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Now People Like XP except Vista why?

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by internetspider

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Now People Like XP except Vista why?

They tried to make something new and better but I noticed that many people return with thier PC's to format Vista and reinstall XPSP2.

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by mjd420nova

It seems that M$ has neglected to provide the proper source codes so proper drivers can be written. I've encountered bad drivers for CD/DVD drives, WIFI cards and built ins, sound cards and printers of all different types. Many incompatiblities have been uncovered and the result is a roll-back to what the users knew worked.

by big ole jack

and substituting eye candy and pretty colors for functionality does not sit well with serious users of Windows. If I wanted a Fisher Price toy, I'd go to Toys R Us and pay $20 for it instead of paying $400 or so for it, which does not include the cost of a full PC upgrade to go along with it.

by locrian_lyric

The market is getting damn tired of paying for something that does not work out of the box.

How would you feel, if you went and bought a nice brand new car, LOADED with features that the car salesman told you was MUCH better than that old reliable car you had.

10 minutes after you drive it off the lot, the turn signal doesn't work, it stalls often and on occasion refuses to start unless you go under the hood and tinker with it.

When you call the dealer, they tell you that these are 'known issues' which will be addressed in a recall coming next month.

Would YOU be mad as hell?

That's EXACTLY what the user base is going through with VISTA.

by jamesrl

Thats not a great analogy.

The new computers shipping today with Vista work ok, cause they ship with the right drivers.

Now I would prefer XP cause with the same computer I get more performance. And I don't care about the eye candy.

The bigger issue is the people who have bought a computer in the past couple of years and are thinking of installing Vista. They are the ones who will have all the issues with drivers, especially if they have older HW or were always adding third party stuff.

James

by bill

My son just bought a new vista computer with a 19 inch wide screen. He loves it! The big wide screen, the pretty colors, and its fast, of course his old XP computer was a converted older, slower machine, that had been Windows 98 in its earlier days, so of course he likes the performance! Big difference in looks and response. All he uses his for is yahoo email and a few photos. Not too demanding. I personally do not want anything to do with vista at this time. I had some problems transferring his old photos over to the new computer one using a cross over cable. I had to learn where everything was and how it worked. Similar yet different to XP.

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by gone fishing

Vista is not an upgrade to XP.
It is a new version of Windows.
Other windows versions have been upgrades.

95 upgraded to 98 upgraded to ME.
NT 3 upgraded to NT 4 upgraded 2000 upgraded to XP.
XP combined some of the Windows 95/98/ME family with the NT/2000 family.

That is very simple but not the whole story.

98 worked with a lot of 95 stuff.
XP worked with a lot of Windows 2000 stuff.
XP was able to use some Windows 2000 Drivers.

With each new version of Windows there has been less that can be used from the older or previous versions.
Vista needs new drivers for everything.

Someone out there may be able to tell us if any of XP?s drivers work with Vista.

Software needs to be rewritten to work with Vista.

So Vista is less like XP than XP was to 2000 or ME.(Yes that?s a stretch I know)

Time is what is needed.
Vista is still too young.
It has too many bugs.
Is not fully compatible with XP.
The people who have computers with Vista and XP are still testing, working out how to do things the best way.
Those people will be the ones who others turn to for help.
But most of those people are not ready just yet or have decided to leave it till they have more time.
A lot of them will wait for Vista with service pack 1

There is so much more.

DM

PS please don?t shout at me if I got some minor point wrong.
These are just some observations.

Bye for now

by nepenthe0

1) XP Pro boots much more quickly

2) XP Pro usurps far less memory

3) XP executes most tasks faster than Vista

4) XP configuration features, although far from consolidated, are much less fragmented than Vista.

5) Aero Glass looks cool, but most of us utilize vertical tiling when simulataneously working on 2-3 documents, and XP handles this just fine.

6) NTFS supports enhanced performance compared to FAT32. 'Longhorn' (the Vista code name) was all about 'FS', a replacement for NTFS. But Microsoft abandoned 'FS' ~1yr before Longhorn's release, having invested colossal sums on this failed technology. What we got was Longhorn stripped of any fundamental technological breakthrough.

7) XP works admirably well for most of us, once unneeded services are suppressed, and there is a robust 3rd party utility infrastructure for tweaking its performance. The old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" has a compelling kernel of truth.

8) With the hard drive constantly chattering from Vista background services, I suspect a significant deterioration in HD longevity.

Summary: After several weeks of familiarization with Vista, I'm staying with XP Pro. Many others have reached the same conclusion. We'll wait for Windows 7, and if we're disappointed again, Apple is looking mighty attractive. Pay attention, Microsoft.

Richard M. Brown
Portland, OR USA

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