What do u guys think of vista?

Question

Ok so whats your honest opinion on Vista? To me apart from a few minor gadgets, which I do like, I think there are too many glitches for it to be worthwhile, I am considering switching back to XP until the problems are solved, I would have thought there would have been more updates by now from microsoft but no such luck.
Whats your fav. feature? Is it worth it?

Answer 1

Can you actually go back to XP?

I'd LOVE to do that

(and get rid of IE7 also, go back to 6 )



Vista is slow,and becaue it's full of little tiny capitalism cops monitoring every little thing you do, and insisting "I'll do that FOR ya!"

Seriously. It's full of crap like that, and this si the reason it's so annoyingly slow.



It's also true that MS purposely MADE Vista not compatible with a lot of things as an attempt to make you have to be dependant on them as the worlds ONLY operating system

Well for now there's still XP

And there's Linux

And F Microsoft. I payed a lot of dam money for a computer that only had TRIAL VERSIONS of programs in it, and which for a whole year has told me all the time!!!"YOU NEED PERMISION TO DO THAT"

(I am permission!) I'm pretty sure.

Yeah VISTA TRULY SUCKS.

If you can go XP, do it(my only concern with switching op systems is dont you have to reformat whole c-drive to do that (meaning I'd wipe whole computer clean and have to start over?

(Can anyone answer that? How hard it would BE to switch back?

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It's just a lie that the company puts around that they're "still working the bugs out of" Viusta. Truth is they designed it to be in more control than ever of your activity, and in selling you things. So those "bugs"? Those are stayin'.

Answer 2

I have had Vista (upgrade from xp) over a year now on my desktop and xp on my laptop.

Vista is fast once you have tweaked the settings and set up readyboost.

http://mostlysavingmoney.com/top-10-windows-vista-speed-tweaks/



I have had less 'glitches' than I did with xp and many long term xp problems vanished when I upgrade from xp to Vista.



Vista is far better once you get to know how to use it (im still learning the odd thing after a year) and I do have to use my xp laptop from time to time but really hate xp now.

Simple tasks in xp require lots of programs to complete.



e.g In Vista. to e-mail say 30 jpeg photos is very easy. Just select all 30 photos and click the e-mail tab, the choose the re-size suitable for the e-mail. Vista auto re-size all photos in seconds and add them to a new e-mail.

In xp I have to re-size each photo and make copy's then attach them one by one to my e-mail. this takes ages.



Lots of examples of Vista being far faster for simple tasks.

My fav. features in vista are all the time saving tools:-



the 'e-mail' button (as above)

the 'snipping tool' (to find it click the >> icon on the toolbar)

windows update (quicker as does not require to run a internet browser)

Windows mail ( i find better than outlook express)

the toolbar tab preview

the very quick search

Vista can handle more ram than xp

readyboost (uses usb memory pen as extra ram)

better security



But im sure 'Windows 7' due out in 2009 will be better again.

Answer 3

What i think many people find wrong with Vista, that their computers are not able to handle the programe. Vista takes up a lot of memory, so unless you have a Quad/type computer every thing will run very slow. In that caes it,s better to stick with XP. Vista works fine with the right computer specs.

Answer 4

Vista uses too many resources, running completely unneccasary services, my cpu is generaly clocking 25% when there are no applications running. I have disabled the search index, as searching on Vista is a complete joke.The user account control is ludicrous, if you are logged in as admin, you do not need to be warned evertime you want to delete file or such like.



Fortunatley the disk management in vista is better, and allows you to partition your hard drive. So I have Vista on one drive C: and I have installed XP on another drive D: . You will need the device drivers for XP to do this.



My favourite feature is rebooting to XP.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I love it personally. But not the crap that comes with it. The things like automaticly finding and download drivers is great. But if you want any type of usage out of it you need either 2-4GB Ram or turn off all aero so it looks like 98. Persoanlly id rather use XP until i get a more poweful PC. I run Vista Fine but nowhere near as great as i run XP

Answer 7

Vista gets thumbs down!!! Everyone is switching back to windows xp because of how user friendly it is! Vista is the complete opposite. It does run fast but at the cost of crashing your computer. Windows needs to fix the bugs Vista has. If you are thinking of upgrading, think hard before upgrading!!

