Comments | veazey21: Vista is Actually Kinda Cool

veazey21

Vista is Actually Kinda Cool

Jan 23, 2008 19:28

Guysguysguys. I just found the fourth thing about Vista that I like.

Sidebar.It's like the Dashboard from OS X, except I have mine docked to the side of my screen. My current widget/gadget/Gidget configuration is a CPU/RAM monitor (looks like a tachometer), a monthly calendar, a Post-It-looking scratch pad, a calculator, a weather thingy ( ( Read more... )

computers, nerdishness, nonsense

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redesigner January 24 2008, 04:50:50 UTC

None of those things are not in OS X, and also, I've known at least one person who DOWNGRADED to XP from it.

veazey21 January 24 2008, 05:15:31 UTC

I went into this purchase fully prepared to downgrade. But, I haven't found a reason to and it works all right for me. Really, it's that searchable Start menu that I love the most. But, I really like being able to do things without using the mouse. The power of the command line compels you.

redesigner January 24 2008, 05:16:39 UTC

Nerd.

veazey21 January 24 2008, 05:18:00 UTC

A gigantic one.

dudeitsawesome January 24 2008, 14:36:38 UTC

Dude, it's okay.
I don't hate Vista either.
Then again, at home I'm on a Mac running OS X and I use XP at work.
Really, the only time I use Vista is when I'm on other people's computers... But, I've had to do some work on my brother's lappy, which runs Vista, and I haven't had the huge problems with it that other people have.

veazey21 January 24 2008, 15:29:36 UTC

I think most of the hate comes from businesses that tried to upgrade, found their hardware woefully insufficient, and downgraded again.
Vista didn't exactly need to be its own OS, especially since WinFS got canned, but it's not the gigantic turd everybody's making it out to be. And I don't know if it's the graphics card, the better monitor, or the OS, but everything seems much crisper. I've got a picture of a spiral galaxy as my background and I'd swear I could count all the stars.

dead_13 January 24 2008, 15:40:49 UTC

as with xp when it came out, it has some warts (yeah the resource shit) hopefully SP1 will address this ( ... )

dead_13 January 24 2008, 15:42:57 UTC

oh and people wouldn't shit on it so much if it had just came out when they had originally planed, instead of suffering from feature creep.

veazey21 January 25 2008, 01:28:07 UTC

Really? It's the 32- versus 64-bit that's the issue? Well, smeg. Dell could only sell me the 32-bit version of Vista on my laptop, and I've got a Core2 Duo processor. I wonder, do you know if there's any cost to switch a 32-bit install to 64-bit?

And I'm already liking how well Vista compartmentalizes crashes. I thought XP did a good job with it, and Vista has improved it still further. Generally, it's a pretty good OS.

dead_13 January 25 2008, 01:35:39 UTC

Since i'm guessing it's the oem version, then you have to pay like 30 bucks to have microsoft send you the 64 bit install (only the retail ultimate comes with both copies in the box) if you only have 4 gigs, and the 32 bit, i still think it sticks windows memmory into the unaddressable sections (32 but programs can't even get up there) so it's not that big of a deal.

and finding 64 bit version of most apps is hard to impossible (the 64 bit crysis demo doesn't even work)

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bumpcrud January 24 2008, 17:26:31 UTC

I'm starting to warm up to it more than I was at first. The searchable start menu is a BIG plus (especially when you forget where you install things) and it does look a lot better. The biggest problem I had with when I first got it was mostly compatibility issues. Nothing I had worked anymore and then when Vista patches would come out, half of my stuff just crashed. You can't really blame MS for that. The codec thing was a problem too but I think if I was more proficient with computers I would have caught that quicker. Vista did tell me what the problem was but not until a week after I fixed it.

I'm not looking for SP1 to be a cure-all for the rest of my problems but I am guessing the biggest issues will be resolved then.

veazey21 January 25 2008, 01:35:17 UTC

I found a really easy way around having any printer driver issues: connect to a networked printer.
And I'm also hoping SP1 will take out some of the niggling annoyances. I'd especially love a way to completely remove the User Access Controls on an entire account type instead of having to manually disable UAC, Defender, and the Windows Firewall with each account I create. Hasn't been a problem yet, since I'm the only person who ever uses this, but I'd still like to be able to do that, create a Power User account type that has limited access to changing the OS, but doesn't have the UAC. And then also do the same on the Administrator-level accounts.