Vista seems slower than XP to me.
So to you Vista it is as fast and reliable as XP?
What kind of computer do you have , RAM, processors etc?
“Vista seems slower than XP to me.
So to you Vista it is as fast and reliable as XP?
What kind of computer do you have , RAM, processors etc?”
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I have three computers; two Dell 531 Inspiron desktops with AMD Athion 64 5000 processors and I have a Toshiba A215 laptop with the AMD Turion 64 processor. Previously I had to Dells with Intel processors running XP Pro. The start-up time is about the same; certainly not a problem.
As I have said I have yet to have any of the computers freeze up on me requiring a reboot in the three months I have owned them. The ONLY bug I know of is the hybernate feature which causes the scroll wheel of the mouse to operate erratically. The only fix is to reboot the computer although the computer is still otherwise usable. It makes no difference with a wired or wireless mouse. It is my understanding that the upcoming service pack will address this and other issues. The automatic upgrades keep it secure and are for all intents and purposes transparent.
One thing which I personally regard is file handling which provides a large screen to move files about. XP continuously drove me “nuts” when I tried to find files because of the tiny screen. Vista is much better.
I did have to do a reinstall about a week ago which went very well on the Toshiba laptop. But it wss not Vista’s fault and had to do with getting on the internet. I had installed an after market spy program which corrupted some program (who can tell where these files are anyway?) Subsequently I put Norton on the machine and all problems dissappeared. Other than this one instance, Vista has worked as good as one could expect.
This Linux business is far too difficult for the average user and XP is yesterday’s news. And it makes no sense to try to upgrade an XP machine.
You do need two gb of memory and a fairly large hard drive but they are cheap as dirt so it matters not. I see no reason to live in the past and inequivocally endorse Vista.
My Vista machine is a laptop.
It has a 1.6ghz dual core with 2038mb ram. It is a 32bit. MFG by ACER. I've had four laps, and it is one of the best, but the keys are set to a different pressure and I sometimes lose letters when switching from the desktop. Other that that, it runs everything like a charm, except for those progs that it tells me it cannot support until the provider does some changes. It keeps track of this, and a lot more, so it does boot slower, but it runs fast. Real fast, and I have nearly a terrabyte of external drives hooked up to it. It runs 24/7 for nearly a year now except for a occasional reboot due to power failure or major update.