Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - Upgrade

From a constant user...

Strengths: Aesthetically pleasing, quite fast, nice included games, pretty good driver base, gorgeous wallpaper, 64bit mail-in only $10.00

Weakness: Takes a long time to load, still only addresses limited amount of RAM, took away "move to" & "copy to" functions

I finally made the jump. With WinXP officially being abandoned on June 30, 2008, there's no real reason to keep it anymore. - I really can't find any valid arguments against buying Vista. I currently have 6GB RAM installed on my system. After installing SP1, it recognized all 6GB. However, Vista 32bit only utilizes 3GB or so, I believe. In order to use beyond that, the computer requires a 64bit...

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So good so far

Strengths: I have installed Vista Home Premium on an older computer only adding a new video card for Aero. It has performed very well so far. It has installed all my devices and works very well so far.

Weakness: The new Widows takes a little getting used to, but is not drastically different from XP as far as useage in general.

If you are trying to decide on whether or not to upgrade and older computer or even a newer one to Vista I would say after checking the computer with Microsoft's upgrade advisor and making sure you have enough ram and a newer video card(needed for Aero), then go ahead. I think you will like it if your computer can handle it with your hardware.I only spent about 150.00 to upgrade counting the...

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Vista Premium

Strengths: -Good looks -Easy to install/use -DX10 gaming is great -Fast

Weakness: -Creative has not released decent drivers for my Audigy 2ZS for Vista. This is not Microsoft's fault.

If you are upgrading your current system, go for Vista Premium 32-bit. You can always order 64-bit later (all you have to pay for is shipping and handling) from Microsoft. This product is especially recommended if you want to get into DX10 gaming. Just as a sidenote- I'm running with 2gigs of ddr2-800 RAM and am having no slowdowns with the OS whatsoever.

Definite eye candy, works fine, some problems

Strengths: + Vista is pretty. + Works with my core apps. + Performance is fine. + They got rid of all the "My This" and "My That" stuff everywhere!!!

Weakness: - No faxing solution. :-( - Still seems unstable with some 3rd-party apps (but recovers nicely).

All in all I'm pretty happy with my Vista upgrade. Was it worth $100? I'm really not sure. For a technophile who wants to play with latest and greatest, the answer is yes. For others, the value might not be there. Everything that I use regularly (Office, Quicken, Paperport, Picasa and iTunes) all work fine. Even though I got Home Premium, I'm finding myself sticking with Picasa (for pictures) and...

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Good but buggy

Strengths: Nice cool features

Weakness: Lots of bugs, high RAM requirement

I got this form my Desktop and I liked it. It has many kool features. I liked the Aero concept. However, you need to have more than 1 GB RAM(better if 2GB)and good graphics card to utilize all features properly. Addition of small tools are welcome. Even after many fixes, it is still buggy. Sometimes it closes application for no reason. Almost everyday, auto update feature works more than once. I...

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And then came Vista...

Strengths: Looks Good, Improved networking, plays DVD's (without needing third party solution), and seem to be more stable.

Weakness: Price, activation process, slower file management, and not compatible with older software and hardware.

Vista sure is pretty. Beyond that, however, vista is more of an aggravation than a successor. Many of your third party utilities and older programs will not run in vista -so be prepared to replace them. Make sure that any hardware you purchase is also vista compatible. Also, if your operating system crashes vista has an automatic repair feature that can recover it and get you on your way. You no...

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