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So you think that MS should have just left it all alone and keep XP for 10 years?

Hoppers, this has been my experience as well. My laptop, even with a dual core processor and 4GB of ram is a little slow sometimes. My desktop, on the otherhand, has no performance issues what-so-ever. I am not running a budget system though.

You don't think that Apple and Linux are competitors? Maybe not large market share competitors, but if MS doesn't keep up, eventually that will change.

Just expressing my personal experiences with Vista, not all the hype that I read. I seriously enjoy it alot and would NEVER go back to XP by choice. But I do accept that I have to run a new system. I wouldn't ever recommend upgrading an older machine to Vista, just for the change.

Don't get me wrong.... I understand the frustration. I had it at first too. I am jsut saying that it is at a point now (after SP1) that I can very easily use without aggravation. I have actually grown to like it a lot. We still sell our systems with XP64 because of market realities...

joeshaul, I hear so many people "happy with XP" and want to keep it. But when XP was released, I remember people hating it because it wasn't anything new over w2k, other than the way it looked (teletubbies). It has talken 3 service packs and 6 years to get it where it is today, where everyone...

Rick, very good point. I think change is hard. It is especially hard when it is drastic. We all have thousands of dollars invested in software, printers, etc that all worked with the old stuff (XP). It is hard to swallow that it has to change. Unfortunately, we are going to have to...

This seems to be the trend. I HATE the version that is out now. It used to be so much better. I can't wait for the new one. Doesn't that logic seem to be flawed?

Agreed, it is a flop commercially. But is it because it sucks of because of all the negative publicity. I personally think that people are so comfortable with their systems (XP), that major change is hard. The driver issue is ugly. But Vista drivers are largely XP based. It is much better...

It has taken some getting used to (navigation). But after getting pissed off, I looked deeper and found that I could easily customize my explorer windows to make it much easier and even better than XP. Try cusomizing your "links" folder (start, user folder, links) and see how that works out...

Joeshaul... thank you for your view. I think alot of it is too much change at once? A lot chaged in hardware, performance, features, etc in the 5 years between XP and Vista. I think that if they would have stayed constant and realeased something in the middle (maybe 3 years) and eased the...

I agree... Vista does have a slightly "new" look to it, but it is very similar to XP in most respects, just tweaked. MS had a "totally new" idea of what Longhorn (VISTA) should be. Developing it became a long and difficult task, much too long. It caused delay after delay. This forced them...

Don't get me wrong, it had major issues with file transfer speed. This was our major problem. It took FOREVER to move larger files, much longer than XP. This has since been fixed with Service Pack 1.

Yeah, printer drivers and RIP compatiblity were a HUGE issue. Most of the big RIPs are Vista compatible now (or at least there newest versions are). This helps with the driver issues too, as the RIP software usually has built-in drivers for mainstream printers. But again, this is not a...

I have seen no sign of "rushing to Windows 7". There is a big myth out there that Vista is being dumped and Windows 7 is the fix. Gates announced that MS is trying to get back on the 3 year replacement schedule. This was on track until Vista. Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME and 2000, XP...

This was a problem. Service Pack 1 has all but eliminated this, except on systems with lacking hardware. The laptop scene was hit pretty hard with this. First of all, laptops do not have the same performance as a desktop to begin with. To add to the problem, laptop manufacturers are all...

But that is not a Vista problem. That is your printer manufacturer who didn't update their driver (or at least hadn't when you tried). Manufacturers have been pretty busy updating their drivers this last year, there may be drivers out there now. I know that the major RIP software...

That is what I am talking about... no reason, just that it sucks.

I agree... I have a client who was hesitant about buying his Roland because he was afraid that he wouldn't use it enough to warrant the price. Now all he does is print, print, print, all day long.

I just want to throw a question out there for the PC guys (if you are stictly a Mac guy or gal, please leave this to PC users). I was responding on another thread and got way off topic, so I started a new thread. I hear soooo many people just say "Vista sucks", but never say why. I just...