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August 18, 2007 at 1:27 am #27497PhilipModerator
Just a quick poll to see what OS our members are using. Thanks for voting.
August 18, 2007 at 3:29 am #163474AwesomeSauceParticipantLinux.
w00t.
August 18, 2007 at 10:45 am #163473DavidParticipantI should hope nobody is using Win9X/Me.
And only nerds run graphical Linux. =D
August 21, 2007 at 11:43 am #163475MrOatsMemberXP Home Edition here.
Thinking of upgrading to Vista sometime…Maybe.
October 8, 2007 at 5:13 pm #163480AilindahParticipantI currently use Windows XP Pro with SP2, I will not be upgrading to Vista at all or ever, just to much BLAH for me. And despite what David said, lol, if it wasn’t for the fact of having to much RAM on my motherboard I would still be running Windows 98SE, I loved that operating system and really miss it a lot.
However, for pure stability, if I could get away with it, I would still be running Windows 3.11 with DOS 6.22. =)
October 15, 2007 at 2:21 am #163477PhilipModeratorMy system:
Pentium 4 3.0GHz with Hyper-Threading
Intel Motherboard D915GUX with built-in graphics
2GB of DDR2 RAM
Creative SoundBlaster Live audio card
WD 80GB Hard DiskI must confess that although I was using XP at the time I created this poll, I was intrigued about whether Vista would run on my system. After a successful install on a spare hard drive, I finally took the plunge and did a clean install of Vista Ultimate at the end of August.
Despite all the beatings Vista has taken, I must say that it’s been a reliable OS, but I just had to disable UAC and System Restore. The former is just a pain in the buttocks and the latter just gobbles up too much disk space for my liking. My Intel board with built-in graphics doesn’t have enough RAM for Aero, but what the heck, I don’t miss it at all 🙂 . I’m contented with just the basic Vista interface.
It has been one and a half months since this new OS has been installed into my system, and so far so good. Never suffered any BSODs or bad crashes. You just have to be careful with the software you install, and since I’m not a gamer, the lack of Aero and all that eye-candy doesn’t bother me at all.
October 15, 2007 at 12:04 pm #163479Doris KenneyParticipantI agree Philip. It did take a little getting used to how things have been renamed & moved about, but all in all I’ve settled into using Vista & haven’t had any real problems to speak of. I had a bit of trouble installing a couple of hardware pieces. But all my software has run just fine. I’ve not had any bad crashes either. My biggest gripe is the automatic defrag & how it skips certain file sizes, but that can be lived with, or I could go to the command prompt if I feel inclined & scan from there.
My newest laptop & the desktop I just got both run Vista (but I do still have an XP laptop.) I have Aero off on the desktop, as you are correct – it’s just resource gobbling eye-candy. I usually recommend not to upgrade an old machine to Vista because it does indeed take more resources, but if you’re getting a new one – & it has the resources to handle it – then you’ll get used to it just fine.
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October 15, 2007 at 1:08 pm #163478PhilipModeratorpatndoris;223905 wrote:…My biggest gripe is the automatic defrag & how it skips certain file sizes, but that can be lived with, or I could go to the command prompt if I feel inclined & scan from there.-Doris-
Doris, I use O & O Defrag 10 which in my opinion, beats the built-in Vista defragger hands down. It’s highly efficient, configurable and fast, especially on NTFS partitions.
Incidentally, one book I can recommend for anyone contemplating going over to Vista is David Pogue’s Windows Vista: The Missing Manual. Worth every cent of my hard-earned money.
October 15, 2007 at 11:58 pm #163476RU Still DownMember@Philip 223906 wrote:
Doris, I use O & O Defrag 10 which in my opinion, beats the built-in Vista defragger hands down. It’s highly efficient, configurable and fast, especially on NTFS partitions.
I don’t see the point in using a commercial defragmentation application. JkDefrag can run in the background (like O&O Defrag), it can be run as a screensaver (like O&O Defrag), has lots of configurable options (like O&O Defrag), it’s sooo easy to use (just double click and enjoy), and it’s only ~400kb! Best of all: its free (as in speech and beer)! No, I’m not getting paid for this… I just love free software. 🙂
There’s a couple problems though. You’ll be interested in this one: “The Microsoft defragmentation API on Vista can defragment and move the MFT, but JkDefrag cannot use this capability yet.” Be sure to read the rest of the “Known Problems” section (I’d link to it but the author doesn’t use anchors). Read the rest of the page too because it’s full of lots of interesting, factual information.
I don’t have Vista (have never used it & don’t plan to) so I cannot say how well JkDefrag works on it. I have tested on machines that have Windows XP installed (Home and Professional) and JkDefrag worked flawlessly.
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