Is Windows VISTA worth it?

SUBMAN1 · 09-11-07, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Why get sucked in to all the hype and wast money on a new PC when your old one is still up and running with no problems, My one is coming up to three and half or four years and all I had was a new hard drive due to the old one was worn out. And the only new thing I added was a graphic card to run SH4, don't dump your PC just because some jerk of a salesman tells you too.

Well, how are you supposed to build a proper computer room in your house if you don't have a ton of old parts sitting around? I currently have 7 monitors and 6 systems operating, and I think I need more.

I have an older PIII 700 in the closet that I should pull out that has a GeForce 3 on board + 384 MB mem. I bet that still does somewhat OK. Hmm - a project for later on in the week. A new Gentoo box I am thinking!

-S

XabbaRus · 09-11-07, 04:11 PM

Agree all I need is 1.5 gigs of extra ram, a new GFX card and a bigger PSU to make sure all is well.

Really a 3.2 Ghz P4 with 2 Gig of Ram and a decent GFX...That to me seems like a decent system even with dual cores and all out. Agree?

geetrue · 09-11-07, 04:29 PM

Vista works for people like me ... I installed Vista Home Preimum on a new SATA 320GB Segate HDD.

Then I put the two HDD's with Win XP Pro up in my storage locker over my head and I haven't used those two HDD's with XP since last April.

Purchased Dell lap top in May with Vista and have never had a problem ... they boot quick, they shut down quicker and they up grade automatically with regular up dates from Microsoft.

Sometimes the PC won't boot right, but it has been traced to surfing the web and something trying to take over my registry.

Just reboot a couple of times and run ad aware and the problem goes away.

I lost the use of one external USB DVD burner and that is all ... I've heard of printers and scanners not working, mostly driver issues I think.

Go fo it ... join the boo birds or give it a try ... I like Vista

kiwi_2005 · 09-11-07, 04:37 PM

Im gonna say Yes its worth it in the long run. Sooner or later your going to end up putting XP into retirement and replace with Vista anyways. Although theirs some reasons to wait for a yr or so. Vista will be cheaper, Service packs with major bug fixes will be out.

Go Vista Ultimate Edition.

09-11-07, 04:11 PM	#2
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Agree all I need is 1.5 gigs of extra ram, a new GFX card and a bigger PSU to make sure all is well. Really a 3.2 Ghz P4 with 2 Gig of Ram and a decent GFX...That to me seems like a decent system even with dual cores and all out. Agree? __________________

09-11-07, 04:29 PM	#3
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Vista works for people like me ... I installed Vista Home Preimum on a new SATA 320GB Segate HDD. Then I put the two HDD's with Win XP Pro up in my storage locker over my head and I haven't used those two HDD's with XP since last April. Purchased Dell lap top in May with Vista and have never had a problem ... they boot quick, they shut down quicker and they up grade automatically with regular up dates from Microsoft. Sometimes the PC won't boot right, but it has been traced to surfing the web and something trying to take over my registry. Just reboot a couple of times and run ad aware and the problem goes away. I lost the use of one external USB DVD burner and that is all ... I've heard of printers and scanners not working, mostly driver issues I think. Go fo it ... join the boo birds or give it a try ... I like Vista __________________

09-11-07, 04:37 PM	#4
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Im gonna say Yes its worth it in the long run. Sooner or later your going to end up putting XP into retirement and replace with Vista anyways. Although theirs some reasons to wait for a yr or so. Vista will be cheaper, Service packs with major bug fixes will be out. Go Vista Ultimate Edition. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.