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Vista's Suckiness (or not) | |||||||
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- It restricts your freedoms and destroys performance with draconian DRM, going so far as to break HD outputs! – It includes anti-piracy pseudo-spyware that has blocked legitimate machines – Vista breaks accelerated DirectSound and 16/8-bit legacy applications – Vista is generally slightly slower than XP on comparable hardware Source
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 6:46PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||
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Vista is fine, I have it and it works well. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 6:51PM | View Raepdog's Profile | # | ||||||
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Raepdog Posted: “Works well” isn’t worth an upgrade. XP works well. Many computers have had issues with network and audio drivers. DarkDespair5 edited this message on 12/29/2008 6:52PM |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 6:52PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||
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DarkDespair5 Posted:
I never upgraded I got a new computer. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 6:55PM | View Raepdog's Profile | # | ||||||
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Raepdog Posted: That same computer would be faster with XP.
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 6:56PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||
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DarkDespair5 Posted:
An Instant and a Faster Instant aren’t that big of a difference for me. I’m always confused why people are so pbumionately anti-vista. I enjoy my vista, and I enjoy my other computer with XP. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 6:58PM | View KosherRaepdog's Profile | # | ||||||
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I’ve upgraded several computers from Vista to XP. Their owners were much happier when they got a computer back which was fast, responsive, and didn’t ask if you really really really wanted to do that every 5 seconds. The only **** of it was finding XP drivers for brand-new laptops. Tricky, but I managed. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:00PM | View OverclockedJesus...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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KosherRaepdog Posted:
Because it is spyware. Because it gives control of certain computer components to Redmond. Because it causes computer manufacturers to make components more expensive because of DRM encryption rules.
See Source #1
Etc |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:01PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||
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You think it’s slower because of the girly things like that fancy clock there and that sh*t…
Just do as I do… Use Windows Clbumic (Windows 98) layout… You’ll see, it’s as fast as Windows Xp…
Block auto updates… don’t let windows play around… you can do that… just have to disable some things… Stoned_elf edited this message on 12/29/2008 7:03PM |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:02PM | View Stoned_elf's Profile | # | ||||||
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OverclockedJesus Posted:
Haha upgraded. UAC is security controls done wrong. Even if you disable them and act as an administrator, you’re still not under full control of your computer. Certain driver permissions are restricted under default Admin. You can override this, but DRM ensures you’re still not under TRUE control. DarkDespair5 edited this message on 12/29/2008 7:05PM |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:03PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||
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DarkDespair5 Posted:
My XP is infested with Spyware. My Vista is fine, its good for me. Why do you have such a problem its a fine computer. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:04PM | View Raepdog's Profile | # | ||||||
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Raepdog Posted:
Look @ my links to see why I highly dislike Vista. It takes longer to do anything, control panels were rearranged uselessly, etc.
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:07PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||
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“[Vista] increases motherboard design costs, increases lead times, and reduces OEM configuration flexibility. This cost is pbumed on to purchasers of multimedia PCs and may delay availability of high-performance platforms ” — ATI. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:09PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||
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Raepdog Posted:
this
I have plenty of RAM and stuff though |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:13PM | View elenaratelimit's Profile | # | ||||||
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elenaratelimit Posted:
Vista should be BETTER than XP. It is an *UPGRADE*. In many ways, it is not. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:15PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||
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DarkDespair5 Posted:
HDMI FTW.
It’d be foolish for businesses to upgrade to Vista with the release of Windows 7 right around the corner, but for the consumer, Vista is great (with UAC disabled, naturally). Face it, XP is becoming obsolete.
Now my question to the OP: why are you posting about this now? Vista has been out for almost two years. Talk about old news. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:19PM | View CaptainDDL's Profile | # | ||||||
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CaptainDDL Posted:
Vista? Great? It’s slower, less stable and adds few great features. I always wait for SP1 before upgrading my non-tinker OS, so that’s why I waited. DarkDespair5 edited this message on 12/29/2008 7:22PM |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:21PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||
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DarkDespair5 Posted:
It’s a new laptop, came with Vista, no option for XP. I actually like some features on it way more than XP.
It runs smooth/fast and haven’t had any problems personally so I don’t get why everyone hates so much especially if they don’t use it (or have to).
The anti-vista whining is about as annoying as the mac-loving whining. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:28PM | View elenaratelimit's Profile | # | ||||||
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DarkDespair5 Posted:
I haven’t had a BSOD since I’ve upgraded to Vista. Try installing Vista on a decent system (ie. not last gen) with at least 1GB of memory, and you should be good, especially with SP1. I troubleshoot computers for a living, and I’d much rather work on Vista systems than XP systems.
Also, you didn’t answer my question. |
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:30PM | View CaptainDDL's Profile | # | ||||||
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CaptainDDL Posted:
It’s not old news. A lot of people still use XP. XP works on those systems that aren’t “decent”. I’ve never had a BSOD on XP.
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Posted On: 12/29/2008 7:33PM | View DarkDespair5's Profile | # | ||||||