Posted on 12/29/2008 8:33:18 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
No I am not. I know plenty of normal people who have Vista and have zero trouble with it.
Could we trust anything from a guy with a hyphenated last name, anyway?
I had believed all the hype that vista was a piece of crap.
This Christmas I wanted to get some kids I know a second computer. My goal was to get an XP machine but you can’t do that anymore apparently unless you go to a mom and pop computer store where they build it for you, or you actually pay for the “upgrade/downgrade” to XP.
So I ended up with a Lenovo desktop with Vista Home Premium, 3GB or RAM, 320 GB HD and the usual other HW/SW throwins. Cost me $400. Got an offbrand 20” flat screen monitor for another $100.
This machine is just fine. It’s fast, it’s intuitive, it’s very multi-media aware and it worked just fine right out of the box.
The only issue was an already owned HP all-in-one network printer. The CD wouldn’t install because it was vista, but a trip to HP’s website allowed me to get the right Vista driver and it was up and running in no time.
YMMV, but I was impressed, and I have to say I felt a little stupid believing all the hype instead of investigating for myself.
Everyone I know has had issues with it.
Issues. It is always issues. No system specs and above all no details so the problems can be recreated.
Just issues.
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