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- Incidents, on 05/14/2008, -68/+214Why not just get Vista? After SP1 it stopped being horrible.
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -84/+182I thought vista had no new features?
Oh wait that was just ***** from virgin linux fanboys who are jealous of pussy getting windows users. - KanosWRX, on 05/14/2008, -39/+125I have been nothing but happy with Vista, no more problems then any other OS, its more stable for me then my OSX and XP computer and easier to use. Simple as that.
- batmanz, on 05/14/2008, -11/+91Good lord, why is everyone so defensive of XP? Everyone hated it, now that Vista is out, everyone hates Vista and suddenly XP is the best thing ever.
- tnoy, on 05/14/2008, -2/+55Same reason I just keep beating the monolith with a bone until something productive happens.
- alexonix, on 05/14/2008, -11/+67after decent drivers came out like 2 months after launch it stopped being horrible...
- Okari, on 05/14/2008, -3/+54Doesn't give you the volume mixer. That's my favorite feature from any OS.
- aussieNickuss, on 05/14/2008, -8/+57I was a hater of Vista at first....but that was only due to trying it out on a computer that just wasn't capable enough and the whole "following the crowd" stigma of digg. I've been using Vista full-on for the last week on a P4 and it's been smooth as silk. Aero is a breath of fresh air from the boringness and inconsistency of XP's UI and you don't get any of that "breaking & tearing" either.
I don't know why there has been so much hate.....especially the Vista == ME comparison. ME was a slow, unstable piece of *****. Vista is just a operating system that has come out a little before its time in terms of system requirements, but it is VERY stable and a lot more enjoyable to use than XP IMHO. - PleaseJustDie, on 05/14/2008, -4/+51Same reason I still use dos 3.1 and the Automenu.
- cquinnd, on 05/14/2008, -9/+54Not.
- hello2usir, on 05/14/2008, -2/+48Same reason I still use an abacus.
- alwaysmc2, on 05/14/2008, -14/+59Actually, Vista was basically always good. SP1 is a good excuse to start liking Vista without admitting to being wrong, though.
- johanrocks, on 05/14/2008, -3/+48I've tried all of this software. If you're running all of this, don't you think your computer would be using more RAM, perhaps even up to par with Vista? It would certainly be slower than Vista if you're running all of this stuff and have a computer that can do that smoothly, because Vista is excellent on higher-end computers.
In the end, I just went over to Vista, and I don't regret it at all. I dual-boot XP just in case I really need to use it (problems, etc.), but I'm having to use it less and less. - colasrtney, on 05/14/2008, -1/+41Same reason I'm using hand-written correspondence to post this.
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -5/+44Same reason why I still use Windows 98SE.
- Phocion55, on 05/14/2008, -12/+50Clearly somewhere during your childhood you had a freak run-in with a penguin.
We're here to help you get through these troubling times. - lucutus, on 05/14/2008, -4/+40What about the fact that error reporting and on-line troubleshooting in Vista actually works sometimes?
- tnoy, on 05/14/2008, -8/+44Pft, untrue. With all the money I've saved moving to Linux I was able to buy sex.
- JK1150, on 05/14/2008, -6/+38if you install all of these, your system will probably be slower/less stable than a fresh vista install...
- Evildudetx, on 05/14/2008, -6/+40Yeah, great advice - install a bunch of third party applications to make your system 'better'. In reality, you are going to do nothing but give yourself a headache and create a completely unstable machine.
- waynechng, on 05/14/2008, -3/+35Funny how Mac fanboys are okay with bad hard drives and bad memory from Apple which they're not allowed to change themselves, but will sh*t all over Windows cause it doesn't have their Launcher.
- MioTheGreat, on 05/14/2008, -1/+32Same reason why I don't use these stupid "operating systems". They just get in the way.
- moo113, on 05/14/2008, -21/+69I'm quite used to Windows XP. I've been using it for 6 years, run custom modes and it's flawless. Why upgrade when it does everything I need?
- Jerky1312, on 05/14/2008, -3/+32Same reason why I still use Windows 2000.
- MioTheGreat, on 05/14/2008, -0/+29XP's defrag visual was actually a very poor representation of what your hard disk actually looked like. It was an inaccurate 'feel-good' meter. It became more blue, and you felt better.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 05/14/2008, -7/+35You really have to try this sort of stuff for yourself before you make a fair judgement. People claim that the same features are or can be available, but usually when you actually use them, they turn out being ***** knockoffs. A lot of times they don't work as well, are missing things, aren't as stable or fast, etc.
