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    Vista SP1 @ end of 07

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mikeymike, Jun 20, 2007.

  1. mikeymike

    mikeymike Notebook Evangelist

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    mikeymike, Jun 20, 2007
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  2. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Wasn't it supposed to be at the second half 2007 when Server 2008 ships?

    i can hear the "wait for SP1" mantra being chanted again. :p
     
    System64, Jun 20, 2007
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  3. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    XP became pretty usable with SP1. Hopeing the same for Vista.
     
    wave, Jun 20, 2007
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  4. The Streets

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    Huh?! Vista is very much useable for me now.....
     
    The Streets, Jun 20, 2007
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  5. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    Vista is usable now for most people I guess.

    But not yet for my work. Hopefully with SP1 my company will migrate to Vista. I have to dual boot because I need XP on my personal notebook to connect to work.

    Vista in an XP network is a horror story to me.
     
    wave, Jun 20, 2007
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  6. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    These are the issues I have with Vista:

    Driver support sucks, especially ATI and Canon support...HP only recently did some good stuff.

    Video overlay issues prevented me from watching full screen DVDs, a maximized windowed video was fine.

    At least one crash per day, most often when I did nothing...even Vista's reliability monitor said my install was unstable.

    USB connectivity issues...my printer and other USB stuffs would reconnect and reinstall drivers about 3-5 times per day.

    Printer failed to work for a LONG time, despite 'working' drivers being released...I would usually have to reboot the computer in order to get it to print a document.

    I remember one particular time I deleted everything off of a partition I didn't want, but the space wasn't freed up at all. You delete 15GB of stuff, you'd expect your available capacity to go up 15GB...it didn't. I ended up having to reformat that disc in order to get my space back :mad:

    WiFi was a nightmare for my university network. But XP has no issues.

    Vista invalidated my license once, and though MS fixed it with a call or two, I still had to reinstall the OS to get full functionality back. I confirmed my key was legit and everything, confirmed with their support teams I could properly activate it again, and then just installed XP!

    And before someone tries to tell me 'I didn't know what I was doing,' I'm a software programmer and EE student who frequently helps everyone else I know out with their PC problems. I usually get called before Dell, HP, or other...and usually they don't have to call Dell, HP, or other once I'm done looking at their problems.
     
    Greg, Jun 20, 2007
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  7. Orlbuckeye

    Orlbuckeye Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow i've been running Vista on 3 machines without any problems. I actually removed XP to install Vista Beta 2 on my main computer.
     
    Orlbuckeye, Jun 20, 2007
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  8. sgistormx

    sgistormx Notebook Guru

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    Sounds like XP in a 2000 network lol
     
    sgistormx, Jun 20, 2007
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