circles around it in most office tasks. It has to think about doing something (probably DRM kicking in) when XP just goes ahead and does something. Its a responsiveness feel more than anything.

I'm going to go load up 2x xp2500 Athlons (I have 5 systems here with the exact same hardware) with 1 GB each and run them side by side. I'll see how bad it really is. Matter of fact, I'll only put 512 MB in the XP system and 1 GB in the Vista system.

On Office 2007, the Jury is still out with me on it. I am also running Enterprise. Its main difference is to rid you of menu's and replace with a Visual experience instead. I like it in the way it looks better, but in functionality, it may slow me down considerably while I switch menus to get to the visual menu that I need to do a particular task. I'll let you know how it goes later on.

-S

05-30-07, 11:28 AM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Vista and Office 2007 I got this wild idea at work today (actually came out of boredom, but thats beside the point - and I have 10 copies of both Vista and Office 2007 Enterprise so I might as well try it out on something) to upgrade my main work machine to Vista and Office 2007. I ran the Beta's and the Beta's were more flash than substance, and it seems nothing has changed with the release version. Anyway, I'll report on what I see later on. So far, I am un-impressed. Office 2007 is loading while I write this though, and that looks like a major change over Office 2003, so that may be worth the upgrade. Vista, so far, is not worth the upgrade. -S __________________

05-30-07, 12:16 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Put Office 2007 in a couple of month back...tis a tad different from 2003 but you sharp cotton on to the differences. Vista...yuk, no thanks....sticking with XP Pro till at least the end of this year. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-30-07, 12:39 PM	#4
JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm in the process of ordering parts for a system upgrade, and as I don't have an XP CD and Vista is $20 cheaper, I've decided to go with it...(32-bit version though). __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

05-30-07, 01:31 PM	#5
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This upgrade is starting to become extremely painful!!! I loaded a simple old terminal emulator, it failed to install completley, and now upon reboot, Vista hangs at the welcome startup screen with its damn blue circle going around and round forever! What a POS OS! -S __________________

05-30-07, 01:32 PM	#6
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It won't even boot in safe mode! Going for my first Vistal repair install. nice. -S __________________