Answer 8

Too many gadgets - turn them off. Otherwise no glitches here. Vista is more secure and much easier to work with. Wouldn't go back to XP if you paid me. I also use Firefox. Doesn't make sense, but Vista and IE don't seem to play well together.

Answer 9

If you feel that Vista is to complex for you then definetly switch back to XP, vista I see as a bit to user unfriendly but if you know what you're doing then its pretty nice.



My first impression of it... its a very visually pleasing OS.

Answer 10

Vista was a complete pain for us and we had it taken off altogether. It screwed up all the other programmes I'd installed that I needed. Trouble from start to finish. You do right to get rid of it. Why Microsoft introduced it when it's clearly not a finished product I can't imagine.

Answer 11

Remember ME was better for a while when XP was new, vista will become good, just not for a while it has too many glitches/bugs.



Microsoft are releasing a new version due for 2009

Answer 12

Vista sucks. I chose to think different and bought a Mac instead. I no longer have to deal with any of the typical Microsoft headaches. It is true when you hear that a Mac "just works".

Answer 13

Love it !



Fortunately my hardware was powerful enough for Vista even though I built the PC three years ago.



My fav feature is the start menu, press the start button and type in the first letters of the progam you want and it appears !

Answer 14

Don't like it. Can't use my older programs with Vista and I need them for my job. Vista has created a crisis in my life. I've e-mailed MS about the problem, they claim that technology is moving on, so must I. Just like that... So, who is going to pay for those who are going to rewrite my programs just to work with Vista? No, a cactus to MS...

Answer 15

to be completly honest with you, i first wanted to bin mi pc when i first started using it! it was as annoying and unfamiliar as a book on how to read!



but as i kept using it i found easier and got use to it, it isnt as bad as people say it is and now most software that you are going to use does actualy work on it! most glitches are gone and the presenataion is almost nil to superb



i say go for it where vista is concerened (i've been using home premium)



Good Luck

Answer 16

I have vista and I like it. it was hard to use for a few days but when I learned how to use i really like it.but if you don't like the program itself you can just get the features which is pretty cool!



here is the link http://www.sizlopedia.com/2007/06/27/download-windows-vista-transformation-pack-7/

Answer 17

My father's worked at HP for 15 years on everything basically, Macs and PC's and me and him both agree that Vista is complete and utter **** in a box. Lol. Just thought i'd throw that out there. =)

Answer 18

wow...looking at all those answers I'm glad I downloaded Linux instead of buying Vista. (but I heard vista got better after sp1?)



Go Linux! XD

Answer 19

my mom has it and its so annoying. it came automatically installed on the new computer she bought last year. her cpu constantly has trouble booting up and so many games wont play and music cant be listened to due to vista licensing. i hate it. i just use my old windows xp with no issues

Answer 20

i think its rubbish for now, and Microsoft really needs to get their act together. i think it could be a half decent OS, if MS works on it. SP1 was supposed to fix all the problems, but still people are having problems with it. i think it needs to go bac 2 formula.

Answer 21

I love it, i couldnt switch back to XP now, people who don't like it cant seem to think why not, bur everyone has their own opinion.



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Answer 22

What glitches? mine is fine apart from the annoying administrator thingy.

I like vista

Answer 23

sucks. Impossible to use for a hour without a glitch. Dont switch back to windows buy a mac.

Answer 24

Its very good, much improved since the release of Service Pack One http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B0C7136D-5EBB-413B-89C9-CB3D06D12674&displaylang=en



LUg.

Answer 25

I hate it passionately. It's slow, bug ridden, unstable and unreliable. Next time it's definitely a mac.

Answer 26

Don't like it one little bit! Prefer Word Perfect, but tat's technology for u.

Answer 27

pretty poor, behind alot of brands like apple. microsoft is going downhill, i especially despise xbox. Ps3 on the other hand.

Answer 28

Hi, I a single word.....CRAP....Bring back XP.....



Hope this helps



Dr K.I.A.

Answer 29

fukingcarbage

the media centers are ape crap, it took me well over 2 hours to burn a dvd, when i played it there was no sound

Answer 30

ive got vista,

its been going fine :]

Answer 31

HAD FOR A YEAR NOW ...NO PROBLEMS AT ALL!!!!!.. AS FOR IE... I USE FIREFOX!1

Answer 32

I tried the beta version,It was rubbish.

Answer 33

i hate it =]

Answer 34

mac is better

Answer 35

SUCKS!!!