Impressed with Vista

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I recently replaced my 5 year old laptop (Dell with XP)after the video card
died.
Given that I was more than happy with XP, I was tempted to replace it with
another machine with XP, but decided to try Vista. ( with the thought of
installing XP if I was unhappy with my choice.)

Bought a HP laptop off the shelf pre-loaded with Vista Home PremiumSP1 32bit
.. Intel® CoreT2 Duo Mobile Processor P8600 at 2.4GHz with 4GB ram.
It's brilliant. Can't fault it so far. Much faster with everything. Easy to
use.

Doubtless, that has much to do with the increased hardware specs on the new
machine, but then that's been the case with each new system I've bought over
the years. ( I wonder what the next one will be in 3 or 4 years time -
20Ghz, 50Gb of Ram?????)

The cost? = about 50% of what I paid for the last one 5 years ago : )


Anther very happy customer. :)


Diggerop
 
diggerop said:
I recently replaced my 5 year old laptop (Dell with XP)after the video card
died.
Given that I was more than happy with XP, I was tempted to replace it with
another machine with XP, but decided to try Vista. ( with the thought of
installing XP if I was unhappy with my choice.)

Bought a HP laptop off the shelf pre-loaded with Vista Home PremiumSP1
32bit . Intel® CoreT2 Duo Mobile Processor P8600 at 2.4GHz with 4GB ram.
It's brilliant. Can't fault it so far. Much faster with everything. Easy
to use.

Doubtless, that has much to do with the increased hardware specs on the
new machine, but then that's been the case with each new system I've
bought over the years. ( I wonder what the next one will be in 3 or 4
years time - 20Ghz, 50Gb of Ram?????)

The cost? = about 50% of what I paid for the last one 5 years ago : )


Anther very happy customer. :)


Diggerop
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Once Vista is up and running, it is a pleasure to use. On a single core
system like mine, booting takes a little longer than I would like though..
 
diggerop said:
I recently replaced my 5 year old laptop (Dell with XP)after the video
card died.
Given that I was more than happy with XP, I was tempted to replace it with
another machine with XP, but decided to try Vista. ( with the thought of
installing XP if I was unhappy with my choice.)

Bought a HP laptop off the shelf pre-loaded with Vista Home PremiumSP1
32bit . Intel® CoreT2 Duo Mobile Processor P8600 at 2.4GHz with 4GB ram.
It's brilliant. Can't fault it so far. Much faster with everything. Easy
to use.

Doubtless, that has much to do with the increased hardware specs on the
new machine, but then that's been the case with each new system I've
bought over the years. ( I wonder what the next one will be in 3 or 4
years time - 20Ghz, 50Gb of Ram?????)

The cost? = about 50% of what I paid for the last one 5 years ago : )


Anther very happy customer. :)


Diggerop
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I too am very impressed with my recent venture into Vista. I have been
computer shopping for about three years and finally bought a Gateway with
8gb memory and a 2.3mgz Core 2 Quad. I built most of my computers before and
work in an IT environment that is still for the most part XP Pro. I also
spent much of my time at home in Linux distributions of various flavors. I
also spent much time in groups that always knocked Vista. I am the type of
person that really doesn't usually splurge and not a big consumer. That
being said I eventually just had to try. I thought that I might dual boot
with Linux or install XP if I didn't like Vista, but I love it. Yes, it is
not gentle on resources, but memory and processor power is a fraction of
what it used to be. I thought to myself that wow back when I worked at Dell
my memory would have cost $8,000 dollars and the system itself was just
under $800.00. Well, if you add the Ultimate upgrade that is on the way,
never mind..... Still, I am very impressed. I do a lot of photo editing and
manipulation and it screams. The interface is a joy to work with. I thought
I would find all of the Vista "protection" warnings bothersome, but really I
click through quickly and it is not a bother. Configuration is a joy. I
still find the start menu takes some getting used to, but its workable. I
can't say I was a person that was anti-Vista before, but I was definitely
associated with the "crowd". I have to say that I am truly amazed and glad I
took the plunge.
 
Gregg Fowler said:
I too am very impressed with my recent venture into Vista. I have been
computer shopping for about three years and finally bought a Gateway with
8gb memory and a 2.3mgz Core 2 Quad. I built most of my computers before
and work in an IT environment that is still for the most part XP Pro. I
also spent much of my time at home in Linux distributions of various
flavors. I also spent much time in groups that always knocked Vista. I am
the type of person that really doesn't usually splurge and not a big
consumer. That being said I eventually just had to try. I thought that I
might dual boot with Linux or install XP if I didn't like Vista, but I
love it. Yes, it is not gentle on resources, but memory and processor
power is a fraction of what it used to be. I thought to myself that wow
back when I worked at Dell my memory would have cost $8,000 dollars and
the system itself was just under $800.00. Well, if you add the Ultimate
upgrade that is on the way, never mind..... Still, I am very impressed. I
do a lot of photo editing and manipulation and it screams. The interface
is a joy to work with. I thought I would find all of the Vista
"protection" warnings bothersome, but really I click through quickly and
it is not a bother. Configuration is a joy. I still find the start menu
takes some getting used to, but its workable. I can't say I was a person
that was anti-Vista before, but I was definitely associated with the
"crowd". I have to say that I am truly amazed and glad I took the plunge.
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Guess I meant 2.3 GHz processor. See where I am coming from? :)
 
