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Vi$ta is Shite
« on: December 23, 2007, 10:03:20 AM »
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2007, 10:11:31 AM »
Fair 'Nuff ~ thought it might be.
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 11:53:56 AM »
It really is complete shite!
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2008, 11:55:54 AM »
Quote from: Barman on January 11, 2008, 11:53:56 AM
It really is complete shite!

Oh Dear ~ another crash?
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2008, 11:58:08 AM »
Not a crash as such but everything it does is incompetent… and slow…

Am downgrading this machine to XP over the weekend…  cloud9:
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2008, 12:03:16 PM »
Ah! I see ...... I am seriously thinking about saving up and switching to a Mac just to get away from MSoft however apart from the cost they seem a bit "poncey" if you know what I mean ......... and I'd have to learn all sorts of new stuff to get the value out of it. It is a worry  scared2:
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2008, 12:19:17 PM »
I really think linux is the way forward...
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2008, 12:23:21 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on January 11, 2008, 12:03:16 PM
Ah! I see ...... I am seriously thinking about saving up and switching to a Mac just to get away from MSoft however apart from the cost they seem a bit "poncey" if you know what I mean ......... and I'd have to learn all sorts of new stuff to get the value out of it. It is a worry  scared2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADkpyVWAwQ
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2008, 12:25:42 PM »
Precisely
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2008, 12:31:55 PM »
Quote from: Barman on January 11, 2008, 11:58:08 AM
Not a crash as such but everything it does is incompetent… and slow…

Am downgrading this machine to XP over the weekend…  cloud9:

Cant network it to the Vic20 then?  point:

Seriously though, I have it on a desktop PC at work that works fine. I installed Vista as an upgrade from XP and it was indeed shite. However, after reformatting the PC and doing a cold install it was and is, fine. I also have it preloaded on a new laptop at home and it also fine.

Also, i took said laptop away with me over the new year, we were told there was no internet connection so I downloaded various web pages about things to see and do. When I switched it on it automatically picked up and unsecured wireless connection without being asked to. Which was nice of it.

Its amazing how much porn you can download in a week.

Maybe you should stop fiddling about with it?  eyes:

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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2008, 12:38:44 PM »
I find it unbelievably slow (it is a dual-core 3GHz Pentium with 2Gbytes RAM) compared to my old XP system.

Displaying photographs takes forever. Once I’ve viewed the photo library I can’t remove the icons from the toolbar or click on other toolbar applications (I have to Alt+Tab). After about half an hour the icons close and I can return to normal.

IE often hangs.

Yesterday it was downloading an update. I turned my back for a second and the bastard thing had rebooted losing all my work.

It keeps asking me if I am sure about stuff.

Even as an administrator it won’t let me do some things.

It will map a network storage device as a remote drive but won’t do it again after a re-boot. I have to disconnect the drive then reconnect.

I have customers that simply can’t connect Vi$ta boxes to wireless routers that happily accept other systems.

Utter, utter shite.

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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2008, 05:46:31 PM »
Boss at work's home PC went bang at the weekend - it was quite old, so he bought a new one, with Vista installed.

Trying to install his mail accounts and drivers for the printer/scanner/mobile etc. failed spectactularly - his language today would have made a docker blush.

I offered to sell him a XP installation disk - he is seriously considering it!
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2008, 07:02:17 PM »
Quote from: Barman on January 11, 2008, 12:38:44 PM
I find it unbelievably slow (it is a dual-core 3GHz Pentium with 2Gbytes RAM) compared to my old XP system.

Displaying photographs takes forever. Once I’ve viewed the photo library I can’t remove the icons from the toolbar or click on other toolbar applications (I have to Alt+Tab). After about half an hour the icons close and I can return to normal.

IE often hangs.

Yesterday it was downloading an update. I turned my back for a second and the bastard thing had rebooted losing all my work.

It keeps asking me if I am sure about stuff.

Even as an administrator it won’t let me do some things.

It will map a network storage device as a remote drive but won’t do it again after a re-boot. I have to disconnect the drive then reconnect.

I have customers that simply can’t connect Vi$ta boxes to wireless routers that happily accept other systems.

Utter, utter shite.

 Banghead

As far as I can tell the reason Vista runs so much slower is that although its designed to use more RAM than XP was 2GB is the minimum requirement to get it to do anything more rapidly than a snail on speed going up the side of Everest.

The inability to connect to wireless routers etc I would suspect is driver related (although I have no doubt that if you rang the Microsoft help line it would more likely be drivel related)

As for it not letting you do certain tasks, its paranoid and knows that you will wipe it as soon as you can.
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2008, 08:25:24 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on January 24, 2008, 07:02:17 PM
Quote from: Barman on January 11, 2008, 12:38:44 PM
I find it unbelievably slow (it is a dual-core 3GHz Pentium with 2Gbytes RAM) compared to my old XP system.

Displaying photographs takes forever. Once I’ve viewed the photo library I can’t remove the icons from the toolbar or click on other toolbar applications (I have to Alt+Tab). After about half an hour the icons close and I can return to normal.

IE often hangs.

Yesterday it was downloading an update. I turned my back for a second and the bastard thing had rebooted losing all my work.

It keeps asking me if I am sure about stuff.

Even as an administrator it won’t let me do some things.

It will map a network storage device as a remote drive but won’t do it again after a re-boot. I have to disconnect the drive then reconnect.

I have customers that simply can’t connect Vi$ta boxes to wireless routers that happily accept other systems.

Utter, utter shite.

 Banghead

As far as I can tell the reason Vista runs so much slower is that although its designed to use more RAM than XP was 2GB is the minimum requirement to get it to do anything more rapidly than a snail on speed going up the side of Everest.

The inability to connect to wireless routers etc I would suspect is driver related (although I have no doubt that if you rang the Microsoft help line it would more likely be drivel related)

As for it not letting you do certain tasks, its paranoid and knows that you will wipe it as soon as you can.
Wiped... Back to XP  cloud9:
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Re: Vi$ta is Shite
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2008, 03:53:48 PM »
New laptop for daughter. With Vista.

Wireless router.

Much swearing. Bastards.
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