Re: How workable is Vista?

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:53:29 -0700 (PDT), rickman <gnuarm@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I have been looking to buy a new computer for a bit and I had just
about decided on a Windows XP based system from Dell. Today I called
them and found that not only are they not going to sell XP machines
after tomorrow, but the orders are flooding in! It seems pretty crazy
to me that if XP is still that popular, they would stop selling it.
Is this something mandated by MicroSoft?

So the question is, is Vista ready for prime time? I have heard
nothing but bad about it and I know that a lot of software vendors
have yet to support it... at least the last time I looked. Are the
rumors true of Vista being a PITA or just plain incompatible? Is it
time to switch to Linux?

What experiences have people had with Vista?

Rick

It's a royal PITA, especially in the beginning, but workable for most
software I use. You can turn stuff off and make it a lot more like XP
than the default. It needs a bit more RAM than XP for the smme job,
even if you turn off eye candy options, but RAM is dirt cheap these
days.

I suspect, but don't know for sure, that 32-bit Vista is easier to
live with than 64-bit XP for those of us who use a lot of different
bits of software.

I still see random crashes perhaps once a week, that seem to be
graphics related, something I never see with Win2K and XP Pro.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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