computerworlduk.com— The majority of IT professionals worry that migrating to Windows Vista will make their networks less stable and more complex, according to a new survey.
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A fresh XP SP2 install from our corporate image requires just under 90 updates from our Windows Update server. I have to imagine that a fresh install from the CD and downloading from windowsupdate.com must be close to 100 updates by now. Yikes.Damn you, CAPTCHA. Digg is broken.
Why would you want to pay the extra money for a the latest machine just to run Vista slowly? Wouldn't XP or Ubuntu be a better choice? Personally, I enjoy all the speed I can get out of my hardware. I used XP for years. After seeing how slowly Vista ran compared to Ubuntu, I'd never run Vista again. I'm very happy with the applications, eye candy, and the over all stability of Ubuntu. I have it running on seven machines some at work and at home in various parts of my house. Its the best OS I've ever used. I do keep a XP VMWare session open for Outlook, and Visio. This is combination that works great for me. Hate it when your windows registry fills up with garbage, and your disk becomes fragmented? Another good thing about Ubuntu is you don't have to reinstall ever 9 months to a year to get your performance back. There is no registry to fill up. Disk fragmentation is handled automatically. I don't have to run something manually or schedule it.
dedpoetNov 20, 2007
A fresh XP SP2 install from our corporate image requires just under 90 updates from our Windows Update server. I have to imagine that a fresh install from the CD and downloading from windowsupdate.com must be close to 100 updates by now. Yikes.Damn you, CAPTCHA. Digg is broken.
objectcodeNov 20, 2007
i don't see why you are being dugg down. thats about all Vista is good for
meatbiproductNov 20, 2007
Actually I have XP w/ IE7 and XP with IE6 running as VM in Vista - so really both your nerd jokes are unfounded.
snowball69Nov 21, 2007
Microsoft Linux?? :O(Don't dismiss that out of hand LOL)
chrisphotonicNov 22, 2007
Why would you want to pay the extra money for a the latest machine just to run Vista slowly? Wouldn't XP or Ubuntu be a better choice? Personally, I enjoy all the speed I can get out of my hardware. I used XP for years. After seeing how slowly Vista ran compared to Ubuntu, I'd never run Vista again. I'm very happy with the applications, eye candy, and the over all stability of Ubuntu. I have it running on seven machines some at work and at home in various parts of my house. Its the best OS I've ever used. I do keep a XP VMWare session open for Outlook, and Visio. This is combination that works great for me. Hate it when your windows registry fills up with garbage, and your disk becomes fragmented? Another good thing about Ubuntu is you don't have to reinstall ever 9 months to a year to get your performance back. There is no registry to fill up. Disk fragmentation is handled automatically. I don't have to run something manually or schedule it.
lozmaticDec 3, 2007
I did this and yes, it works faster. But no improvement on stability. I think a lot of the software designed for XP doesn't quite work on Vista.