diggerop said:
I recently replaced my 5 year old laptop (Dell with XP)after the video
card died.
Given that I was more than happy with XP, I was tempted to replace it
with another machine with XP, but decided to try Vista. ( with the
thought of installing XP if I was unhappy with my choice.)

Bought a HP laptop off the shelf pre-loaded with Vista Home PremiumSP1
32bit . Intel® CoreT2 Duo Mobile Processor P8600 at 2.4GHz with 4GB
ram.
It's brilliant. Can't fault it so far. Much faster with everything.
Easy to use.

Doubtless, that has much to do with the increased hardware specs on
the new machine, but then that's been the case with each new system
I've bought over the years. ( I wonder what the next one will be in 3
or 4 years time - 20Ghz, 50Gb of Ram?????)

The cost? = about 50% of what I paid for the last one 5 years ago : )

Anther very happy customer. :)
Diggerop
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Pretty much my philosophy - when it's new computer time upgrade the spec
appropriately and have the current Windows pre-installed.
Vista very responsive and no problems. We now have two Dell desktop
Vista machines, my wife's PC with 3GB runs with full Aero, mine has 4GB
but runs in full Classic mode as I've done since W95 - can't spot any
difference in performance. I won't have Win7 until a change of hardware
is called for.

Tom
 
I think upgrading old computers will become a thing of the past soon. I have 2
computers running Vista Home Basic and Home Premimum and have had no problems I
didn't create myself. (Bottom posting will eventually become a thing of the past
also)
 
(Bottom posting will eventually become a thing of the past also)
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So you have it on good authority that schools are going to teach children to
read from the bottom of the page upwards? I don't see any move towards that
in the publishing world anytime soon...
 
If I already know the first post by heart and all those after then why the hell do I
want to wade through things I've already read to get to what was said last...how
redundant and old fashioned can you get?
 
If I already know the first post by heart and all those after then why the
hell do I want to wade through things I've already read to get to what was
said last...
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You don't. The idea is you just quote the pertinent point you are
responding to, exactly like I just did.

That way you keep the traditional "reading from the top down" without
wasting space or your reader's time.

SteveT
 
Don Leonard said:
If I already know the first post by heart and all those after then why the
hell do I want to wade through things I've already read to get to what was
said last...how redundant and old fashioned can you get?
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Because, these posts are replicated across many thousands of news servers
worldwide, not just the MS servers. In that process posts can and do get
"lost". YOU may have all the relevant posts on your machine but it's quite
likely that someone else may not.
 
I don't see any relevance there.

Gordon said:
Because, these posts are replicated across many thousands of news servers
worldwide, not just the MS servers. In that process posts can and do get "lost".
YOU may have all the relevant posts on your machine but it's quite likely that
someone else may not.

--
Asking a question?
Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
your OS, Service Pack level
and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
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Browsers default to top post...
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Windows Mail has the option to compose the reply at the end of the message
being replied to. - An option I am happy to use. : )


Diggerop
 
I recently replaced my 5 year old laptop (Dell with XP)after the video
card died.
Given that I was more than happy with XP, I was tempted to replace it
with another machine with XP, but decided to try Vista. ( with the
thought of installing XP if I was unhappy with my choice.)

Bought a HP laptop off the shelf pre-loaded with Vista Home PremiumSP1
32bit . Intel® CoreT2 Duo Mobile Processor P8600 at 2.4GHz with 4GB ram.
It's brilliant. Can't fault it so far. Much faster with everything. Easy
to use.

Doubtless, that has much to do with the increased hardware specs on the
new machine, but then that's been the case with each new system I've
bought over the years. ( I wonder what the next one will be in 3 or 4
years time - 20Ghz, 50Gb of Ram?????)
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Not likely on the speed. I have a five year old 2.5ghz system - as you can
see it has not progressed much in that time. It will take new technology
to increase much.
 
Gordon said:
No you wouldn't, would you?
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Did you remove or disable the Administrator account on your machine to keep
you from screwing it up more than it already is?
 
Gordon said:
So you have it on good authority that schools are going to teach children
to read from the bottom of the page upwards? I don't see any move towards
that in the publishing world anytime soon...
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You have a reading comprehension problem. Typical for someone with his head
shoved far up his ass
 
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