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Roland Beaumont
says:
I have 6 vista computers, from bottom of range to top of range. I installed SP1 and found that in simple terms performance gains didnt appear to be measurable, and although some basic things appeared faster, I have to admit to myself that Microsoft VISTA and Microsoft Windows ME have a lot in common, basically wait for the next version after Vista and stay with XP!!
My entire customer base have stayed with XP and when they order new machines, they only want XP
This situation is not like the 2000 -> XP upgrade, this is like the 98 -> 2000, skipping ME altogether
Bill Lunsford
says:
I just recently recieved a laptop with Vista on it. After singing the praises of XP for years, I see no real differences between the two platform's functionality. They look somewhat different, but the navigation and operations are very similar. Makes one wonder why there is a need for new drivers at all? I have not had the chance to download sp1 for Vista, but I am sure that, like everything else from Microsoft, only the look will change.
Kevin C
says:
I have a Dell M6300 with Vista. I installed SP1 and immediately tried transferring files across my 1GB network a 300MB file transferred at 36MB/sec... much faster than before. It also only took 1 second compared to many minutes (previous to SP1) just to calculate the time it was going to take to transfer the file.
Part of the problem I think with Vista will come back on the Development of sufficient hardware drivers by manufacturers. From a Display/Graphics perspective, I'm not surprised by issues with Video devices as I believe Vista Renders much differently than previous OS like 2000, XP, etc. I think once hardware manufactures are able to deliver better drivers for their hardware (or better hardware), you will see fewer issues with Vista.
Now how interesting would it be if Microsoft had proprietary boxes (hardware) and could fully develop their OS based on known configurations... like... eh hem... Mac. I think you would see fewer issues. I'm not for it... that being Microsoft having control over the systems hardware AND software but it is interesting that it is acceptable for Apple but wouldn't be for Microsoft.... but that's just my opinion.
Craig
says:
I have 3 machines running vista, an old Dell PC, a 3 year old D800 notebook and a new pentium dual core and all run just fine, with the exception of slow file transfers.
If I had an old XP machine I might not upgrade, but buying any new machine I'd definitely go for Vista.
Jamie
says:
Oops. just brought my first Mac... Nearly $4g, TOP of the range MACBook Pro. Apparently, the new Leopard OS.10.5.2 wasn't tested properly but they shipped my machine with it on anyway. After "freezes" I called Apple and they recommended I go back to 10.5.0...
To be fair, I think my timing to switching to Mac couldn't have been worse as I know so many people with Macs with no problems. This seems to be Apples worst "big" mistake for releasing buggy code.I do wish Mac uses would belevee me though when I say that Windows XP rarely locks up once or twice a year.
Mac O/S 10.5.2 problems documented here - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6889507#6889507
Triatomic Tortoise
says:
In response to the post from "Digital Being", I would say that Apple got lucky with their niche and cult following. They are much more evil company than Microsoft.
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I uninstalled RC1 two weeks ago and installed SP1. I've had NO problems on an old HP P4 laptop with 2g's of RAM.
My buddy installed it last night, with one glitch. He had odd images on-screen. The start button would kind of BLINK where it would be, if it wasn't HIDDEN.
The task bar would get stuck in the hidden position, and you couldn't click it.
We went to the NVIDIA website, and found a driver one month older than the one that was installed, and that solved the problems.