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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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...anybody know if it is any good? currently have windows XP.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    not worth paying for but i have it installed (came free) and it was ok, blue screens on shutdown of my laptop for some reason
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think its pretty. But thats all I know ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've never had any problems with it.
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    Dr PirateDr Pirate Posts: 8,303 Legendary Poster
    Nice usage of the right forum =)
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    JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    Dr Pirate wrote: »
    Nice usage of the right forum =)
    Trudat Dr Nubbins.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    XP is much better.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    *Starts waving Windows logo flags*

    Jump onto the vista bus Today!

    Vista all depends on your computering needs, i would recommend Vista Home Prem Because that has everything you really need, anything lower is rubbish.

    Some people may say its crap, some people may only like it for the looks and think that nothing has changed.
    :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    There's things that are nicer than XP in it and things that are worse. I wouldn't go out and buy it, but home premium came preinstalled on my laptop and haven't had any problems at all with it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CoolMe wrote: »
    *Starts waving Windows logo flags*

    Jump onto the vista bus Today!

    Vista all depends on your computering needs, i would recommend Vista Home Prem Because that has everything you really need, anything lower is rubbish.

    Some people may say its crap, some people may only like it for the looks and think that nothing has changed.
    :)

    Why are you so obsessed with Vista?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm an undercover Microsoft Employee and trying to convert you all into Vista Users:angel:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i have vista premium on my laptop and its okay but not really much different to usaing xp
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Simba T Lion wrote: »
    I think its pretty. But thats all I know ;)

    not as pretty as a mac osx ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If you wan't a stable OS, then don't do latest Window until it's final.

    I.e.
    Windows 95 C
    Windows NT SP6
    Windows 98 SE
    Windows 2000 SP4
    Windows ME <-- don't even go there!
    Windows XP SP2
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What was ever wrong with Windows ME I liked the little login thing but i think i was very young when i came across it so i don't remember it that well
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CoolMe wrote: »
    What was ever wrong with Windows ME I liked the little login thing but i think i was very young when i came across it so i don't remember it that well

    See, you liked Windows ME, So we can't trust you on Vista.

    XP for the win(dows)... It's no OS X though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I only said i liked the login meaning the image :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Looks good but like most newly-launched Windows products it needs a few years of testing and fixing before its worth using.

    I got it, installed it and within hours went back to XP. It looks lovely but NOTHING, not even my soundcard, worked on it - driver hell!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Give it time, maybe your manfacture did'nt send out drivers to windows update for vista or maybe you have to download them directly off there website
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm sure I've noticed that ever since running Vista, my Championship manager 2007 game hasn't really worked, yet it was fine on my dad's laptop which has XP on it. :chin:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    *Defends Vista*

    Not all games and programs work Yet
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Is that because Vista really is a pile of crap?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Everyone has their own view and your's is that

    Correct me if i'm wrong don't you use a Microsoft Windows Product?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Its alright, i used it for a few months and it was ok, its better for looks and effects and probably for a home user wanting to browse the net and use MSN etc.

    but for anything like playing games or the more advanced user id reccomend staying with XP, i prefer performance and reliability over looks and special effects tbh.

    And i could have guessed CoolMe had the most posts in here :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Matteh wrote: »
    but for anything like playing games or the more advanced user id reccomend staying with XP, i prefer performance and reliability over looks and special effects tbh.

    And i could have guessed CoolMe had the most posts in here :p

    :D That's why i stick to XP for Games but yes vista has it's ups and downs like everything in life
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Im gonna wait till the first service pack release, which is in beta already.

    Never going to trust a first release from microsoft again. Remember the first edition of XP? where clicking a certain link would delete any chosen folder on your hard drive. That was fun:rolleyes:
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