2007-02-05 08:15:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Unless a program I use requires it, I won't mess with it. I'm sick of all these microsoft updates.
2007-02-05 08:19:44 · answer #1 · answered by John K 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Vista is some what resource hungry, 1 gig of memory for starters, looks great, but not much driver support at the moment, and is incompatible with some xp stuff, it will no doubt bombard Microsoft Techies with reported bugs early on, so its a matter of choice, do go with it now or wait until these issues are some ware near resolved, I have Vista as dual boot with xp, and I am still trying to activate the thing via the Internet (modem driver issues), looks like its a phone call to activate it, Like I say looks great but at same time annoying, advice: leave alone for at least a year.
2007-02-05 21:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have toshiba laptop and several other programes installed in my xp will have to be updated as vista does not reconise them.i ran a check through vista update and it came back with 7 yellow triangles as stated above .the list is as follows
msn communications system
ati desktop component
java 2 runtime
client and host service prog
windows messenger
alps pointing device
toshiba utilities
toshiba configfree
i would have to update the above whilst some are not really needed.
2007-02-08 12:54:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's good and bad.
Vista needs about .... 1 GB of RAM
................................ 256 MB of Video ram not shared
................................ 10-15 GB of hard disk space
................................ Dual core / 2CPU 2 GHz
If you have similar machine it works really good. There is still lot of applications and drivers that are missing but I like it. I was testing Vista for some of our companies 3'rd party applications and if you are using Visual studio and 3'rd party controls best of luck.
Security wise I think it more of advertisement and less truth. There is not one decent 3'rd party anti-virus and firewall application available for Vista (Microsoft have one, Ha ha ha ).
So overall Vista is still use it on your own risk and not ready for prime time. It's not Microsoft's problem though. Hardware/software support will follow soon, personnel use computers are OK if you are not paranoid about security.
2007-02-05 08:37:12 · answer #4 · answered by askMahesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think visa is the 3rd generation for microsoft like from windows 95 98 me to windows xp xpsp2 now vista
2007-02-05 08:22:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My nephew works for Dell... he says it is way over rated and admised me to stay with Windows XP... which I've had no problems with, so I'm staying with it until that virtual program comes out that Gates has been planning for ten years.
2007-02-05 08:44:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uh I think it requires an even more powerful computer than XP and most people are too cheap to buy XP computers.
2007-02-05 08:22:12 · answer #7 · answered by techshare26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had it 3 years ago, in beta form when it was called "Longhorn".
wasn`t at all impressed then, and not too many differences now it`s been tested and released.
give me xp pro anytime, well tried and tested o.s., and stood the test of time.
2007-02-05 08:27:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't have it. Want it though. S'pose to be much safer from virus' and that. Easier Internet.
2007-02-05 08:23:55 · answer #9 · answered by Only Sometimes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it looks cool , but it uses to much resources ... so... for me ,it sux. plus, they've "borrowed" a few things from Mac ;)
2007-02-05 08:19:51 · answer #10 · answered by alex_bad_to_the_bone 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