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Topic: Vista
tonia25 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 844	Fri 02/01/08 07:13 PM
so how many of u have switched and are happy with it????

x2sexicheershorty07x Joined Tue 01/29/08 Posts: 3	Fri 02/01/08 07:13 PM
my laptop came wit it n i love it

willy_cents Joined Sat 07/14/07 Posts: 4471	Fri 02/01/08 07:15 PM
I have ran vista since the week it was released and am pleased with it immensely. I have had no probs with it. It wasslow until I increased my ram. now, I would not go back to anything else.

Drivinmenutz Joined Wed 11/14/07 Posts: 4290	Fri 02/01/08 07:17 PM Edited by Drivinmenutz on Fri 02/01/08 07:22 PM
wouldn't be bad if you didn't need a super computer to get the same performance out of vista as you would with xp (my laptop has a gig of ram and a decent duel core processer and still there is a warning that pops up every so often saying that it is low on memory when the only thing i have open is internet explorer) it idles at about 4% processor use and about 700 mb of ram. Is 70 running processes normal after you shut down every program that you can through task manager?

kaseyfsu Joined Sun 08/05/07 Posts: 87	Fri 02/01/08 07:19 PM
love it. had no problems.

willy_cents Joined Sat 07/14/07 Posts: 4471	Fri 02/01/08 07:22 PM
wouldn't be bad if you didn't need a super computer to get the same performance out of vista as you would with xp kinda true...lol...4 gig ram and dual quad core processor helps...lol

Drivinmenutz Joined Wed 11/14/07 Posts: 4290	Fri 02/01/08 07:22 PM


werewolf_by_night_1 Joined Wed 12/26/07 Posts: 1667	Fri 02/01/08 07:25 PM
i like vista i think it still has some bugs that the need fixen but it runs great and is not to hard to figure out.

Enya Joined Mon 11/26/07 Posts: 2077	Fri 02/01/08 07:29 PM
I LIKE IT TOO

willy_cents Joined Sat 07/14/07 Posts: 4471	Fri 02/01/08 07:29 PM Edited by willy_cents on Fri 02/01/08 07:32 PM
wouldn't be bad if you didn't need a super computer to get the same performance out of vista as you would with xp (my laptop has a gig of ram and a decent duel core processer and still there is a warning that pops up every so often saying that it is low on memory when the only thing i have open is internet explorer) it idles at about 4% processor use and about 700 mb of ram. Is 70 running processes normal after you shut down every program that you can through task manager? WOW I have norton, task mgr, int expl and a genealogy program running along with im...and only have 55 processes running. you must have a lot of stuff in the background somewhere

tonia25 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 844	Fri 02/01/08 07:30 PM
ty... just wondering weather I should add more memory or just buy a new comp with the vista os.....

willywonka0675 Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 198	Fri 02/01/08 07:30 PM
I switched & then switched back I use it at work, but run into application issues here at home.

willy_cents Joined Sat 07/14/07 Posts: 4471	Fri 02/01/08 07:34 PM
ty... just wondering weather I should add more memory or just buy a new comp with the vista os..... depends on how much you are going to spend...lol...as with any os, you have to update drivers for peripherals and all that hassle. If that does not bother you, is cheaper to buy vista and then get updated drivers.

cajunwhitetiger Joined Fri 07/27/07 Posts: 1277	Fri 02/01/08 07:36 PM
i beeen using ever since it came out. only problem i had was old software that wouldnt work at first. but now i got all the bugs out of it.

tonia25 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 844	Fri 02/01/08 07:44 PM
ty... for all ur input... I would prob have to buy all new printers and scanners... rite... if I was to switch.... Not really computer literate... so I would actually feel more comfortable with upgrading my memory and keeping the XP os

willy_cents Joined Sat 07/14/07 Posts: 4471	Fri 02/01/08 07:48 PM
not necessarily have to buy all new stuff. If it is only year or two old and from one of the larger companies, updated drivers are avail for most everything now

tonia25 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 844	Fri 02/01/08 07:56 PM
ok thank you... I will give it some consideration.... either way...

Shaden Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 6118	Fri 02/01/08 08:22 PM
It took me a while to get used to it, but I like it.

singledad53 Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 28	Sat 02/02/08 12:33 AM
depends on what you are running.......a good computer with XP can be less money to add ram then to upgrade. You can run the Vista advisor to see if what you have will run Vista.

Drivinmenutz Joined Wed 11/14/07 Posts: 4290	Sat 02/02/08 07:01 AM Edited by Drivinmenutz on Sat 02/02/08 07:03 AM
wouldn't be bad if you didn't need a super computer to get the same performance out of vista as you would with xp (my laptop has a gig of ram and a decent duel core processer and still there is a warning that pops up every so often saying that it is low on memory when the only thing i have open is internet explorer) it idles at about 4% processor use and about 700 mb of ram. Is 70 running processes normal after you shut down every program that you can through task manager? WOW I have norton, task mgr, int expl and a genealogy program running along with im...and only have 55 processes running. you must have a lot of stuff in the background somewhere yeah, crazy thing is i shut down all the background stuff i could. Wonder if it's cuz i have an hp laptop.... maybe i should bring it to someone and have them mess with it. Anyhow, i probably would be a lot more happy with it if i didn't like to play games....oh yeah, and if this "low memory" warning didn't pop up every time i had more than just internet explorer working. (For some reason if i have microsoft word and internet explorer going at the same time it freaks out) I just was a bit dissapointed seeming how the computer is brand new and only program i have installed in this thing is microsoft office, and oh yeah it came with norton antivirus.