Should i install vista?

[davidmb]

Hi, Im currently using windows xp, and everything is sweet, but i had vista on before this and it was ok, i coulgnt get my nvidia drivers to work, and so on. I have the disk sitting in front of me and i dont know wether to or not, can somebody please tell me all the bad bits about vista so i wont install it ?

[berggreen75]

Hi, Im currently using windows xp, and everything is sweet, but i had vista on before this and it was ok, i coulgnt get my nvidia drivers to work, and so on. I have the disk sitting in front of me and i dont know wether to or not, can somebody please tell me all the bad bits about vista so i wont install it ?
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tui (http://www.pctools.com)

Well, I no longer use XP and haven't done so for well over a year.

I run Vista 32 and 64 on my different machines and am 'loving' it. So I'd go for the Vista if I were you.

Driver issues are practically non-existant in Vista. Only thing is that in order to use SD on a 64bit Vista, you ened to be a beta tester.

[fedhot24]

Yes if your going to upgrade to vista make sure not to get a 64-bit machine if you don't need it since Spydoctor doesn't work with it yet.

[pib]

All I can say is that I backed up everything twice, inserted my Windows Vista Home Premium upgrade disk, feeling quite nervous, but was amazed that everything went so smoothly and easily, I was prepared for the worst, but it hasn't happened (yet ;-)
The reason I'm here is that I'm using the new BT Homehub 2.0 the Norton Security provided by BT is...lacking in a lot of respects, so I also upgraded to Norton 360 which is much better, but...and here's the big BUT:
Even with all this extra security I still find that I need PC Tools products to keep my pc squeaky clean and running the way I want it.
Ultimately the choice is yours, just remember:
Backup first, not just your My Documents folder, make a mirror image copy of your C: drive onto an external backup drive, as I have found to my cost, Windows Restore does not always work.

[sciencewis1]

NEVER. Though I have Vista currently, it locks up, gives me errors that certain services have been shut down (as a result of DEP). The User Account Control (UAC) is immensely annoying and I have gotten the blue screen of death more times on my vista than in all my years of owning a computer period. I know it may be too late, but I just had to mention certain things about Vista's horridness. I am eagerly waiting for Windows 7, maybe it will be better than Vista. There may be hope yet!

[blank]

Vista is Horrible. I agree with Sciencewis1 100%.
I get blue screens, black screens and tons of errors. For example, error with DivX files! I can't open a folder with a DivX file without having an error for opening the folder, an error for opening the file, an error for closing the file and finally an error for closing the error window! Vista has ruiend my Excitement :(

[GoneToPlaid]

I won't touch Vista. Enough said?

[Scotty77]

Ive been running Vista x64 for well over a year and have no problems at all tbh.
Driver support can be poor for x64 but that will change in time. If in doubt use 32bit version. i only use 64bit so i can have more ram for gaming etc

[davidg202]

I've been running Vista Home Premium 64-bit for about 2 months, and its OK. Once you get used to the horrible black colour scheme (and I've changed the start menu to the windows classic one because I hate the vista one) its actually a pleasure to use.

Not once have I had a BSOD, although the ATI drivers for my graphics card do occasionally freeze, Vista always manages to recover them successfully.

All my other hardware has x64 drivers, and I've had to problems with them.

[davidg202]

Vista 64-bit will run any 32-bit application that's Vista-compatible. If it won't work on 64-bit then it won't work on 32-bit either (except for programs that need to install a driver or Windows service obviously).

Also the 64-bit versions of Vista are cheaper than their 32-bit counterparts.


As for Ultimate, well that's questionable whether the few extra features you get are worth the huge price increase when Home Premium should be able to do everything you need.

[khim]

If you use the 32-bit computer. All software works with it. If you have 64-bit computer only some software works with it. The 32-bit computers are are not cheap because all software work with the system. Also you cannot intall 32-bit application on 64 bit systems because the software won't work at all. If the software said it work with both 32-bit and 64-bit computers then you have no problems using the software.

[JayS]

I've been using 64bit Vista for 5 months, and to tell you the truth, the only software that did not work was Spyware Doctor :( "I have not tried all software out there" so I cannot say all software works.
And as far as Vista go's, I love it, even better then Xp and 64 bit seems faster the 32 bit.

[haapy]

Nobody has mentioned speed. From everything that I have seen and readVista is much slower than XP even with a lot of mem and a fast processor, especially on laptops. I ran Vista Basic on a 3.0GZ Pentium desktop with 1GB memory. Then on the same machine I ran XP. Big difference which is why I gave up on Vista. And I hated that UAC. If only they gave a "remember this choice" as an option, it would be more palatable.

It is not a bad operating system, I guess a matter of personal choice.