How many Vista users here?

[Deadfast]

As soon as I get myself another 3 Gigs of RAM I might be actually willing to try it

[DirtyHarry88]

Dual boot, almost always on XP though.

[squall6677]

i still miss windows 98, i hate XP and i haven't tried Vista but im sure its going to be worse. when the times comes to choose Vista or something else i might switch to linux.

[Marine94]

XP is good enough for me, heard to much BS about Vista

[jackfire57]

I run Vista HP that been upgraded from XP and sit on both sides of the fence. I would like to configure a dual boot , they tell me it can be done, then i could have my cake and eat it too . But right now i'm having , after join game in the multiplayer mod , an error message " A problem has caused program to stop working " And also no maps to choose from in Single Player Mod. Any Sugestions are welcome. But on the whole i like Vista but it dont like Me .

[Bamboo]

Originally Posted by Marine94

XP is good enough for me, heard to much BS about Vista

You said it exactly. You have heard too much BS. Most of the people doing the talking have no idea, and are just repeating what they have heard.

80% of the problems people claim to have come from people trying to upgrade their old computers or they have a hardware issue, and they just assume it is vista to blame. Like the noob posting right now in this forum with 2 posts about the same thing claiming how horrible vista is.

The vast majority of people building their own modern system or buying a good quality up to date store bought (and I don't mean the crap ones on sale for $699) and using at least 2 gigs of RAM don't have near the problems.

I am glad a lot of people are sticking with XP. It saves me the hassle of listening to them whine in the forums about why they get some low FPS only running with 512mb of RAM in vista.

As for linux, go for it. Then be prepared to spend hours every week fighting to get your computer to do the same things you did in XP with ease. I have played with linux a lot over the last few releases, and it is no where near ready for prime time. Interesting news is they are finally about to release WINE 1.0 (google it if you have no clue) which should make it possible to do a lot more windows apps on linux, and maybe even game.
It has actually been in development for over 15 years. So for all you complaining about it taking MS 6-7years between XP and Vista, have fun sitting around with linux waiting for new developments. I do have my fingers crossed that in a couple of years linux will actually be an option, just so MS will have some competition and will lower windows prices.

[Begbie]

Originally Posted by Bamboo

You said it exactly. You have heard too much BS. Most of the people doing the talking have no idea, and are just repeating what they have heard.

80% of the problems people claim to have come from people trying to upgrade their old computers or they have a hardware issue, and they just assume it is vista to blame. Like the noob posting right now in this forum with 2 posts about the same thing claiming how horrible vista is.

The vast majority of people building their own modern system or buying a good quality up to date store bought (and I don't mean the crap ones on sale for $699) and using at least 2 gigs of RAM don't have near the problems.

I am glad a lot of people are sticking with XP. It saves me the hassle of listening to them whine in the forums about why they get some low FPS only running with 512mb of RAM in vista.

As for linux, go for it. Then be prepared to spend hours every week fighting to get your computer to do the same things you did in XP with ease. I have played with linux a lot over the last few releases, and it is no where near ready for prime time. Interesting news is they are finally about to release WINE 1.0 (google it if you have no clue) which should make it possible to do a lot more windows apps on linux, and maybe even game.
It has actually been in development for over 15 years. So for all you complaining about it taking MS 6-7years between XP and Vista, have fun sitting around with linux waiting for new developments. I do have my fingers crossed that in a couple of years linux will actually be an option, just so MS will have some competition and will lower windows prices.

I run dual boot xp and vista on my system and linux(ubuntu) on my laptop.
You are right that vista is no where near as bad as many people make it out to be. In desktop use I think vista handles itself just fine, I dont see any really notable slowups comparing to xp.
But in terms of gaming, XP in my experience just works so much better. WiC, Crysis, ArmA, CoH to name a few just run simply smoother in XP. So thats why im sticking with XP as my primary OS.
As for linux on my slightly older lap top, and it works great for me. It does take some effort and understanding of the OS.(Im not saying you dont, I dont know you)

What things you couldnt get running with it what you did on it you did in XP with ease? Could you name a few examples? The great thing about linux is that they are community run and develop all the time! Not like with microsoft where you have to wait and wait for service packs forever that eventually offer very little if any improvement (Vista SP1).

[Liquid_Cow]

Good discussions guys, looking at the poll numbers, as of this point, the majority of us are using Vista (56.5%).

*I am looking forward to SP1 for Vista, I don't have any problems playing BF2 with my brand new Vista system, but it does do funny things to me once in a while, like the HD taking off full tilt and slowing my machine down for no reason (and nothing showing up on the task manager for eating up any resources), or the random failure to load drivers (last week it told me my web cam was unplugged, well kinda hard for that to happen since it's a built in camera).
*I've had some buggy issues with sound devices too, mostly due to the timing of when I plug/unplug my USB headset.
*It does seem to boot up quicker, and I like the Aero interface.
*I don't like the new system navigation (the way the folders come up, and the lack of an "up" button when browsing folders).
*And UAC drives me nuts, I've disabled it (that was the one thing which kept me from playing) but I still get the "You UAC is disabled" warning on start up.
*I cannot play WIC for more than 10 minutes, I get a video driver CTD, I ran the MS patch for it, was able to play, but the next boot up took 15 minutes, and Vista automatically removed the patch (the auto fix was a nice touch).
*Oh, and if I pause a DVD while watching it and close the lid (computer stays on) I get the following message:
Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.

Yes, drivers are up to date. I clear that message and am immeadiately able to restart the video (just have to note where I am in the movie).
Its mostly just annoying stuff, I long for the relative stability of XP.

[[AC] Sherman]

I use Windows Vista Home-Pre. 64bit. I have not found any problems with the OS at all. Just that sometimes my video settings get changed in my games.

[[SyK]K22]

i have vista ultimate 32 bit and the one problem i have is that I cant get Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Zs to work even with the vista drivers and that in pr i get big lag. It ran smooth in xp, it think it might due to my 46 background process or that i am running on aero. other than that i like vista.


My rig
Amd Athlon 2.0 GHz
2 gigs of Ram
Nividia XFX 8800 GT 512mb with DirectX 10