 "I am not a very happy student" | 2009-03-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: AKOHZXC9KKG2P |
| I bought this pre-installed on a HP AMD computer. I have had it for a year and a half and the entire OS CRASHED recently . I cannot boot it up past the password and I took it to an expert, and they said I have to erase the VISTA OS off the computer from scratch and reinstall the OS. NOT COOL! The other problem is that I can get safe mode to work (that is how I know it is not a virus,) but I cannot download the patch that could probably fix the simple problem! I awaiting another OS that is more compatible with an AMD. Please be cautious in purchasing this OS |
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 "Unleashes it full potential ONLY if you have the right hardware." | 2008-11-25 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2XSMU2ZM37HZD |
Vista only lives up to what it supposed to be only if your computer has all the right hardware to support it.
Majority of computers that came with Windows XP should stick with Windows Xp.
Vista has as many reqirement's as a new Computer game, and you need to exceed all requirement's for it to run the way it should be.
NEVER TRY TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, doing this will only allow you to use the software and not let it perform the way you want it.
UPDATE YOUR HARDWARE TO EXCEED ANY MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR YOUR SOFTWARE TO RUN THE WAY IT IS MEANT TO BE RUN.
If you are on a budget than you should stick with XP. It is still a great product and I still recommend it most user's especially people who use it with their current computer right now.
If are considering buying a new computer and choose Vista, please customize your computer for it to exceed your specific need's. Any computer that you see in store's that may be a bargan or look's cheap to buy is probalably living up to be what it is. A "cheap""worthless" computer, something you wish you never bought.
Salesman are all the same; from selling computer's, car's, house's, etc. They are there to sell you what they have and make a profit off of it.
Computers decrease in Value just like cars and homes.
Value is kept if you take care of your computer same with anything else.
BOTTOM LINE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT HARDWARE FOR YOUR SOFTWARE TO PERFORM THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
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 "Vista is Working Fine for Me" | 2008-03-21 |
| - Reviewed By keshadylan |
I have XP running on a bootcamp partition on my MacBook and it is doing just fine. I spend most of my working time in Word, hardly ever using any of the other programs in the Office suite. However, I use the Adobe products Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator a whole bunch. Other than that I play solitaire, watch videos and, of course, use both Explorer and Firefox when I go online. That's about it for me, software wise, and XP handles it all without fail, without crashing and without giving me any headaches.
And I will miss it when I upgrade to Vista, however my machine can handle the upgrade, so I'm giving it a try.
Okay, I like the look and feel of Vista, however it's not as snappy as XP or even System X. I like the AERO bit, quite snazzy and one of the reasons my machine runs a bit slower, I suspect, however I'm loath to turn it off as it's so cool.
Word works fine and that's to be expected. My Adobe software runs well too. The browsers, no problem. I did have to upload a printer driver, but that only took a few minutes and I was good to go.
I've read a lot of reviews by people who are having problems with Vista and I'm getting the SP1 upgrade any day and I'll instal it, but I'm not experiencing the problems others appear to be having. Maybe because it's because I only use four or five programs on my Machine. I don't use iTunes or Windows Media as I still listen to my CDs the old fashioned way and only then if I don't have the phonograph record. |
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 "Vista Basic: The closest Vista product to XP you can get" | 2008-03-03 |
| - Reviewed By bsox54 |
Windows Vista Basic is worth purchasing for only a few reasons.
1) It is inevitable that at some point (though certainly not now), Windows will stop creating service packs for Windows XP.
2) Regardless of Vista's RAM-consuming ways, companies have shifted and will continue to shift away from creating software compatible with Windows XP towards software compatible with Windows Vista.
3) Vista Basic is, by far, the least RAM-consuming Vista product available. You might be able to run it without using half of your RAM idling. If you want a more advanced Vista, make sure you have a gigabyte or two of RAM to spare to actually do anything.
Anyways, if you use your computer for internet and simple Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents, don't bother switching to Vista. There's no point. If you like to stay on the cutting edge, get Vista, and stand in awe of its Mac-esque bubbly-ness and ability to do nothing while frying your system resources. |
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| "paranoid" | 2008-02-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A27U7Z62JUZAXK |
| Vista finds everything strange and suspicious, even other microsoft products. Even word documents you wrote yourself will not load without permission being given by a supervisor (I forget the exact title they use) even when you are the only one who uses the computer. You have to do virus checks et al several times a day even if your computer (like mine) is not connected to the internet. It constantly runs programs without asking if you want them or telling you they are running. and then turning the computer off when the program you aren't using turns itself off. Although it is supposed to be compatable with XP programs, it crashes the computer 1/3 of the time if you try to load one. The ones it will run, run at half the screen size. Even programs on your hard drive are pronounced strange and unknown if you dare to try to use them. |
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| "All style, no substance" | 2008-02-07 |
| - Reviewed By i_h8_school2003 |
Bought a new laptop that came with Vista basic on it. I used it for about 15 minutes before I gave up and wiped the hard drive and installed XP. The pointless animations on every menu push the CPU to it's limits, leaving nothing left for, say, internet browsing, or solitaire, for that matter. What especially bugs me is that Vista has such a resemblance to Mac OSX. If I wanted a Mac operating system, I would buy a mac. But no, I guess Microsoft feels threatened, and decided to blend in with the opposition. Well guess what, it didn't work.
Buy Windows XP instead, less flair, more function. |
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