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Is it worth upgrading to vista?

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cjgncjgn
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Well lets here your thoughts...
Jun 6 2007 11:47PM
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andrewg
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No its shit. Alot of programs arent compatible with it and its slow
Jun 6 2007 11:48PM
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bobross
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don't do it man
Jun 6 2007 11:49PM
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gnarski
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save your money and get an mac, it may take a little while to get used to but it pays off in the end
Jun 6 2007 11:52PM
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EH_DUBS
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i want to get it on my new laptop so bad....but i know i'll be dissapointed...but on the other hand im gonna have 3g of ram and a ridiculous amount of space in it so i might try it cause i dont think theres any way it could be slow
Jun 7 2007 12:03AM
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ButteredToast.
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windows  sucks. i have a mac and i love it, get one.
Jun 7 2007 1:34AM
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toominator
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i upgraded my laptop in the first weekof it being out. its not really worth it ae its still just an operating system. I'd have to say the one good thing about it is that it can recover itself instead of freezing. I've never had to do a restart because it froze yet. It just takes a minute where the screen kinda greys over and then it restarts without actually restarting. thats really good. umm you probably want alot of ram in it, definitly over 1gb. if you're running it on a laptop and upgrading from xp be aware that not everything may be compatiable, like I can't run areo, windows movie maker, or the dvd software because apparently my video card isn't good enough, even though it meets the stated min specs. If you play alot of dvds I don't think vista is good. I've had problems with windows media player playing dvds its plays them uber slow, but I dot vlc media player and that runs ok. networking is a bitch to figgure out unless you're running anything other than xp on the other computers on your network. the new start menu takes a bit of getting used to but its all good once you've got it sorted. I would wait until sp2 ships, assuming there will be one in the near future
Jun 7 2007 3:04AM
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Eleven
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slow? HAHA
Jun 7 2007 3:45AM
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SteezeBandit
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have had vista on the computer for awhile...i have to say i liked xp much better. If your computer is for serious gaming then vista is a no go, i advice you not to upgrade if this is so. It looks pretty but
Jun 7 2007 4:06AM
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bobross
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if it works don't fix it, while spending mucho money as well
Jun 7 2007 5:05AM
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leckett1
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hell naw
Jun 7 2007 10:49AM
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FUUUCK
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linux
Jun 7 2007 11:14AM
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MacMahoooon
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If you are ordering a new comp then go for it. Chances are most new machines sold have adequate specs to run it efficiently. If you have a current machine with XP stick with it. Its good to have but not worth the extra expense or hasle of doing an upgrade
Jun 7 2007 12:08PM
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cjgncjgn
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okay first of all i already have a macbook this is for my desktop computer which is windows...

i have the disks... i didnt pay anything... welcome to the age of warez lol


im still not sure is there any reason TO upgrade?
Jun 7 2007 12:19PM
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GetPitted
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I have it and I hate it
Jun 7 2007 12:26PM
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Shpadoinkle
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yea, don't do it.
it's like a car. never buy the first production.
Jun 7 2007 12:41PM
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MESKI
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Virus Included Switch To Apple = VISTA
Jun 7 2007 1:03PM
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Capurnicus
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hahha umm wow..yeah that sounds like a quality product right there..hahaha
Jun 7 2007 1:09PM
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ax_murderer
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vista is def. not slow, dont know what you'll are talking about
Jun 7 2007 2:48PM
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OpIvy
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If you want to just mess around with it and see what its all about, you could just dual boot.  Its not that hard and gives you a way to back out if you don't like vista.
Jun 7 2007 2:54PM
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snwbrdmilf
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i agree. my computer came with Vista, and i will say that i like it a lot. but i wouldn't upgrade if it didn't alread have it.
Jun 7 2007 2:54PM
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J.W.
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Vista isn't bad, but it's not worth upgrading. I don't see anything special about it anyway. Mine works well, no trouble so far
Jun 7 2007 2:57PM
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soradrightnow
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This is what 30 days with Vista was like for an experienced computer user whose OS of choice is Windows XP.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTMxOCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

9 pages of reading to come to this conclusion:

"...at the end of the 30 days, I begged Managing Editor Jason Wall to let me reformat my computer and stop testing."
Jun 7 2007 3:30PM
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Peter.
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im waiting til a service pack or two comes out, and when more programs are compatible
Jun 7 2007 3:32PM
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396222687862
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my americas army has frozen up atleast 6 times on vista and startup is slow compared to XP, im pissed.
Jun 7 2007 3:47PM
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