after opening the same program for the 100th time to stop asking me if I trust the program! My damn cats are smarter than that. I feel a little better now.

 

do u mean u hate vista?!

 

You can turn that off if you want...

 

Don't want to turn it off, it is a good feature, I just want to be able to train the damn thing!

 

Where?

 

http://vkuznets.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!50C2754963C7DB2C!147.entry

 

cancel or allow?

 

Thanks....

 

lol, there's a reason I haven't upgraded to Vista...blah!...Red Hat is a more trusted OS and out of all the times I've used it, it's never crashed.

Yet I still have XP, I don't want to let it go.

 

just got my free copy of vista from microsoft...but i'm not sure whether to install it.

 

i'm used to it now.

The only problem for me is getting program compatibility for work applications

 

Don't install it.


















Send it this way!

 

I got my Premium copy a few weeks ago...I think I'm gonna let it sit until the fall, then install Vista after SP1 is released.

 

Semi-related note I just saw over on Slashdot: Microsoft has announced that it will no longer sell Windows XP OEM to computer makers after 2007. It looks like it's Vista or nothing in Microsoft (retail) land starting in 2008.

 

Wait until more network admins start implementing Vista and find out that the damn UAC (that irritating prompt) prevents network login scripts from running without the user entering an admin password.

There is a workaround, but I believe that you will find that most just disable the feature...

 

I need a new lappy. Leaning toward XP and Office 2003, yet everyone that knows better says vista and the new office suite.

I know I would be more productive with the old stuff, but MS will leave me high and dry. Guess I'll go XP and pay to upgrade later. DX 10 is killing me!

 

Why not XP & Office 2007?

 

I installed Vista and Office 2007 on a year and a half old Dell and I feel comfortable with it so far...

 

I'm just going to wait until I get a new laptop and get Vista with it free. There are probably still a few bugs on Vista since it's only a few months old.

 

Did you install the fancy GUI too? My understanding is its a resource pig.

 

I'm saying fahqit and trying to install OSX on my PC, looks like from the research i've done it's going to work too!

 

Most reasonable thing i hear is "Wait for service pack 1"

Painfull to need a laptop right now. Thinking about a cheap one, and throw it away in a year, instead of $3,000 at three year cycles.

My office bought a cheap dell, and we spent more on third party support than the cost of the dell. Dell support had one of our guys printing checks on a wireless network to some other company in the building.

 

FYI - Microsoft has stated it's almost a certainty that Vista SP1 will come out the same time that their next server OS product (Longhorn) is released. Just something to keep an eye out for if you're in the "Wait for service pack 1" camp on Vista.

 

FWIW: I've gone back to XP SP2 and havent looked back. The only thing I really miss about Vista is the improved networking. Oh well.

 

who is that in your avator? she looks mighty fine

 

Dual boot XP SP2 and Vista FTW!

 

My Dell doesn't support Aero...

 

That is what I have right now.

 

I had to take it off my laptop, too old, and too may programs needed for work wouldn't work, still waiting for them to upgrade.

But I am running it on 3 machines at work, and when I do my next rebuild of my home machine in 6 months or so I will install Vista 64 bit.

 

Whiskers.... I think this one was for you.

 

Thats what I do. None of my photo processing stuff likes Vista.

 

Just did that! But need a Ultimate CD Key for VISTA

 

Ok guys I have XP pro on my laptop too and I'm waiting for the free Vista Business upgrade to come in the mail anytime now. So is it a go or no go to install this Vista thing? Supposedly the thing finds the drivers you need by itself just keep on clicking. My laptop is Core 2 Duo T7200 (2GHz, 4MBL2, 667MHzFSB) with 2GB RAM.

 

It's the biggest memory whore anyway you're not missing anything, except a lot of ripped off Mac OS and Unix/Linux rip off features, but it really does nothing but gobble memory

 

Amen to that. I spent three days trying to format the bastard off of my machine.

 

Absolutely no go... After my effort spent on Vista deployments I see absolutely no reason to run Vista over XP.

If you are anything remotely close to a power user you will be crippled by "features" that prevent you from doing what you are used to. As a very simple example... If you have ever done an "ipconfig /renew"... Forget it in Vista - that is an Admin only function. So how do you renew a DHCP lease? Unplug the network and plug it back in . Not something you do every day, but it is very indicative of what MS has broke in Vista.

If all you ever want to do is run IE and Office and the occasional MS-sanctioned game, want to pay too much for a bloated OS that consumes too much hardware resources... Go for it.

Can you tell I hate Vista...

 

just a little...

 

I haven't used Vista yet, but it sounds like it has a lot of problems so far. And I'm worried about application compatibility.

 

It's a back/forth thing. Saw the "sneak preview" of Leopard today - only because a coworker was checking it out. Yeah. Time Machine??? Try System Restore. And they have some poorly copied (read: worse) version of Vista's Flip3D app-switching.

And I found out Apple's tech team is called the "Genius Bar"... on their site. They apparently consist of "Geniuses". The same "geniuses" that tried convincing a coworker that a "MAC address" is not available on PC's?? good sheit, Apple.

 

Got vista, love it
I am going to dual ubuntu since I am linux curious