by nicolaou 82 Replies latest jw friends
One year with Vista convinced me to buy a Mac. I still use Windows for some applications, but mostly I use my Mac now. I'll install Windows 7 on one computer because I'm entitled to a free upgrade, but for the most part I'm done with Microsoft products on my home computers. The only reason I use Windows at all any more is for my accounting software and so that I can VPN into work.
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> I know Vista has been much maligned but honestly, I've had no problems with it
If you're good... don't waste your time or money upgrading. (If it ain't broke, don't fix it.)
If just installed Vista Service Pack 2 and will be watching to see how the performance is before I jump and try to upgrade to Win7.
I've been pleasantly surprised with Win 7 in several ways. From my point of view (Freelance IT consultant) this was the best surprise:
I had played around with the Beta's and RC's but finally got hold of the full version around the end of August. Tried a clean install on an older machine just to see what would happen. First thing you always do when you install a new version of Windows on an older machine is go to the Device Manager and see what devices are in need of drivers. --In this case, the NIC, Sound, and USB ports were not working at all; Video Card was running with only a generic driver; MB chipset had no driver installed.
"Great.." I thought - another repeat of Vista. (The NIC was brand new.) I got on another machine and found a Win 7 driver for the NIC from the vendor. (Which I had to burn to a CD in this situation -- another headache) As soon as the NIC was working and internet connectivity was established, though things started to happen. The Device Manager paused and then refreshed. Now the MB chipset driver was installed. Device manager pauses and then refreshes a second time. Now the USB ports are working. Pause and refresh again: Now the sound is working.
So it appears that Microsoft has made a genuine effort to address one of the bigger headaches that plagued Vista. --The hour (Or more) of visiting vendor's websites and trying to find drivers for older (And sometimes even newer) hardware. Having the Device Manger automatically fix devices that aren't working at all is slick.
I'll just stick with old XP, thanks.
Priest and FF make good points.
With the newer Mac Pros (read intel chip inside) you can have the best of both worlds.
At work it is mostly a windows environment, but I love to use the mac at home. If I need to take some work home I can boot into the windows environment (or with a piece of software run the mac os and windows in parallel with each other).
Due to the lack of support for vista the company stayed with XP in the engineering section. It will depend on the vendors support of 7 if we get to upgrade or not. IMHO vista was released too early in the QA cycle many patches later it is better but still suffers from the bad rep.
edited to add.
BTW the upgrade from Leopard (OS X 10.5) to Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) true 64 bit native system, less than $30 for the DVD.
Got to hand it to Apple when they want to rub salt in the 7 upgrade wounds.
I'll just stick with old XP, thanks..daniel-P
If I could have my old XP back I would`nt change..
I`ve got Vista with all the up grades..It sucks..
I can`t down grade to XP..
So..
I`m getting Windows 7..
..................... ...OUTLAW
Got to hand it to Apple when they want to rub salt in the 7 upgrade wounds.
Yes, the mystique is becoming threadbare, but Apple is still trying like hell to wrap themselves up in it. As expensive toys go, though, I do like my Mac laptop.
OUTLAW:
I can`t down grade to XP..
Why? Are the Vista product keys no longer working for XP?
I'll just stick with old Linux :)
I hate Vista with a passion and returned to Windows XP Pro. Windows 7 is so much better and feels more like XP on steroids.
BTW the upgrade from Leopard (OS X 10.5) to Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) true 64 bit native system, less than $30 for the DVD.
I'm still holding off on the upgrade to Snow Leopard. I don't know if all my apps will run on it.
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