Microsoft Vista?

Question

Have the problems been resolved and is it safe to use

Answer 1

not in my opinion

Answer 2

Hi Polly, i find the biggest problem that many people have with Vista is getting used to it after using XP, however, there have reportedly been lots of minor problems, most of these it seems will be put right when the Vista service pack 1 comes out early next year. I am fortunate enough to have 2 computers in the same room, one with XP and the other with Vista home premium, all members of the family prefer to use the XP machine, but i have found that it is only because they are used to it. If you have less than 1Gb of memory then think twice about Vista, it will be very slow and some features just may not function at all, ideally you need at least 2Gb of memory and at least a 250Gb hard drive, with a fastish processor, if you have all of this then i think Vista is stable and quite easy to use, but i would still wait for the service pack to come out and then see what others say. take care and good luck.

Answer 3

I can not say the problems are resolved. I gave a friend a Compaq Scanner a few years ago, when someone gave her a computer with Windows 98 SE. The Scanner worked great as I got the drivers from the Support sight. About 2 months ago she bought a new computer with Vista. Now the scanner not work and when I go to the Support it only cover XP and no Vista as of now. I told her she can wait and maybe they have a driver or we could try the XP driver and see what happen or she can buy a new scanner that work with Vista.
My question is; "Why do you want Vista"? If, something works (XP?), why fix it?

Answer 4

The problems with Vista are that people are either running it on computers that aren't powerful enough and don't have enough RAM. Or that people don't like it because it's different. I've been using it for a few months and it works great. But there are no drivers for my scanner so that doesn't work even though my 8-year-old printer works fine. Basically, it's a more modern version of Windows and comes with built in drivers for more hardware.

Answer 5

Vista is nowhere near ready and not by any means impressive, especially when you consider the price.

Please take time to read my answer :

Linux Ubuntu 7.10 :

http://www.ubuntu.com/

I work with both Ubuntu and Vista, Vista has been an expensive disappointment for me and sits mainly redundant on my hard drive and I consider Ubuntu to be far superior of the two.

I will break it down in to categories and give each system a rating out of 10.

System resource friendly :

Ubuntu 10/10
Vista 4/10

Graphics (Eye Candy) :

Ubuntu 10/10
Vista 7/10

Ease of use :

Ubuntu 7/10
Vista 9/10

Software compatability :

Ubuntu 4/10 (Open Source alternatives in some cases are available) also WINE can be used.

http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb
Vista 8/10

Wireless compatability :

Ubuntu 5/10
Vista 8/10

Networking compatability :

Ubuntu 7/10
Vista 8 /10

Security :

Ubuntu 9/10
Vista 8/10

Gaming :

Ubuntu 3/10
Vista 8/10
This category sourced from various sites.

Office software :

Ubuntu 10/10 (Free)
Vista 2 /10

Price :

Ubuntu 10/10 (Free)
Vista 2/10

Overall performance :

Ubuntu 9/10
Vista 6/10

Value :

Ubuntu 8/10
Vista 2/10

It should be noted that these ratings are based on my experience working extensively with both Ubuntu and Vista.

Of the two for me Ubuntu wins hands down.

Answer 6

I have had Microsoft Vista for about 4-5 months and have had no problems with playing my Sims 2 games on it. It is fast and stylish and has an easy interface to use.

Answer 7

Personally I havent found any problems with Vista yet, I have Home Premium on my laptop and it works fine.

1.9Ghz Turon 64 Duo with 2GB Ram and everyone runs fine.

Will look into the problems of other people a bit more tho.

Answer 8

Don't get it. One of my relatives got a Vista Notebook and they had a TON of problems. It's really complicated and if you try to run more than 2 programs at a time it basically crashes and absolutely N-O-T-H-I-N-G wants to respond!

Oh...you can't buy an XP in the UK now, not sure about US, so wait a while until they have sorted everything out!! =]

Answer 9

In my opinion stay well clear of Vista, how much system resources does it use? Far too much. Compatibility issues with hardware and software. Xp pro the operating system to use, tryed and tested for years and with service pack 3 soon to be released it only gets better. The real let down for me was when i couldn't even use my wireless on new laptop and spent ten hours with provider, which only did what i did in 5 minutes, so how did i get online, install Xp pro bada bing bada bong sorted straight on google.

Answer 10

well when i installed it , it gave me 40 mb of updates to do, haven't done them yet..

party to do with the drivers for the cards I use also..

service pack 1 is supposed to be out in jan 2008 , or so it says on wiki site..

people who own xp had problems initally also.. so many forget., and also new machines come with vista as standard..

most of you might not remember windows ME, now that gave me REAL headaches.. nothing has been as bad before or since.

Answer 11

Considering it's on computers and laptops on the shelves of every electronic retailer, it's fine to use. Every software and OS is going to be buggy and have problems, yes, even Mac and Linux. That's why there's always patches and upgrades.

Safe? What's safe? Living isn't safe. Just use it if you want. Or don't if you don't.