i am thinking of upgrading to widows vista but some people tell me there are problems with it . ??

Answer 1

Don't do it! We got Vista and it's been Hell ever since. Many software programs don't have compatible versions so you won't be able to run them. We had to run my Samsung Media Studio and Kodak EasyShare off my laptop which is XP because it kept crashing my other computer.

I advise against it.

Answer 2

The main problems are with hardware drivers. Totally new drivers are needed for Vista compared with those for Windows 2000/XP, and some manufacturers haven't yet produced reliable drivers. With older hardware, you might find that the manufacturer does not produce a Vista driver at all therefore rendering it obsolete unless you visit the website of the manufacturer of the chipset used on the card who if you're lucky will have made a generic Vista driver (but probably won't have if it is a product they stopped manufacturing several years ago).

My general advice is that most people would be better off *not* upgrading to Vista, indeed I wouldn't even call it upgrading but rather migrating at this point. The only sensible reason for most home users to use Vista currently is if they buy a new PC with it pre-installed. Everyone else would be better off sticking with XP for at least another year as Vista offers no benefits over XP, other than having to spend money on buying it, spend time installing it, and quite likely spend more time trying to find drivers to get all your peripherals (printers, scanners, cameras etc) working.

The only possible reason anyone might seriously see a need to move to Vista is to play the next generation of DirectX 10 games which will potentially provide improved graphics over the current DirectX 9 generation. Those with fast computers and also a very powerful graphics card (nothing less than a GeForce 8800 or Radeon HD2900), a Vista upgrade will be needed to allow their graphics-card to show its full potential. Everyone else would be better off saving their money as Vista has little to offer.

Answer 3

basically martin,vista is no different from windows xp when it first appeared
infact windows xp had(and still does in some cases)alot of security flaws,its just because vistas in the public eye that all the people are critisising it
i used the beta version of ultimate for 6 months and found it a good all round operating system,ok it had a few problems but nothing to shout home about
i liked the way vista updated drivers online,this function is much better than the xp driver update process and i also was impressed with the vista base line scores,this gives you a score on your p.c,showing you which parts of your p.c are letting you down
and of course the 3d aero interface is another excelent addition to the windows family,especially the 3d tilted windows
finally stay clear of vista basic,the best version and most inexpensive is premium
good luck mate!

Answer 4

I know a few who have got vista. Every single one of them has changed back to xp so i guess there are some problems still. Im waiting for a few months maybe a year before i even think of upgrading because by them most of the problems will hopefully be fixed. Till then i'd personally stick with xp

Answer 5

Generally most experienced/advanced PC users dont hop on the early train for new operating systems, because of many reasons.

1] compatibility to your current hardware and software,
it could be very disappointing if you suddenly find out that your new OS couldnt support your printer or other peripherals as well as software.

2] Bugs
youll have to wait for the first service pack to iron out the bugs included in the first release

3] PC spec requirements
the new OS will drain off more resources than XP, is your PC built up to it?

4] New interface
Youll have to adapt to a new interface, new set of MS Office and a whole lot of...

5] NewFiletypes

6] New versions of:
headaches that usually come packaged with or are usually associated with Windows (i.e. crashes and hangs and other what nots)

Answer 6

There are multiple problems when upgrading your current PC to Vista, mainly a large number of compatibility issues, such as sound cards not working and multiple programs not responding.
I would recommend that you stay with your current operating system, or if you really want Vista upgrade to a new PC with it already on as these have been programmed to work with Vista.

Answer 7

Well what it means is that some software and hardware are not compactible with Vista. Example Older versions of Nero and Acrobat Professional Corel draw etc are not.

If you are burnt on having it then,

The best will be to view the minimum requirement:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequirements.mspx


Then upgrade your PC to that...About the cost the Home Basic is $99.00.

Or bets option is to buy a PC pre-installed with Vista. I use vista but its Ok...I make sure I get the current software (compactible with Vista) and vista was pre-installed when I bought it.

Answer 8

To be realistic, there have been problems with every version of Windows ever released.

Many larger organisations refrain from moving over to new versions of Windows untill the first service pack is released (clearing up many of the early bugs etc.)

For the normal user there are some software compatability issues but that was true when Windows XP was released.

So You have to decide why are you upgrading and what do you expect to get out of it.

Answer 9

As long as you have a good PC; get the free Vista Transformation Pack 6.0, it makes XP look & behave just like Vista.

Answer 10

Hi, to some it all up Vista is CRAP!, it needs 750mb ram to run, in all my 13 years as an IT Engineer, Vista is on par with Windows ME for being crap!, up until microsoft sort the problems out with their new memory hogging piece of crap stay clear, Windows Xp isnt brilliant, but at least it works, and it works well (granted with a few tweaks here and there), drivers arnt really an issue with vista, in the beginning, (on the beta versions), drivers were an issue, but from research on customers and my own machines, they are freely available.

if your a gamer definitely avoid vista as graffix tend to be jerky, unless you have a Core 2 Duo proccessor & at least 2gb of ram, stay well clear!...

hope this helps