I think Vista was written by a bunch of gay, left coast, interior decorators!
Anti Virus software is by large and far a scam, it both slows down system performance and provides absolutely no protection whatsoever from 0 day virii or security vulnerabilities and have themselves been linked to several virii which specifically target anti-virus software ....
This I have no doubt of... Each time Norton was about to expire in the past, I had been warned of virii/trojans where none had been found throughout the protected period....
Actually Vista offers the Aero interface, but from someone that uses it, it's not that impressive. I do say though that it's going to be easier to go from Vista to Windows 7 than it would have been to go from XP straight to 7 if they'd just continued to bloatvelope Vista. At least they're adjusting to user demand.
The big problem is half the machines (or better) that Vista was originally released on and many current PC's aren't capable of running all of Vista's features particularly Aero which requires a DX10 capable card. There's still a lawsuit going on about that whole deal, not sure if it's gained class action status yet but I don't think so.
I was VERY careful when I picked this machine out to make sure that all the hardware on it was more than enough to run everything Vista required. Works fine for me it came installed and I've had no troubles with it so I haven't bothered putting XP back on it, just no reason. I do have a few applications that don't work on Vista but I run my old copy of XP (legally) on a VM using Sun's Xvm virtual box (free) It's more a problem with how Vista was marketed not with vista itself, and the company that sold you the machine that you're having problems with is just as much at fault as Microsoft. Buyer beware after all. It happens with pretty much every product the human race consumes, why should OS's be any different?
I think Vista was written by a bunch of gay, left coast, interior decorators!
They would have done a much better job. This thing was clearly written by a bunch of conservatives who voted for Bush and think the universe popped into existence during "creation week".
Torben, what were the FULL (and I do mean FULL) system specs on the Vista machines you've had trouble with? My Vista machine looks good and runs great. But I knew what I was getting into with Vista before I got it. It was marketed at first on machines that couldn't REALLY run it properly. Microsofts fault for advertising it that way, vendors fault for believing them even though they knew better (and they did) there are even official complaints from hardware makers. Users fault for believing someone is going to sell you somethign and tell you all the catches. Buyer beware.
Also if you really hate Vista for it's bloatwareness, you can get an installation disk maker at **broken link removed** that will make a custom Vista installation disk with whatever drivers an bit you want available.
Vista does not require a dx10 capable card, but it does require a card better than some of the most basic integrated graphics solutions can handle.The big problem is half the machines (or better) that Vista was originally released on and many current PC's aren't capable of running all of Vista's features particularly Aero which requires a DX10 capable card. There's still a lawsuit going on about that whole deal, not sure if it's gained class action status yet but I don't think so.
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