I have been puting together a new Laptop for my sister (Acer Aspire 5110). The computer came with a free upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium and I was curious if with all of the bugs I have heards Vista had if it was a good idea to upgrade?
2007-07-07 09:54:32 · 10 answers · asked by Coley B 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Depends how much patience you have :)
From my personal experience with Vista- it wasn't worth it.
-Performance terrible- it chugs down whole bunch of space!
-Boots almost as twice as XP does
-Troubles everywhere with application- warnings, errors, blocks off....it's simply got a mind of it's own....
- Unstable with any software but the latest versions
Those are just FEW things....I can go on for days :)
Unless you just want to see the overpriced over glossy 3D flip and go back to previous OS, I wouldn't recommend it.
Good luck! :)
2007-07-07 10:15:16 · answer #1 · answered by Random22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coley- I am afraid I am the exception.
I read and hear everyone say that Vista is S..T and slow, crashes, etc etc
but i gotta tell you my new computer came with it and I push it to the limit and multi task to the max. I am also a developer.
I, luckily, have not had any problems (yet)..
don't know what i am doing different...but I sure would go with the majority...DO NOT CHANGE to the Vista OS until absolutely necessary...remember patch #01 has not come out yet....so...there you have it.
I also bought a book on Vista (just in case).
just a side note---you might want to visit you local bookstore and sit and read a bit about it before making your decision...but here is mine...if this thing had not come with it...it would not had been my choice.
good luck
2007-07-07 21:37:46 · answer #2 · answered by Blue October 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
premium is much better than basic. I think it okay you can go for it. The new updated will gradually remove the bugs. Its not that annoying as you may think, after all its from the world leaders. The bugs are more on security level or minor compatibilty issues.
And don't forget you are getting a FREE upgrade.
2007-07-07 17:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by Vicky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just bought an Acer 5610 and it is preloaded with Vista. It is ok, but I would stick with XP if Vista is not preloaded. There is existing hardware you may have for which there are no drivers written yet for Vista.
2007-07-07 17:02:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go for it.
I have Vista and it keeps crashing but instead of the start button there's this cool MS Logo that lights up when your mouse over it so yeah it's worth all of the bugs and all of the crashing.
Nah seriously upgrade, my computer crashes because of viruses and stuff because I download tons of stuff, before I started downloading it already had Vista and it worked perfectly, go for it.
2007-07-07 16:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by Edo 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
well if the computer came with vista, then its still kinda buggy, but not as bad as sumone upgrading from XP. dont upgrade to vista, but ir ur computer comes with it u have no choice
2007-07-07 16:57:36 · answer #6 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would wait it out and stick with XP. I don't see how Vista could help the average computer user significantly.
2007-07-07 16:58:08 · answer #7 · answered by Shaad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what awhile so they get the bugs out . the major other issue is alot of your programs that you bought won`t work.
2007-07-07 17:02:55 · answer #8 · answered by miiiikeee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not yet
as you said bugs
vista was released to soon
xp still gets updates
not yet
vistas day will shine to
2007-07-07 16:58:54 · answer #9 · answered by Q&A Answer Mans Retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-07-07 17:03:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