[Webb]

I got a new rig 2 weeks ago,got installed Airborne,Enemy Territory: Quake,Battlefield 2 and Sword of the New World.

They all play very nice,just like on my old XP Home.Don't know about older games like MoH:AA.That's what I'm trying to find out.

[elstatec]

so they place just like on your old xp home? so basically it was the same playing the games on a cheaper aids free version of windows?

[General Cobra]

[Coleman]

i really don't understand what everyone has against vista. I've been using it for a while and have had zero problems with it.

[geRV]

Originally Posted by Coleman

i really don't understand what everyone has against vista. I've been using it for a while and have had zero problems with it.

People don't like it because its "cool" to hop aboard the bandwagon. People say it sluggish and bloated...funny thing is those same people were whining about the exact same thing when xp was released and used up more system resources than win98 or win2000. And what happened with xp? Within a year or two it was the OS of choice..same thing will happen with vista.

I guess people feel the need to gripe when their pentium 3 550 and 256 meg of ram can't cut it anymore.

[General Cobra]

Originally Posted by geRV

People don't like it because its "cool" to hop aboard the bandwagon. People say it sluggish and bloated...funny thing is those same people were whining about the exact same thing when xp was released and used up more system resources than win98 or win2000. And what happened with xp? Within a year or two it was the OS of choice..same thing will happen with vista.

I guess people feel the need to gripe when their pentium 3 550 and 256 meg of ram can't cut it anymore.

Vista Sucks. Very bad OS. Haven't heard anything good from anyone.

[geRV]

Originally Posted by General Cobra

Vista Sucks. Very bad OS. Haven't heard anything good from anyone.

saying vista sucks is hardly worth typing as it doesnt state why it sucks. The most common complaint us it uses more resources, well that's hardly suprising as an os evolves its natural for it to require more ram or hdd space. Thats a simple fact of bringing a new os to the market 5 years after xp, its obvious the requirements would go up. And as I said before when xp was releases people were saying that sucked because of more ram and CPU usage. People just don't like change and the most vocal are normally the ones who don't want to change hence the deluge of negative comments towards it. Simple fact is vista is very stable and easy to use, the initial teething issues have been sorted and the os runs well.

What exactly sucks about it? Have you tried it yourself or are you just listening to people who know nothing but feel theyre informd enough to say "omg it sux" with no reasons why? I will admit at the start drivers were a bit flakey from some companies, Creative labs for one but thats hardly the fault of microsoft, they knew this OS was coming and they had access to versions of it throughout development, if drivers had problems its not microsofts problem, more so the companies who didn't get the thumb out.

[General Cobra]

Originally Posted by geRV

saying vista sucks is hardly worth typing as it doesnt state why it sucks. The most common complaint us it uses more resources, well that's hardly suprising as an os evolves its natural for it to require more ram or hdd space. Thats a simple fact of bringing a new os to the market 5 years after xp, its obvious the requirements would go up. And as I said before when xp was releases people were saying that sucked because of more ram and CPU usage. People just don't like change and the most vocal are normally the ones who don't want to change hence the deluge of negative comments towards it. Simple fact is vista is very stable and easy to use, the initial teething issues have been sorted and the os runs well.

What exactly sucks about it? Have you tried it yourself or are you just listening to people who know nothing but feel theyre informd enough to say "omg it sux" with no reasons why? I will admit at the start drivers were a bit flakey from some companies, Creative labs for one but thats hardly the fault of microsoft, they knew this OS was coming and they had access to versions of it throughout development, if drivers had problems its not microsofts problem, more so the companies who didn't get the thumb out.

Well so far I've known 5 people close to me that ran vista. 3 of them didn't have the Comp Power to run it so they were immediately turned off. The other two had high powered pcs that go way beyond the specs required and still found several faults in the software. Not only did it not run PC games the way it had promised but it fell so short in FPS and speed that most of the new games were not even playable. Mixed results from college kids in the area where a handful loved vista and another group hated it. As far as I could tell most people just wanted to stick with XP. Why? Because Vista offered nothing in a way of advancement.

I'll give microsoft credit. DX10 is awesome and is a great advancement in gaming. But I'm not ever buying vista. It's not about the bandwagon, it's about performance. Win 98 ran a lot of things better than XP for the same reasons.

[Proteus]

Quote Cobra as saying he's never getting Vista so you can show him the post in a year or so...

when he has Vista!

[9mm BeRetTa]

Cobra, I don't know how you're never going to get Vista... games will probably be made to only run on Vista soon.

Yea, I don't exactly want to spend $100 for a new OS either, but I imagine I'm going to have to cave at some point. I'll get Vista when I get a new PC in the next year.

[Webb]

Also I was afraid I would have to buy another printer,my Epson Stylus 880 is at least 6 years old and also a Joystick SideWinder Precision 2 about 4 years old.

I just plugged them in and "BINGO" no drivers to install at all, Vista took them and install all the drivers right away,the only thing I did was plug it in.

Unless you are running a bussiness,I don't see the point of not getting Vista 64Bit.

[elstatec]

Originally Posted by Webb

I don't see the point of not getting Vista 64Bit.

to save money and get a higher compatibility aids version of vista instead?




man if windows 98 still had updates and support id know where id be at right now