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 A solid choice for new PC hardware October 14, 2008
C. Petit (Northeastern US)
When Vista first came out, I heard nothing but complaints about how much didn't work with it. So, I decided to wait.
Recently, I purchased Vista Home Premium for my PC (Intel dual core E2600 chip, 2 GB RAM, 500 GB SATA HD, nVidia graphics card with 512 MB onboard video memory) to run alongside my XP Service Pack 3 installation.
When I installed Vista, it didn't have built-in drivers for my video card (instead, it ran in a SVGA-only mode) or sound card (Creative Labs XFi). It automatically found my network card.
However, its built-in troubleshooter provided helpful links to the vendor's support websites for the sound and video card, so I could get the drivers.
Although Vista automatically downloaded and installed drivers for my USB Canon printer when I turned it on, it couldn't find drivers for my USB scanner (it is 4 years old) and said the device wasn't supported by the manufacturer.
I've installed Office 2003 Professional, Spore, Flight Simulator X, Nero Burning ROM 8.0, the TomTom software, Java 1.6 and haven't had any problems running any of these.
So far, the only glitches I've seen are:
When I burned a music CD from Media Player---once, the Player created a coaster. When I reburned the same songs to a new CD-R, it worked fine, so it might have been the CD-R.
Once, the mouse seemed to go away. However, I saw this in XP Pro as well, so it might have been the batteries going low in my cordless USB mouse.
The biggest change from XP is the slick new user interface, and that Vista takes 500 MB more of RAM to run (the Sidebar takes 100 MB by itself). Vista Home Premium also includes Media Center which lets you browse music and video and show it on your TV. You can also use Media Center to create a DVR by purchasing a video capture board.
The biggest question is this: Where is Vista good and not?
Vista is a good OS if you have pretty new, stable hardware, and all of your peripherals (USB scanners, printers, modems) are reasonably new.
If you have peripherals or hardware more than 2 years old, or less than 2 GB of RAM (you can purchase 4 GB of Corsair RAM for $[...] from [...]---RAM is cheap), Vista won't meet your needs.
Is Vista a good OS? Yes. Is it a nice upgrade? Yes. Does it have any "must have" features? No.
Nice upgrade October 23, 2008
B. Davis (Fort Mill, SC USA)
Despite it's bad press, Vista is a nice upgrade for new computers (2007++) that have mostly new software. The Aero UI is excellent and the addition of Direct X10 is really beautiful for games such as Crysis.
If you like windows- and who doesn't?- and your PC is relatively new? Then Vista is the OS upgrade for you!
Windows Vista Home Premium w/SP1 October 25, 2008
Thomas W. Albin
I have downloaded the CD into my computer for about a month now. So far Windows Vista has been operating fine. I little different from Windows XP and previous upgrades, once you get use to it it becomes easier to operate.
I have noticed several computer crashes lately from something that is causing it. I read an article about Vista crashes and it said it maybe due to Internet Explorer. So far I have not found the cause(s), so I'll just keep looking for the answer.
I do like the program and like the way it operate rather easily on the computer, and would recommed it to anyone who wants to upgrade.
 New & Improved October 31, 2008
Amazon8892
The service pack updates to Vista make a world of difference, finally letting this OS shine.
 One star says it all... November 3, 2008
J. Moore (USA)
Brand new laptop with my first Vista experience...one month of owning it and three complete OS crashes and a few application crashes. I have never been so motivated to purchase an Apple or learn Linux in my life. Stay with XP as long as you can!!!
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