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Windows Vista is WORSE???
Replies: 33Last Post Oct. 30, 2008 8:57pm by Watch this
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asianguy


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lol! To give you a idea why the problem is happening, in car terms

a Chevy Tahoe Suv with a 1.0 Liter Engine :]
It's pretty fast... not really!

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There's no point in getting it unless you have dual or quad core, it takes up almost an entire processor.

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I'm not having any problems

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The biggest issue is that it's a resource hog. An OS is supposed to be a common ground for programs to launch off of, not every program you can think of in and of itself. It has too many required features that do nothing but slow down the computer.

Then there is the fact that it was programmed in a way that there was very little communication between departments, so there are a lot of things that don't match up, making glitches.

It's just a bad OS all around. I can only hope that Windows 7 is an improvement.

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brandon34


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I have Vista and I think it is much better the XP

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Quote: from brandon34 at 1:08 pm on July 19, 2008

I have Vista and I think it is much better the XP

The only thing going for it is that it's visually impressive.

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Quote: from motorhead at 9:58 am on July 19, 2008

It's a system hog and generally doesn't handle anything efficiently.

Dude, the fact that you say that, and support oboma, shows that you need to be summarily liquidated.

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As per usual i read all of these "Vista is crap, stick with XP" posts and I'm wondering if I'm using the same version as you lot. I have no issues with Vista. It is stable, fast to use, has many many more features including a nice little set of apps that comes with it, the interface is considerably better, its quicker, cleaner, prettier and has so many more features and parts you can customize.

In short, no, Vista is not worse, as long as you don't go for the basic versions. Go for a PC that comes with it installed and you will be fine. Don't upgrade as thats a bad plan.

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Quote: from lunchbox at 6:24 pm on July 19, 2008

Quote: from motorhead at 9:58 am on July 19, 2008

It's a system hog and generally doesn't handle anything efficiently.

Dude, the fact that you say that, and support oboma, shows that you need to be summarily liquidated.


The fact that you say that shows how much of a fascist you are.

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Whitelighter


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Yep. Worse. Just as others said, its slower than XP when its operating on an average computer and can't handle anything efficiently. My brand new Dell came with Vista and it operated poorly even when nothing was on it. My programs and software kept closing on their own. I don't use that PC anymore. I use my MacBook.

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Zlog


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wow nothing but fucking idiots in this thread.

If your computer doesn't meet the reccomended requirements, then you shouldn't intall vista on it. If you HAVE the reccomended requirements, Vista is amazing.

Vista will actually play games better then XP if you have a decent system. Vista manages resources MUCH better then XP if you have the reccomended amount.

Threads full of people making comments about vista that dont know what they're talking about make me RAAAGEEE


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Quote: from Whitelighter at 11:39 am on July 22, 2008

Yep. Worse. Just as others said, its slower than XP when its operating on an average computer and can't handle anything efficiently. My brand new Dell came with Vista and it operated poorly even when nothing was on it. My programs and software kept closing on their own. I don't use that PC anymore. I use my MacBook.

Your mistake was buying one of Dell Super Duper Discount computers. Do some research next time.


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I hate Vista. That's just my opinion. :(.
I have a Macbook, and there's just no issues with it.

My parents did buy one of those "Dell Super Duper Discount" computers for themselves, but I think if they're selling a computer that has it installed, it should be able to handle it well. It was a dual core processor. It crashed so many times, we finally bought a copy of Windows XP and downgraded the computer, which is just sad.


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Vista's great if you have a high-end computer that can handle it's extensive download size, extensive resource use, and all that.

But on my bottom to mid range laptop, it was a nightmare.  Slow as hell, crashed constantly, countless useless programs that were tricky to remove completely...it just wasn't worth it.  Quickly gave up on Vista, put on Linux Mint, and was perfectly happy with it.  And soon after made it a dual boot with Windows XP on it, and it is a perfect laptop.

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Depends on how much ram you have. If you're trying to run it on 512MB or 1 gig you'll have problems 2 gigs will run it well, 3 and 4 smooth as better.

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