-- Posted by The Dalai Lama at 11:30 am on Dec. 12, 2007 To start, I'm basically a computer genius (Tongue in cheek).  I've used DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, XP, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Kubuntu. When I paid my tuition to college I got a copy of Windows Vista for free so I decided to break down and upgrade from XP.  I don't know wtf people are complaining about.  Once you turn off the little security thing that asks you if you're sure you want to do every little thing, it's actually a really decent, stable system. I've gotten one blue screen as a result of installing Zone Alarm but that's it.  And it was really easy to rollback to the system configuration to fix it up.  It also has this really neato thing where you can crop parts of the screen and automatically open it in an image viewer so you can save it.  Unlike in XP where you have to print screen then save the picture manually. Everything is really pretty and the colour themes are nifty and easy to manipulate.  All in all, don't listen to people bash Windows Vista, especially if they've never used it.  It's actually a really decent OS and if you get the chance to upgrade then I say go for it.  It's not nearly as much of a system hog as I had anticipated either.   Most of all, don't listen to those stupid Mac commercials. K, I'm bored and trying to avoid smoking so I just felt like letting everyone know.  Bai. -- Posted by anniepie7727 at 11:32 am on Dec. 12, 2007 neato and nifty all in one topic taking us back to the 50s are you and I would upgrade can't afford to right now -- Posted by berriesncream at 11:32 am on Dec. 12, 2007 ok....that was...informational...lol. -- Posted by Chevy Jackson at 11:33 am on Dec. 12, 2007 i have vista, and now that im used to it, its not so bad. but when i first got it, i hated how all my old games didnt run on it and the amount of RAM that it took. but there are alot of good features that i really like now, and i upgraded my RAM so its not a problem any more. -- Posted by i have no name at 11:33 am on Dec. 12, 2007 I agree. I havn't had many problems with vista, just come across the occasional program that isn't yet compatible with it. -- Posted by The Dalai Lama at 11:33 am on Dec. 12, 2007 Quote: from anniepie7727 at 2:32 pm on Dec. 12, 2007 neato and nifty all in one topic taking us back to the 50s are you   and I would upgrade can't afford to right now =D -- Posted by Troll1000 at 11:33 am on Dec. 12, 2007 I have a huge propblem on mine with a lonk that cannot be fixed and I refuse to do a system re-set =] -- Posted by The Dalai Lama at 11:34 am on Dec. 12, 2007 Quote: from Chevy Jackson at 2:33 pm on Dec. 12, 2007 i have vista, and now that im used to it, its not so bad. but when i first got it, i hated how all my old games didnt run on it and the amount of RAM that it took. but there are alot of good features that i really like now, and i upgraded my RAM so its not a problem any more. I haven't ran any games on it as of yet.  I'm sure any problems I run into will be fixable. -- Posted by The Dalai Lama at 11:34 am on Dec. 12, 2007 Quote: from Troll1000 at 2:33 pm on Dec. 12, 2007 I have a huge propblem on mine with a lonk that cannot be fixed and I refuse to do a system re-set =] A lonk? -- Posted by Lulu Nobody at 11:37 am on Dec. 12, 2007 Well good, because I've been happy with it as well. I never saw what people were complaining about either. -- Posted by Sylux at 11:41 am on Dec. 12, 2007 Quote: from The Dalai Lama at 11:30 am on Dec. 12, 2007 To start, I'm basically a computer genius (Tongue in cheek).  I've used DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, XP, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Kubuntu. When I paid my tuition to college I got a copy of Windows Vista for free so I decided to break down and upgrade from XP.  I don't know wtf people are complaining about.  Once you turn off the little security thing that asks you if you're sure you want to do every little thing, it's actually a really decent, stable system. I've gotten one blue screen as a result of installing Zone Alarm but that's it.  And it was really easy to rollback to the system configuration to fix it up.  It also has this really neato thing where you can crop parts of the screen and automatically open it in an image viewer so you can save it.  Unlike in XP where you have to print screen then save the picture manually. Everything is really pretty and the colour themes are nifty and easy to manipulate.  All in all, don't listen to people bash Windows Vista, especially if they've never used it.  It's actually a really decent OS and if you get the chance to upgrade then I say go for it.  It's not nearly as much of a system hog as I had anticipated either.   Most of all, don't listen to those stupid Mac commercials. K, I'm bored and trying to avoid smoking so I just felt like letting everyone know.  Bai. omg sericously? -- Posted by bighead1991 at 11:51 am on Dec. 12, 2007 I'm also using it, its been great for the year I have been using it. Never looked back from it since upgrading from XP. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 11:56 am on Dec. 12, 2007 I just went back to Windows 2K pro from Vista.  But would still be with Vista if my crack had not failed.  Ok operating system. -- Posted by live it up at 11:59 am on Dec. 12, 2007 ive had vista for 5 months, i dont really like it. some things are nice, but in my opinion its just got too many bells and whistles.  And it uses half your RAM at all times for indexing and other shit thats not neccesary. yea it makes room when you run an app. but it just bothers the shit out of me it makes gaming shitty as hell. -- Posted by Byble at 11:59 am on Dec. 12, 2007 I do like the way vista works but theres still prob problems with it like all new things so ill wait a few years plus i can't exactly afford it atm lol iv just got a new commy thing with windows xp media centre in.  and i really like it so im sticking with it  for a while xD -- Posted by Stormblazer at 6:02 pm on Dec. 13, 2007 Quote: from The Dalai Lama at 12:30 pm on Dec. 12, 2007 To start, I'm basically a computer genius (Tongue in cheek).  I've used DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, XP, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Kubuntu. When I paid my tuition to college I got a copy of Windows Vista for free so I decided to break down and upgrade from XP.  I don't know wtf people are complaining about.  Once you turn off the little security thing that asks you if you're sure you want to do every little thing, it's actually a really decent, stable system. I've gotten one blue screen as a result of installing Zone Alarm but that's it.  And it was really easy to rollback to the system configuration to fix it up.  It also has this really neato thing where you can crop parts of the screen and automatically open it in an image viewer so you can save it.  Unlike in XP where you have to print screen then save the picture manually. Everything is really pretty and the colour themes are nifty and easy to manipulate.  All in all, don't listen to people bash Windows Vista, especially if they've never used it.  It's actually a really decent OS and if you get the chance to upgrade then I say go for it.  It's not nearly as much of a system hog as I had anticipated either.   Most of all, don't listen to those stupid Mac commercials. K, I'm bored and trying to avoid smoking so I just felt like letting everyone know.  Bai. The problem is, for a great deal of people, it doesn't work out that nicely, especially if they upgraded from XP. It's really bad for businesses who might rely on a program that's incompatible with Vista as well (more common than you'd think). Moreover, if I want a pretty interface, Linux has everything Vista has and far more. I might also add that XP is about twice the speed of Vista in most relevant benchmarks. That said, Mac commercials are stupid, that's pretty well known.