Windows Vista - How soon would you upgrade?
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Topic: Windows Vista - How soon would you upgrade?
Posted By: iSec
Subject: Windows Vista - How soon would you upgrade?
Date Posted: 16 September 2006 at 5:51pm
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I've downloaded Windows Vista RC1 (64-bit edition) from Microsoft last night, and installed it on my 64-bit Turion laptop.
So far, I don't see a good reason for companies to upgrade. It's true that Vista has a lot of cool stuff on it... the design is pleasant and feels different... but that's not enough to get rid of XP and install Vista instead... especially with a business that has more than 500 work stations.
Does anyone agree? I guess the question is, how soon would you upgrade considering that you have Windows XP right now? ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
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Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 16 September 2006 at 7:12pm
Ummm... I have an MSDN universal subscription, so I get to upgrade any time I want. For free.  I'll wait for the final release though... That is unless I get a new box first. Then I'll install Vista on it. ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Info_Tech wrote:Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 16 September 2006 at 7:21pm
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I've been using Viosta in dual boot with XP for a little while and to be honest with you apart from it being better looking and some nice additions to ease of use, i wouldn't swap it out right now. I'd prob wait to it came time to re-install XP then switch over to Vista.
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 17 September 2006 at 3:57am
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Thee's some interesting workflow/.net 3.0 stuff in Vista that I'll eventually get into on the server side, but as a client machine, I just don't see the need.
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Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 17 September 2006 at 1:28pm
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I'll be upgrading from XP (x64) to Vista (x64 Ultimate) as soon as it is released in the UK and has support for all my drivers |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 17 September 2006 at 7:40pm
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I guess it's the same on my thouyghts, it's all about driver support, and software that works with Visata, i currently run XP versions on Vista but feel that kinda defeats the point
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 18 September 2006 at 2:35pm
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I just built a new PC last week and I decided to load Vista on it. It runs very stable. I has a couple advantages over xp I think, not as may as I'd like though. For now I'll be running it and see how it goes... ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Tegwin
Date Posted: 20 September 2006 at 9:17pm
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I am running Vista (and office 2007) on my everyday machine in a "production" environment, I think this is the only way to really test something.. I think it is great.. personally I think its time for a change. |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 21 September 2006 at 7:49am
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I probably will not be moving across till I am satisfied that the driver problem is sorted. I remember moving to XP it took almost a year for some companies to get stable drivers out, and Microsoft products like office keyboards ect. seemed to be the worse. Lets hope that it doesn't take this long with Vista as it maybe 2008 before I even consider upgrading. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 21 September 2006 at 4:54pm
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So far I have not had a problem with any drivers. It accepted even my rather excotic Saitek Joystick as well as some non-standard Monitor calibration devices. Plus so far the compability feature to run as Windows XP SP2 works very well. I was not able to run Nero 7 on Vista but it runs like a charm in Windows XP mode. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 21 September 2006 at 8:08pm
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I installed the 64 bit edition and it doesn't seem to accept most of the drivers required, not even my laptop's internal soundcard. It won't even allow my antivirus to be installed so I re-installed XP pro back on the laptop. I'm thinking of getting the Vista 32-bit instead. I thought that the 64 bit would accept both, the 32bit apps and 64bit apps but it won't... once you get used to the 64 bit processor performance you'd never wanna go back to the 32 bit. ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Posted By: Tegwin
Date Posted: 21 September 2006 at 11:50pm
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Have you tried NOD32 as AV.. (www.eset.co.uk) or www.eset.com They have a 64BIT Windows XP version, and apparenly it does work in Vista (32 and 64bit versions |
Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 22 September 2006 at 4:23am
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Yes avast have it too, but why would I want to buy a new antivirus subscription... what about other drivers like for the sound card, webcam, 32-bit apps, etc.. I guess we'll have to hold on for the 64 bit and use the 32 bit for now. So what difference do you notice in Vista? like speed/performance.. is it much better than XP? I don't see a difference... and those annyoing messages that pop up everytime you try to install something as if something serious or unathorized is happening which will scare the hell out of novices...------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 22 September 2006 at 10:02am
Good I'm feed up of having to sort out computers for novices who haven't a clue what they are doing and insist on installing stuff they shouldn't, uninstalling AV software, then downloading illegal music, and then get upset when their computer has to be wiped because it has so many viruses it no-longer works. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 22 September 2006 at 7:46pm
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will take some time for me.. may be one i have a high perf 64bit rig and vista has all drivers needed for 64 bit.. meantime im gettiong an elcheapo acer linux laptop for internet surfing ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss"> 
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Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 23 September 2006 at 9:45am
you got a point
 Yesterday at work I got a call from a customer who says: "I went to Start and Run, I typed: regedit and a window came up, I deleted some stuff in there and now my PC won't boot up"
That call made my day!  ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 23 September 2006 at 11:35am
They should have their computer taken away and replaced with a 1940's typewritter!  ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: site master
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 6:37pm
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im planning an upgrade to ubuntu linux, i jast dont need windows any more ------------- 
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Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 25 September 2006 at 7:20pm
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I've played around with Unbuntu and belive it is the version of Linux i like the best. Altho i will stick with windows for software compatability reasons ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 01 October 2006 at 8:04pm
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I installed the latest Vista RC1 build onto a fresh machine today and i can honestly say it blows the other builds off the map.
Everything was installed and ready to go with all drivers fine and ready to go. this was old hardware as well so i was suitabley impressed.
The speed is so much better and the stability so far is much much better.
I'm thinking i may be upgrading sooner rather than later now.
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Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 01 October 2006 at 8:10pm
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How much memory is Vista using with a fresh install now? I have 2GB on my comp and when i tried Beta2 it was using close to 1GB on a fresh install. ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 01 October 2006 at 8:14pm
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Clocked it at 500MB idle but with AVG running ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 02 October 2006 at 11:49pm
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Sorry Maddog my mistake i had further background stuff going on.
I now have it settled with AVG control center, IE7, Live messenger and notepad running and its running at 15% of 2GB memory.
It seems to have leveled out at this figure ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 03 October 2006 at 2:10pm
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Mine does not run that high on idle, I have 2GB 5400 RAM and at idle with Cillin and Live Messenger running (using Aero) it roughly hovers at 5-7% with some spikes for processes. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 03 October 2006 at 3:16pm
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Hmmmm
I'm gonna try disable a few services and see what i can get it down too.
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 03 October 2006 at 5:59pm
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I don't have any extras like IIS or so installed at the momment, so that might have something to do with it... ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 07 October 2006 at 12:57am
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Vista RC2 is available: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc2/en/download.htm - http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc2/en/download.htm
I'll install the 32-bit for RC2 tonight... i hope it will work better than last time. ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 2:05pm
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Well, that went fast. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 4:20pm
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