Windows Vista Pah !

Miss Disco wrote: Bought a new computer the other week with Vista on it (I won't say where from, though) and had to send it back because our modem and scanner are incompatible and none of the fixes we tried helped. We tried everything: downloading drivers (which didn't work), uninstalling, reinstalling, buying a new modem...we never even got as far as the scanner. The old Win98 computer is now back up and running until we can get a new one.

According to what I've heard, Vista's a complete rebuild of Windows and Gatesy and co. caught everybody off guard because they didn't tell anyone about it. Apparently there's not a lot that's compatible with it right now. Should I get an XP computer instead?

not true in every aspect, it has the security functions of windows server 2003, plus prompts you to run certain executable files before they run

Oh it gets better! Windows Vista should be replaced in 2-3 years time by "Windows 7"

http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-6197943.html

and in January all XP will be taken out of stores so Mr. Bill will makes all of us get Vista.

No wonder I am looking at a Mac for my next computer.

BIGINOIL wrote: Works fine for me now that I've binned IE7 and started using Firefox.

In fact, I quite like it.

Still wonder what it's doing with 40% of my processing power though.

Where the fccuk did that pic of Gates come from?

Aah 'Oil. It was the IE7 upgrade that made me stay w/ Windows for such a while. Put Opera Opera's Link..after seeing their newest version.
Had the chance to use a couple different operating systems this last while. So the question is as I play around w/ setting and transfer things over. Can I just delete most things Windows related that aren't directly tied to XP.

I've cured the Web Outlook problem by switching to Firefox.

And I've had no other problems.

Vista seems really stable, and not visibly much different from XP.

But I don't really do much with it, apart from a little surfing and reading documents.

BonoShed wrote: Oh it gets better! Windows Vista should be replaced in 2-3 years time by "Windows 7"

Time to buy more RAM.

dave soligo wrote:

BonoShed wrote: Oh it gets better! Windows Vista should be replaced in 2-3 years time by "Windows 7"

Time to buy more RAM.

Nobody will ever need more than 4MB of RAM: Bill Gates

Windows95 requires 16MB of RAM: the win95 box

conclusion, nobody needs win95 (or higher)

Which brings to mind one of my fave forum sigs ever......

"the box said "requires windows 95 or better" so I installed Linux"