Comments on: Vista No Windows 95 http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/ People, Technology, Gardens, Yoga and Corporate America Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Slim http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Slim Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:02:23 +0000 http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/#comment-216 I could have sworn you did the XP switcharoo, Rusty. At any rate, nice discovery about the hardware issue. Crazy what passes for "new". Apple has it's share of imperfections but, man, it freakin' works. "Pop and Sizzle" - oh, memories of FT 2.0! That man is a genius! I could have sworn you did the XP switcharoo, Rusty. At any rate, nice discovery about the hardware issue. Crazy what passes for “new”. Apple has it’s share of imperfections but, man, it freakin’ works.

“Pop and Sizzle” – oh, memories of FT 2.0! That man is a genius!

]]> By: SMC http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/comment-page-1/#comment-215 SMC Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:56:29 +0000 http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/#comment-215 Gotta hate when companies want "Pop and Sizzle" over functionality. Gotta hate when companies want “Pop and Sizzle” over functionality.

]]> By: Dave http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Dave Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:27:19 +0000 http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/#comment-213 I have Vista and I am toying with going back to XP is Vista SP1 doesn't get better. I have Vista and I am toying with going back to XP is Vista SP1 doesn’t get better.

]]> By: Rusty http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Rusty Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:10:44 +0000 http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/#comment-212 p.s. that HP is now running server 2003 quite happily and Vista never did find the printer. The mac, of course, politely asked if I'd like to print to the network printer... p.s.s. I spell like a four year old. p.s. that HP is now running server 2003 quite happily and Vista never did find the printer. The mac, of course, politely asked if I’d like to print to the network printer…
p.s.s. I spell like a four year old.

]]> By: Rusty http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Rusty Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:08:26 +0000 http://www.slimster.net/vista-no-windows-95/#comment-211 OK, ok, ok... let me set the record straight. I never uninstalled Vista to install XP. I uninstalled and reinstalled Vista (twice on my Dell Inspirion 6400 POS and four times on my Lenovo X61 tablet) The Dell never, ever ran worth a darn. The Lenovo, after the fourth, and super squeeky clean install, ran pretty well. Of course, I was then afraid to do anything but chekc email and browse the web for fear of corrupting the stability of the computer. The article you pointed to indicates that MS Employees warned that MS had lowered their Vista requirements too low and consumers would be disappointed in the performance of their Vista upgrades. I can't agree more. Vista sucks on anything without seriously advanced graphics card and a ton of ram. Of course, ram is cheap. However, I just picked up a brand new HP media center designed computer from Costco that is intended as a home entertainment computer. As I wiped that bad boy clean of its Vista corruption, I discovered that much of the hardware was more than ten years old. I found resources online referring to the same mother board from 1998. That is rediculous! That HP is still selling boards that are ten years obsolete is why Vista is the biggest problem to technology innovation since Netscape. Remember having to code iFrames and Layers? Imagine trying to make a blaoted operating system run on a motherboard that sucked ten years ago! I found that getting the very best, well-tested hardware has a huge impact on Vista performance. My MacBook pro runs vista under VMWare better than any windows designed computer I've ever tried. Yes, mac. I don't have transparent aero windows but it rarely hangsor crashes. Today I attempted to connect to a network printer and Windows Explorer "stopped working". I allowed it to check for a solution and even rebooted while I continued to check my email and work on other tasks on the primary Apple OS. My advice to those thinking of upgrade:don't. There is nothing I can point out that is worth the risk. For those buying a new computer: get the best you can afford. Don't even toy with less than 2 gig ram (max it out at NewEgg.com) and opt for a graphics card with 256mb or more onboard memory. Get a solid, fast hard drive with lots or room to grow and... ah, hell, just get a mac. OK, ok, ok… let me set the record straight. I never uninstalled Vista to install XP. I uninstalled and reinstalled Vista (twice on my Dell Inspirion 6400 POS and four times on my Lenovo X61 tablet) The Dell never, ever ran worth a darn. The Lenovo, after the fourth, and super squeeky clean install, ran pretty well. Of course, I was then afraid to do anything but chekc email and browse the web for fear of corrupting the stability of the computer.

The article you pointed to indicates that MS Employees warned that MS had lowered their Vista requirements too low and consumers would be disappointed in the performance of their Vista upgrades. I can’t agree more. Vista sucks on anything without seriously advanced graphics card and a ton of ram. Of course, ram is cheap. However, I just picked up a brand new HP media center designed computer from Costco that is intended as a home entertainment computer. As I wiped that bad boy clean of its Vista corruption, I discovered that much of the hardware was more than ten years old. I found resources online referring to the same mother board from 1998. That is rediculous! That HP is still selling boards that are ten years obsolete is why Vista is the biggest problem to technology innovation since Netscape. Remember having to code iFrames and Layers? Imagine trying to make a blaoted operating system run on a motherboard that sucked ten years ago!

I found that getting the very best, well-tested hardware has a huge impact on Vista performance. My MacBook pro runs vista under VMWare better than any windows designed computer I’ve ever tried. Yes, mac. I don’t have transparent aero windows but it rarely hangsor crashes. Today I attempted to connect to a network printer and Windows Explorer “stopped working”. I allowed it to check for a solution and even rebooted while I continued to check my email and work on other tasks on the primary Apple OS.

My advice to those thinking of upgrade:don’t. There is nothing I can point out that is worth the risk. For those buying a new computer: get the best you can afford. Don’t even toy with less than 2 gig ram (max it out at NewEgg.com) and opt for a graphics card with 256mb or more onboard memory. Get a solid, fast hard drive with lots or room to grow and… ah, hell, just get a mac.

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