Windows Vista

[ThomasP]

Originally Posted by JBotAlan

I'm not trying to pick a fight, I'm just curious: why do you like Vista better? What's there that's not in XP--what am I missing? I haven't tried Vista; I got a license key but didn't download the disc image until too late; they closed the evaluation period thingy. So, why should I get vista?

JBot

Aero is nice, the searching is so much better, not sure why but my wireless connects a lot faster than before I used to have to wait 15-20seconds for it to connect but now it's up within 3 seconds of logging in, the start menu is faster, Windows Mobility Center puts everything you need for your laptop in one place, if you're really into security Vista has BitLocker to protect your drives, many security flaws from XP fixed, and everything is a lot easier to navigate through and do.

[JBotAlan]

Originally Posted by ThomasP

Aero is nice, the searching is so much better, not sure why but my wireless connects a lot faster than before I used to have to wait 15-20seconds for it to connect but now it's up within 3 seconds of logging in, the start menu is faster, Windows Mobility Center puts everything you need for your laptop in one place, if you're really into security Vista has BitLocker to protect your drives, many security flaws from XP fixed, and everything is a lot easier to navigate through and do.

It would be nice for my wireless to connect faster but usually it only takes 4-5sec to connect anyhow. And that seems like it would be the fault of the wireless driver, not the OS--I could be wrong though. Nice to know some of the things that are there in Vista. I personally will not be using it anytime soon. Until I outgrow the OS I'm on, I'm not switching. (hehe, I'll probably ride with XP until Microsoft discontinues MS Updates for it! I just got off of 98SE last summer... )

JBot

[Freddy Schurr]

How is Vista now?

[Kingofl337]

Right now I think Vista is overrated. I have Vista on my desktop and it looks neat and run like my macs OSX (kinda). It has a bunch things I don't like over XP.
- First we get Aero Glass which is cool and 3d/translucent. But, if I goto a certain web page or run a certain program Vista turns it off, then it's XP with new front end.

- Second I had to go digging around to turn off all the protect you from yourself junk.

- Third I play games and they all run quite a bit slower then they do in XP. So, until I need DX10 I like XP. I'm going back to XP.