Vista
 

So....... Has anyone made the venture into Vista yet? I was at the store early yesterday to get a couple of copies. Got it installed on the laptop here and I gotta say I love it. Going to put it on the pc tomorrow. I splurged on the Ultimate version for the laptop and just got the home premium for the pc.

I had a couple issues when installing but no big deal. It's actually much faster than XP and way cooler. My FTP program isn't working however. I use WSFTP Professional and it's not recognizing my license and when looking at my e-mail from them the license information is not there so I had to e-mail them and waiting to hear. Other than that I'm having a blast........

Anyone else?

What's Vista?

Google it...

If you use imacs or just mac fans then you probablly wouldn't know :eek:



I want vista but its requiring my computer to run a 541651798164487465498465498416576544198465451ghz processor which I don't have currently :D

Was a joke... lol...
I'm a Linux user...

get use to that ;)

I dunno..... I've got a huge amount of programs on this thing and that's the only 1 that doesn't work. If they don't write me by tomorrow I'm just going to go buy another ftp program.......

Any suggestions? :D

Used it in the betas, but meh don't think I'll be upgrading untill the summer when it's a bit more stable and I have a new video card.

I'll upgrade once they release the first Service Pack.

It is nice, I have had all the betas and the RTM of Ultimate edition etc....It is a huge resource hog though!! Be prepared to run a mega machine lol

Running awesomely fast on the laptop here...... :) Does that mean I have a mega machine? wooooohooooooooo! :D

I have found that's it much much quicker than XPpro......

Interesting read for those considering the plunge: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...ista_cost.html

I've heard nothing but complaints from people that have tried it, and I really don't see the point in upgrading while XP is still working fine for me.

Here are some more, ehm, "interesting" links for people who are considering upgrading:
http://www.foundrymusic.com/opieanth...a.cfm?id=13988
http://www.extremegossip.com/showthread.php?t=6003

I've been using Vista Ultimate RTM on my laptop since November. It's a very nice OS, in my opinion, and a huge upgrade when compared to XP.

I have heard many good things about Vista actually.

I was offered Vista on a rebate not long ago and it should arrive soon. I cannot wait to try it. One of the major improvements I heard about was virtual memory management. As developers I am sure others here have encountered those types of problems here. The only real way to erase your cache is to reboot... Even with large caches set on other drives problems can still be encountered after a few hours of messing with databases and code... I am hoping Vista will solve this problem..

I also heard that it has improved networking a great deal too. This will be a bonus for me because my house is networked to the fullest with 3 pc's and 2 laptops..

I just hope it is as good as the things I have heard about it.....

Rich

there aren't many things vista can do, that xpPro can't.

I wont be using it until I buy a new machine, and even then, I may get the new MAC :D

Well I don't know about that loco.. It has been worked on by the industries best for how many years now? There has to be something good about it...

The memory management is MUCH better..... Like I said..... Same machine..... Running XPpro and then upgraded to Vista Ultimate........ It's like a new machine. Photoshop CS2 with tons of extras loads now in 2 seconds or less.... Took 5 or more before. Every program I have loads instantly now and no crashes yet. I haven't even gotten into all the other features such as bitlock.

The only weird thing I've noticed is my mousepad... When I go to scroll on the right side the cursor jumps about half an ince to the left...... Still scrolls...... Very minor annoyance considering the awesome performance improvement. I'm sure enough people will complain to Dell about this and they'll get an updated driver. Actually, I think I'll write them about it..... :D

I would think people having problems maybe don't have a stout enough machine or graphics card.

It blows XP away in performance.... That's about 95% of the rating in my opinion........

Wow-- I can't wait!!!

I've been happily using Vista since RC1, I tested beta 2 which was still buggy. And I already upgraded to Ultimate RTM.

Hands down it's faster, and better than XP, even more so when you disable all the areo fancy stuff.

I heard that there were major improvements with file management,networking and memory management...

How have these things been improved and changed???

What about the desktop and just general system navigation? Have these things changed??

Has anyone encountered any driver issues or hardware issues?

Thanks.... Next in line... 2026 -- Long Horn finally gets increased ...

I upgraded one of my laptops to Vista Ultimate 64 bit and it is fast. Now, to find all those pesky 64 bit drivers!:eek:

Yeah, I am one of those with 4 laptops and 2 desktops at home. And, it is a good thing right now!:rolleyes:

64bit will be more common later on, including the drivers as more manufacturers move to that. Give it 2 years.

I can't believe how many of you have been in the dark.