[dave-tricks]

If your thinking of getting windows vista.....DONT....i got it and its ruined my computer and i want xp back but it wont let you..vista crashes all the time nothing works on it....everything has been nicked from something.....and its just a complete waste of time


What do you think?

[Sidders]

It's a bad idea to get it for at least a year yet. Don't even think about getting it on a minimum-spec PC.

[dave-tricks]

i know they sed to wait until they got out all of the bugs in it

[DemonHorse]

Do get it, but not just yet. Wait for all of the security holes, various bugs, and also the incompatibilities with other company's software to be fixed.

Some people have managed absolutely fine with Vista. Seems some forget this too easily.

[dave-tricks]

i know but i had a free upgrade option and i got it and now its too late to get XP back....

[Yudster]

I know a couple of people who are using it, there are a few glitches it seems, issues with peripherals and such. Forgive me though dave-tricks, but I don't believe you have been anywhere near it.

[Mafro]

Is it as gash as the newest version of Internet Explorer that crashes every 3 seconds? I was thinking about getting it but there's no chance in hell it will run on this PC and I'll need a RAM upgrade for my laptop.

[dave-tricks]

yudster i do have it....believe me it sucks....i was so happy when it came through my post and it took 5 hours to install beouse it wanted all of this stuff off the internet.....and occordin to the news paper if you dont get the first five upgrades at once you ca get hacked instantly but i had protection already

[Yudster]

I'm always aware of the possibility of being wrong, but I still don't believe you.

[dave-tricks]

well you do have your right to say what you want.....but still vista is crap its uncompatible with everything....even its own windows messenger???

[Mafro]

Did you actually check your specs before buying it?

[dave-tricks]

yes I downloaded the vista upgrade adviser and it said my system was good enough for vista

[Sidders]

Yeah, but if they said it wasn't then they wouldn't make any money.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

instantly when davetricks says it is rubbish I imagine it to be quite good.

[DemonHorse]

yes I downloaded the vista upgrade adviser and it said my system was good enough for vista

Yes but remember there are many different flavours of Vista, with various specifications depending on features you want. I ran that thing on my old PC and it said I could run Home Premium. That means NO Aero and NO real network functions beyond the basic, and no File Indexing System.

[fish heads]

I've got it, as I had to get a new laptop and it came as standard and it runs fine and hasn't crashed once. That said I only use it for the Internet and uni work really, I'm not an massive computer geek

[DemonHorse]

I've got it, as I had to get a new laptop and it came as standard and it runs fine and hasn't crashed once. That said I only use it for the Internet and uni work really, I'm not an massive computer geek

Also the version you have is probably one that runs smoothly on the laptop it was sold with, the hardware is good for it etc.

[MK Chris]

General rule of thumb: wait for it to be service packed at least once.