[Scooter Scott]

The aesthetics of Vista is great! But sadly I ran into a lot of problems.

1st...DRIVERS This is always an issue. I can't get any programs to run on my machine that I regularly use. I am in the process of reinstalling XP on my machine right now

2nd Memory Hog! This OS uses tooooo much memory. Whenever I would look at the stats of my machine it was constantly working harder than it should.

3rd User Account Control is annoying! Everytime you click on something, Vista asks you if you want to open that item. Well DUH!?!? Isn't that why I clicked on it in the first place?

Overall..PITA. Stick to XP

 

[Scooter Scott]

Just finished installing XP. I'm feeling more at home now

 

[Scooter Scott]

It was very simple for me to go back to XP...I formatted and reinstalled lol

The User Account Control turned itself back on after an update and just ticked me off lol but I know it is easy to turn it right back off. None the less a PITA!

 

[Scooter Scott]

I thing I changed it in the registry...can't remember for sure.

 

[Scooter Scott]

In Vista, it likes to prompt you for every little thing that you do to m ake sure that it is in fact what you wanted to do. That's annoying

 

[Scooter Scott]

ive ordered 3 different computers all from dell. sight unseen. and have not had a problem yet. knock on wood i havnt needed a repair after the warranty was up LoL.

I ordered my pc from http://www.cyberpowerpc.com

Great place to get a custom pc made and they have excellent prices!

 

[Scooter Scott]

Waht you going to do with the old laptop?

 

[Scooter Scott]

Someone tell me why I just reinstalled Vista? lol except this time I am trying out the 64-bit version. Which just a first thought...this OS runs sooooo fast and I'm not lying!

 

[Scooter Scott]

Well the first thing that I did notice is how fast the OS run. It is literally blazing fast and you can't tell that this is a memory hog at all. Here are my computer specs:

AMD 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition 3.2Ghz
150 GB hard drive (Raid 0) (2x80GB)
Nvidia GEForce 7950 GTOC 512MB Video Card
4GB Dual Channel RAM
635 Watt Power Supply
Samsung 22" LCD Monitor

I have quite the work horse and I can tell right now It's moving through things a lot faster than XP Pro was.

 

[Scooter Scott]

Nice !!!! I want your system !!! :yes:

P

 

[Scooter Scott]

So after soo many incompatibilities again...I dumped Vista 64-bit. Reinstalled XP Pro, once installed I installed the Mobo drivers...it asks to reboot, i reboot, "Disk Boot failure, please insert system disk"

WTF!?!?!

 

[Scooter Scott]

lol its not in dude.

 

[Scooter Scott]

It only lets me allocate 150gb.

 

[Scooter Scott]

What he said! lol

 

[Scooter Scott]

Seeeee...I wasn't lying!

 

[Scooter Scott]

LOL! Well, I figured everything out and I have XP runnin like a jewel again.