Rant about Vista

[wizer]

It's the browser that does the spell checking.

 

[Losos]

Oh no, not that Vista garbage again! I hate the damn thing. My sons computer has it on and apart from it hogging more memory than my computer has in total it is a pain in the A*se to use. I made a point of buying a new computer for Swmbo and myself with XP on. I am afraid a couple of shops missed my business as their computers came bundled with Vista instead of XP. Huh, progress! :roll:

Very happy with XP it does everything I want it too, and touch wood no problems. If I bought a new computer I would definately NOT want a lot of the stuff the retailers load on in the hope that some people will think they are getting a better deal.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

 

[13eightyfour]

Yes you may be right. The laptop I have was bought just after Vista came in and I think the basic problem maybe that the computer was designed for XP and was still in production when XP was withdrawn so got Vista forced upon it . As for the memory I put an extra 2Gig of memory in so it has 4 now. By the way this is coming vis Linux. Got it put in today. One good thing I have noticed it is spell checking this as I writing, Vista didn't do that.

Paul

Linux probably is the way forward, i have it on a couple of older machines and it runs much better than any version of windows, The majority of the time though linux is just to daunting for most users and until thats addressed its always going to struggle behind windows. The ram things a tricky one because while in theory more is better, if your using a 32bit OS your never going to be able to use more than 3.5Gb in most cases 3.25!

I hope you get on with linux and good luck.

 

[paulmann]

In fact so awful my son persuaded me to buy a macbook, never looked back never crashes and idiot proof (it must be I can use it) and does not complain when you plug anything into it.

 

[Waka]

In fact so awful my son persuaded me to buy a macbook, never looked back never crashes and idiot proof (it must be I can use it) and does not complain when you plug anything into it.

The only way to go.

 

[Rich]

Yes you may be right. The laptop I have was bought just after Vista came in and I think the basic problem maybe that the computer was designed for XP and was still in production when XP was withdrawn so got Vista forced upon it . As for the memory I put an extra 2Gig of memory in so it has 4 now. By the way this is coming vis Linux. Got it put in today. One good thing I have noticed it is spell checking this as I writing, Vista didn't do that.

Paul

It might spell check but it's not too good on grammar. :roll: (as I writing)
Rich.

 

[RogerS]

In fact so awful my son persuaded me to buy a macbook, never looked back never crashes and idiot proof (it must be I can use it) and does not complain when you plug anything into it.

The only way to go.

Yup...from another convert (well, OK, I always did like them)

 

[wizer]

I was tempted myself a few months ago, then the company agreed to let me chuck the old laptop at the wall, hit it with a sledge and gave me a newish one which works much better and as said above XP just works for me. No Complaints.

 

[oddsocks]

Vista supports something called 'readyboost' using modern USB sticks - if you are short of RAM this is probably the most cost efective way of improving start up time and maybe general performance as the USB is used rather than random hard disk access wherever possible.
I have 2Gig RAM in my PC but only 1.1G is available for use (graphics, sound , network etc presumably reserve the rest). I have just ordered a new 4GIG SANDISK stick from ebay (£10 inc P&P) so will post my experience once plugged in. 4Gig is the biggest readyboost size Vista will use, so even an 8Gig USB will not yield anymore (if intended just for readyboost).

When you plug in a USB stick, the autoplay gives you the option to 'speed up the system using readyboost' - it then checks the stick can support it (it needs to be modern and fast) and then creates a readyboost file. Leave it plugged in when booting windows and it uses the file to supplement memory.

I looked on you-tube and there are posts of major improvements particulary if the PC has 512Meg RAM

The alternative for me was replace my 4 x 512k Meg with 4 x 1gig RAM sticks at about £90, so £10 for the SANDISK is a good option.

Dave

 

[Racers]

Hi,

Sounds like a solution to a problem caused by Vista loading so much at boot up, in other words a Vista problem, put XP on it and it will work with 512M.


Pete

 

[bob321]

XP is the best operating system around and will always be the best especily with the correct compoments

 

[oddsocks]

Vista supports something called 'readyboost' using modern USB sticks - if you are short of RAM this is probably the most cost efective way of improving start up time and maybe general performance as the USB is used rather than random hard disk access wherever possible.
Dave

Well, the sandisk u3 cruzer micro USB stick arrived today and I can honestly say it didn't improve the start up time (if anything it makes it slightly longer). However, once the pc is ready for use, applications such as adobe photoelements opens and moves between modes (e.g to edit an image) faster than before. Using the vista performance monitor shows that the readyboost drive is being used often.

I also downloaded 'flashtoolkit' to benchmark the 3 types of USB stick I have. The sandisk gave approx 26MBit/s results, the kingston 1Gig sticks I bought in staples a few weeks ago (3 for £10) gave 16Mbit/s and an older stick gave 4 Mbit/s - only the sandisk was acceptable to vista for readyboost use.

so conclusion - with my PC it doesn't improve startup time (presumably the 2Gig RAM is enough for that) but it does improve disk heavy application use. On balance worth the £10.

 

[misterfish]

Vista supports something called 'readyboost' using modern USB sticks - if you are short of RAM this is probably the most cost efective way of improving start up time and maybe general performance as the USB is used rather than random hard disk access wherever possible.
Dave

Well, the sandisk u3 cruzer micro USB stick arrived today and I can honestly say it didn't improve the start up time (if anything it makes it slightly longer). However, once the pc is ready for use, applications such as adobe photoelements opens and moves between modes (e.g to edit an image) faster than before. Using the vista performance monitor shows that the readyboost drive is being used often.

I also downloaded 'flashtoolkit' to benchmark the 3 types of USB stick I have. The sandisk gave approx 26MBit/s results, the kingston 1Gig sticks I bought in staples a few weeks ago (3 for £10) gave 16Mbit/s and an older stick gave 4 Mbit/s - only the sandisk was acceptable to vista for readyboost use.

so conclusion - with my PC it doesn't improve startup time (presumably the 2Gig RAM is enough for that) but it does improve disk heavy application use. On balance worth the £10.

This is about what I would expect. Reviews and evaluations of Readyboost show that it will speed the loaing of applications but not have much effect on the loading time of Vista unles you only have 0.5 gig of memory.

Misterfish