Is Vista Really a Pig?

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ca1ic0cat Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 867 Good Answers: 11	Is Vista Really a Pig? 12/06/2007 7:47 AM
	I've now got two laptops from the factory running Vista as the OS. I have to say I haven't noticed any great advantage with Vista. I have noticed several disadvantages: first, it takes forever to boot and load apps. Second, my older version of LabVIEW doesn't support 64 bit drivers and when I tried to load the developer tools on the one PC I crashed the machine drivers completely and had to burn the HDD back to factory setpoints. So I think the backwards compatibility of Vista is lacking as well. Finally, Vista is a memory hog. I've got 4GB of memory on the one PC and it's 1/3 loaded just getting the machine booted. Which is probably why it takes so long to boot.... I called tech support and was told that the manufacturer does not recommend regressing to XP. My coworkers and I think this is "bad advice." I would like to get some other opinions before I try this process. Thoughts? Has anybody taken a Vista machine and regressed to XP? __________________ Eric
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user-deleted-1105 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16512 Good Answers: 670	#1 Re: 12/06/2007 8:19 AM
	Is Vista Really a Pig? Nope... A pig is useful! Del __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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ca1ic0cat Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 867 Good Answers: 11	#2 In reply to #1 Re: a pig is useful... 12/06/2007 9:27 AM
	yeah, especially in Romania on St. Ignatius (sp) day.... __________________ Eric
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#5 In reply to #1 Re: 12/07/2007 5:17 AM
	Oddly, pigs can get Vista ! http://www.pigprogress.net/news/id1602-36702/schering-plough_acquires_organon_biosciences.html __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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agua_doc Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Brecksville, OH Posts: 1621 Good Answers: 18	#6 In reply to #1 Re: 12/07/2007 11:13 AM
	Yep, at least a pig can result in a good ham sandwich. By comparison, my experience with Vista is that it is the ultimate in bloatware. I have sworn off it and am in the process of switching over to Linux Mandriva. From what I've seen, Linux is much faster in all respects. __________________ "Consensus Science got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" : Rephrase of Will Rogers Comment
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Anonymous Poster	#3 Re: Is Vista Really a Pig? 12/06/2007 3:18 PM
	I had the same (and a few other problems) with Vista and decided to regress to XP. However, that only made matters worse, because the XP didn't install correctly coming from Vista. Called tech support which was useless and am now just dealing with Vista. The bugs of this operating system really need to get worked out, but at least my experience is that it is not good to go back to XP...you'll end up just going back to Vista in the end.
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Anonymous Poster	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Is Vista Really a Pig? 12/07/2007 4:57 AM
	I have done it... Step by Step... First installed Multiboot to be able to boot either with Vista or XP. After few monthes, not using Vista at all anymore, i just throw vista out. If you need advices on how to do it, just mail me: yannpierrot@yahoo.com Yann.
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electrone Power-User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 377 Good Answers: 2	#7 In reply to #4 Re: Is Vista Really a Pig? 12/07/2007 11:55 AM
	XP was doing great for me. Vista is stuck with several things that I find worse than XP. However, I can't find any mentionable-worthy things better about Vista than XP.
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zilbeng Active Contributor Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Posts: 23	#8 Re: Is Vista Really a Pig? 12/07/2007 11:56 PM
	Not only it's a memory hog, it's also a very crude attempt to clone OSX, and cloning software is an art very few can master. Is this why it seems like an immature OS? Yes indeed. Don't be afraid to stand down to XP (or even Win 2000) if you so choose. The OS may not be backwards compatible, but the hardware makers are much more tolerant in this respect. Just make sure, that if you choose XP, it's the second version (with built-in SP-II), to take advantage of Hard Disk volumes bigger than 132 Gb. All this, and we haven't even mentioned Linux... Soon enough, (as rumored) Mac OS will be available for Intel and AMD motherboards, which will probably force Microsoft, to become more serious about the integrity and reliability of their products. They have been using their monopoly to toy with us, for much too long, I say.
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Beulah Participant Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3	#9 Re: Is Vista Really a Pig? 12/10/2007 3:56 PM
	What class of boat are you sailing? Out of what club are you sailing? If you sailed in college, where did attend? __________________ The correct answer is not always YES!
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