Problems with vista

hm, where should i start???

used on dell 6400 with intel T7400, 2 gigs of ram, ati x1400
i used vista ultimate release candidate 1 and found these problems

say bye bye to a bunch of programs that you are using with xp, because even with the compatibility wiz, some still won't work

some games will not have sound

i had cubase 3 and the asio drivers will not install, dssdj found no sound cards

so sound is a big problem with the os, not sure if they fixed it for release

ati x1400 had big problems with windows aero when i used the updated driver, the 3d flip feature seemed glitchy... but when i used an older version of the driver, 3d flip seem fine

READYBOOST!!! - doesnt work for all flash drives, and not memory card reader reads fast enough either... i went through 7 different flash drives before they found 1 that was readyboost capable, apparently its the flash drive's manufacturer's problem, the speeds they post on advertisments arent the "random speed" that vista uses, they post "top speed"

volume mixer - nice how u can control the volume of individual programs, but then they got rid of volume control of mic playback and recording control

if you're a dj/producer.. dont upgrade.. cuz i learnt my lesson and had to downgrade back to xp

too many drivers out there do not work with vista, for example, i tried to install a driver for my hp mf8170c laser printer and it doesnt work, not even when i got the most updated version of the driver

the windows sidebar looks cool, but everytime you run your mouse over the sidebar, cpu usages spikes up

i dont know if they fixed this for the released version or not, but neither macaffe nor norton works for vista, which really doesnt matter anyways because they take up too much cpu... CA is really nice and they support windows vista

there are just too many god **** problems to list

oh ya, they said 1 gig of ram is enough, but more than half of that goes towards running vista, so you're left with less than 500mb of ram...

but then you can always just stick in a flash driver and speed things up

my advice... wait a year before buying, and you'll have none of these

or get a mac

 

i realized i should have posted this in the software section, dammmmmit

 

Excuse me sir.

I'm using Vista RC2 64-bit, and it's not in the least as horrible as you say it is. What was horrible was beta 1, and there's a big significant chunk of improvement there.

Care to tell us what programs it is, that is not working? Here's a list of programs that don't work and that do work - yet.
http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_RTM_Software_Compatibility_List
A lot of developers are working on programs exclusively for Vista. Triilian Astra, for example.

Aero worked fine for me on the X1400 (was using Acer 5670), but I can't vouch for the 3D thing, because I hadn't figured out how that worked

I can kind of see where your arguments are coming from, but I don't think getting a mac solves the problem though.

 

pretty much all the dj programs,

dssdj
serato scratch live - inevitable blue screen of death



x1400 only has problems when u install the new updated driver, using the one provided from the dell website works better than the one given by windows update

forgot to say, rc1 32-bit

and to work the 3d flip thing, just hold down the window key and push tab once, continue to hold the windows key and you can scroll through the 3d flip by using the arrows key

let me ask you a question, what do you use your laptop for?

 

Lol, I figured it out eventually.

I use mine for light gaming, video encoding, browsing the net, and listening to music and watching craploads of anime.

 

I agree. If your main problem is software compatibility, moving to Mac OS won't exactly help you out...

As for ReadyBoost, we've known for a long time that certain media won't work. Not all flash memory is created equal, and there's no reason to expect that the thumb drive that came free in a box of Lucky Charms (for example) is up to the strain that Vista will put on it. The guys at ExtremeTech tested a small sample of thumb drives months ago, and found that only half worked with ReadyBoost, and this guy has an entire website devoted to ReadyBoost-compatible devices. He's up to 227 as of this writing. People who expect to use ReadyBoost really should check out these resources (and others) in advance and spare themselves some frustration.

Vista has its share of problems, sure, but it's about to become a reality for millions of people, and I think now is a good time to stop ranting about the problems and start focusing on finding solutions. On the long timeline, avoiding Vista is no solution.