Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 65 Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posted: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:18:38 Post Subject: Looking forward to Vista SP1?
I guess they are trying not to make a big deal about it because they don't want people to wait to buy Vista, but supposedly most tasks are going to see a 25-50% increase in speed, especially on 64-bit versions.
What are your guys thoughts? And let's please not turn this into another "Vista sucks" post!
Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 16859 Location: New Jersey
Posted: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:31:03 Post Subject:
I was just reading something that said SP1 provided no speed boost. Was that a link on here?
What this article also said is that now that MS has been forced into continuing to support XP, there will be an SP3 for that at about the same time... And it offers up to a 10% speed boost in things like MS Office.
Joined: 14 Jun 2003 Posts: 8228 Location: In the naughty zone
Posted: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:31:17 Post Subject:
How about....
I don't use Vista right now, and I'm taking a wait and see approach to see if SP1 makes enough of a difference.
Also, I learned my lesson a LONG time ago, never touch a new MS OS until at least SP1. Ever! _________________ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. - Oath of office of the President of the United States
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The stability and reliability are the major factors here; I've used the Business version for close to 6 months on a prebuilt system and it still has issues with hardware and software stability. I'm hoping SP1 will address these issues properly.
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 60 Location: New Jersey
Posted: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:09:42 Post Subject:
I've been using Vista for a long time now and it has no serious issues. It definately has minor issues though.
1. File transfer is an embarressment. Even small files take a long time.
2. Sound Card drivers for older cards do not have hardware acceleration.
3. Some bios features that work under XP do not work under vista, like nvidia network bridging.
Other than those 3 issues I have had no other problems. Usually clicking the icon and choose "run as administrator" gets any program to work. _________________ Turnipofpower.com - The Social Networking Side Dish
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