Having recently purchased a new laptop running XP Pro, I am now able to upgrade to Vista for free... but is it worth doing?
Do I move from a tried and tested, relatively stable O/S to a new one from a company renown for launching half built unstable software?
Your comments would be appreciated.
Windows Vista
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Bob Singleton
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Bob Singleton
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Re: Windows Vista
So the short answer is "No" and the long answer is "For f*#k's sake, NO!!!!! Never, ever!!!! EVER!!!!!"
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Re: Windows Vista
I would concur with Jaques Bob, dont even install IE7 or service pack 2 if you haven,t done already, it,s just part of windows spyware inc, as far as vista goes, it will be free within 2 years, you can make your mind up then.
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Re: Windows Vista
Windows 98 is rock solid compared to XP?
I have my pc on 24 hours a day -apart from restarts due to windows updating- and XP has crashed about twice in 4-5 years. Win 98 crashed continuously! It was awful!
I have my pc on 24 hours a day -apart from restarts due to windows updating- and XP has crashed about twice in 4-5 years. Win 98 crashed continuously! It was awful!
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Re: Windows Vista
Anything bad written about Vista, I +1 it!
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Bob Singleton
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Re: Windows Vista
Lizard wrote:
> I would concur with Jaques Bob, dont even install IE7 or
> service pack 2 if you haven,t done already, it,s just part of
> windows spyware inc, as far as vista goes, it will be free
> within 2 years, you can make your mind up then.
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It came with XP Pro with SP2 pre-installed.
I use Firefox... no idea what version of IE I have. If a website tells me I can only read it in IE, then they lose my business.
The only bit of Microsoft software I use is the O/S... everything else is either open source (e.g. Open Office) or purchased software from a non-Microshite company (mostly seems to be Adobe... Illustrator, Photoshop CS2, Studio 8, etc., )
> I would concur with Jaques Bob, dont even install IE7 or
> service pack 2 if you haven,t done already, it,s just part of
> windows spyware inc, as far as vista goes, it will be free
> within 2 years, you can make your mind up then.
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It came with XP Pro with SP2 pre-installed.
I use Firefox... no idea what version of IE I have. If a website tells me I can only read it in IE, then they lose my business.
The only bit of Microsoft software I use is the O/S... everything else is either open source (e.g. Open Office) or purchased software from a non-Microshite company (mostly seems to be Adobe... Illustrator, Photoshop CS2, Studio 8, etc., )
"But how to make Liverpool economically prosperous? If only there was some way for Liverpudlians to profit from going on and on about the past in a whiny voice."
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Re: Windows Vista
Sam Slater wrote:
> Windows 98 is rock solid compared to XP?
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> I have my pc on 24 hours a day -apart from restarts due to windows updating- and XP has crashed about twice in 4-5 years. Win 98 crashed continuously! It was awful!
Agreed. I've found XP to be the best of the lot so far, so I'll keep Vista at arms lengh for a while (though, like a new toy, I'm tempted to try it out).
btw - shakey as it was, even Win 98 was smoother running than Win 2000 on my then pc. Crash, crash, does not recognize new hardware.......a right bloody nightmare.
> Windows 98 is rock solid compared to XP?
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> I have my pc on 24 hours a day -apart from restarts due to windows updating- and XP has crashed about twice in 4-5 years. Win 98 crashed continuously! It was awful!
Agreed. I've found XP to be the best of the lot so far, so I'll keep Vista at arms lengh for a while (though, like a new toy, I'm tempted to try it out).
btw - shakey as it was, even Win 98 was smoother running than Win 2000 on my then pc. Crash, crash, does not recognize new hardware.......a right bloody nightmare.
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