Windows Vista

[RandomPscho]

Re: Windows Vista

Seth,
use the Windows Upgrade Advisor, it will tell you everything from programs to drivers that work/don't work on Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx

[nforcer06164]

Re: Windows Vista

Actually, I wouldn't trust that. Why? The Advisor is part of the program DVD, and even after it has been run so many things still **** up. It can't be a know-all wizard for Vista or any OS upgrade for that matter.

[DiGiTaLSeraph]

Re: Windows Vista

Windows Vister lol

sucks all the new pcs sold these days only have that operating system installed. You're basicly forced to buy/pirate XP now and downgrade...


MARKETING PLOY OF MICROSOFT?

[nforcer06164]

Re: Windows Vista

sucks all the new pcs sold these days only have that operating system installed. You're basicly forced to buy/pirate XP now and downgrade...


MARKETING PLOY OF MICROSOFT?

No.

[DiGiTaLSeraph]

Re: Windows Vista


Also, what the hell are you on? Of course all of the latest PCs have Windows Vista pre-installed.

[RandomPscho]

Re: Windows Vista

Actually, I wouldn't trust that. Why? The Advisor is part of the program DVD, and even after it has been run so many things still **** up. It can't be a know-all wizard for Vista or any OS upgrade for that matter.

Most things it tells you unknown if its not a popular program I am not sure if it installs it anyway though Besides, clean installs are always best.

sucks all the new pcs sold these days only have that operating system installed. You're basicly forced to buy/pirate XP now and downgrade...

Why would you need to downgrade? Most people don't use programs that aren't available on Vista.

[jewpinthethird]

Re: Windows Vista

Windows, lol.

I haven't had any experience with it, but I'd at least wait until it's standardized. From what I here, nobody's making the change yet, which to me, sounds like Microsoft rushed it out...in a sense.

From what my friend tells me, aside from being able to scroll through your applications visually (very reminiscent to OSX) and four work spaces (I think, I know Lunix has be utilizing this for quite sometime), there's nothing else to it.

I don't get it, what is Vista exactly? What makes it different from XP?

[x6tence]

Re: Windows Vista

I WOULD NOT reccomend getting vista mainly because:security patches and bugs since it just came out.


Yeah Linux is a very OS (experience)

[6 p01nt3d*st@r]

Re: Windows Vista

i might get vista this month

[fido123]

Re: Windows Vista

Linux...Where can I get it? I heard it takes like 3 months to set it up completely. It is the cross between Mac and Windows right? Also what are the pros and cons for it?

Also im really getting fed up with windows. I have to constatly restore my computer because someone has my IP adress and is continually sending me viruses! There are so many ways to screw windows up and to make matters worse almost everyone uses it making the hackers very confortable with what there doing.

[lord_carbo]

Re: Windows Vista

Linux...Where can I get it? I heard it takes like 3 months to set it up completely. It is the cross between Mac and Windows right? Also what are the pros and cons for it?

If you're asking these questions you're probably not suited for a Linux distro outside of Ubuntu.

[fido123]

Re: Windows Vista

hey...i can javascipt :P lol

I really am quite good with computers I just really don't know much about other OSs. The only thing i solidly know about Linix is its very custamizable but hard to set up.

[lord_carbo]

Re: Windows Vista

You're not good with computers, which is something I can tell straight from your first post in this thread; you're good with PCs, at the very most, but you're probably just overestimating your skills or your definition of "good" isn't really "good," just okay.

Well, anyway, to answer your questions and correct your statements:

-You can get Linux everywhere. Just find a distro on Wikipedia or something.
-Linux does NOT take 3 months to set up... who told you that?
-Linux's aren't the cross between a Windows and a Mac, what the heck? They run on Unix like Macs but they're aimed towards computer nerds.
-Pros and cons are up to the user's preferences. The biggie is that it's free.

[Afrobean]

Re: Windows Vista

Windows Vister lol

sucks all the new pcs sold these days only have that operating system installed. You're basicly forced to buy/pirate XP now and downgrade...


MARKETING PLOY OF MICROSOFT?

Actually, it is a bit of a ploy, but definitely not in the direction you're implying. They don't want to have to support two different operating systems. When they release a new system, they want everyone to stop using the old system and start using the new one. Not only is that more money for them via people upgrading their system, but it's also easier on them because they only need to provide support for Vista instead of Vista and XP.

[nforcer06164]

Re: Windows Vista

My school still uses Windows 2000 on a lot of the older units. Microsoft still supports 2000 SP4. What?