A big example is using Google Desktop's sidebar instead of Vista's. They both have some good widgets, but if you are going to use the Google Desktop as a replacement you quickly see it's a generation behind in terms of "look and feel".
(GDS Search can't be beat however) - kaffein, on 05/14/2008, -2/+28Article should be renamed how to triple your OS's memory usage!
- aussieNickuss, on 05/14/2008, -4/+29ME crashed halfway through the installation for me back in 2001......back to 98 for me at that point. Vista on the other hand, I have never experienced a crash, or a "not responding" app yet.
- gabacho2, on 05/14/2008, -1/+23But you were too busy trying to fix her .conf to enjoy it
- MioTheGreat, on 05/14/2008, -4/+28I think digg is either growing up or just got bored with the "Vista Sux0rrs!!11!!!" mentality.
- stephbeaudet, on 05/14/2008, -1/+22same reason why i use a butterfly :)
- ExRe, on 05/14/2008, -7/+30I'd argue that it wasn't horrible before SP1. The only real problem I've ever had was back in the Beta/RC's with my Creative sound card (and some versions of gpu drivers from nVidia).
Thankfully I don't have to deal with that BS from creative anymore since I got another computer (the old one has XP and is only for gaming). - MioTheGreat, on 05/14/2008, -2/+23>If you can't maintain a stable system with Windows XP, then you're not going to have much better luck with Vista.
I disagree. Since my friends and family have switched to Vista, the amount of maintenance work that I have to do for them has dropped dramatically. Vista seems to be capable of maintaining itself in the face of idiot users much better than XP ever could. - ChristineM206, on 05/14/2008, -6/+30How is a crappy sound driver (made by someone other than microsoft) the fault of vista?
- scotticus, on 05/14/2008, -5/+24No audio mixer? I'll keep my Vista, thanks.
- digginamish, on 05/14/2008, -3/+24I love how people like to hold Microsoft responsible for drivers! All the manufacturers had Vista more than a year before it was released - even Adobe, who lied and said you would need to BUY a Vista-specific version.
In the history of operating systems it has never been the responsibility of the maker of the OS to ensure software and hardware vendors keep up. All of you remember the same stories with other releases, so why all the bashing this time? - MioTheGreat, on 05/14/2008, -1/+21Isn't having a 3d-composed desktop nice? I can't understand why people insist on using XP....
- danomagnum, on 05/14/2008, -0/+21Seriously?
Edit:Damn... curse you alcohol and making me not realize sarcasm... - inactive, on 05/14/2008, -4/+22saim reazin...Ug! wuy... Me tuke rok and writ wurd hear on wull uv caive.
- alwaysmc2, on 05/14/2008, -5/+26Awesome! Does this comment being dugg down mean that it isn't cool to poke fun at Vista anymore?
- evilesttoast, on 05/14/2008, -5/+21Vista has never locked up for me
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -13/+30you and me both buddy
- petard, on 05/14/2008, -2/+18How long ago was this test? Back at launch? Nvidia had bad drivers back then. The latest drivers are REALLY good and finally added in advanced options like setting custom refresh rate, blanking, etc.
- grumpyrain, on 05/14/2008, -1/+191. Automenu FTW
2. Exit - ElBeh, on 05/14/2008, -8/+23Because that takes money. XP is fine. :)
- specialK16, on 05/14/2008, -6/+20What the ***** was that?
- x2wenty4x, on 05/14/2008, -2/+16Perhaps its your ***** ass hardware.
- joeydoo, on 05/14/2008, -2/+17They missed the important feature I like in Vista.. the fact that the UI and video frames are always in sync with the monitor. I hated that on XP, some applications and flash video would always tear..nasty.
That's one of the many reasons I won't go back to XP... which I could at any time. The main reason is that my Vista machine can run for weeks on end and is just as stable as XP... more stable actually. I had a dodgy graphics driver which crashes once every couple of days.. that would be a blue screen on XP, vista just shrugs it off and reloads it like nothing happened. - TheG2, on 05/14/2008, -2/+15And even that crashes all the time.
- gabacho2, on 05/14/2008, -8/+24All the anti-Microsoft stuff seems to come out during the day, and all the pro Microsoft stuff comes out during the evening, after people get off of WORK.
Hear that linux guys? WORK -
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