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Just had a free upgrade through for my Vaio. Before I attempt to use it, anyone had any good or bad experiences with the new operating system?
When I ran a system check through my laptop it seemed to have issues with my Epson C200 printer, along with AVG spyware, My Tomtom software, Intel wireless, adaware antivirus etc etc
I hope this is not going to be an ordeal trying to upgrade and finding nothing will work on it apart from Microsoft systems!!
Quite apart from the voracious appetite that vista has for hardware, and leaving aside the DRM issues (some FUD admittedly), there are a lot of changes in the way that drivers and software interact with the OS.
As a result, large chunks of existing software won't run, and large numbers of peripherals won't work.
The former is largely down to the lazy programming assumption that "everyone has admin rights". Not the case under vista.
While MS has doubtless invited hardware manfrs. to write drivers for their peripherals to work with vista's increased security (much less access to protected kernel mode), many manfrs. will understandably be somewhat tardy in supplying drivers (let alone certified drivers) for their older products.
This is quite different to the situation with Win2K and XP, where drivers were frequently interchangable. It's more like the leap from Win 9x to XP.
So unless you upgrade your hardware to run vista, then upgrade your software to work on vista, then replace your older peripherals to work with vista, you would be better off sticking with your existing OS.
Or trying Linux
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I hope this is not going to be an ordeal trying to upgrade and finding nothing will work on it apart from Microsoft systems!!
Leave it alone. Many drivers don't exist yet or are not stable. MS is working on a service pack even before the official release.
As Saab says, "...unless you upgrade your hardware to run vista, then upgrade your software to work on vista, then replace your older peripherals to work with vista, you would be better off sticking with your existing OS."
Crewmeal Unless your the type of guy who wears corduroy pants, sandles with white socks and Shetland pullovers, home has stripped pine floors, have a liking for folk music, shop at Ikea and take naturist holidays. I'd steer clear of Linux. Dave
I'm steering well clear. From what I've seen and heard, Vista does nothing more than XP for the stuff that I require. Until it's been out a few years and I'm otherwised convinced, any system that I build/rebuild/reformat will have XP put on it - not Vista.
No doubt PC World and the like will be supplying every new system they sell with Vista installed - another good reason, therefore, to steer clear of them.
I wonder if you install it then find it's no good for what ever reason will you be able to uninstall it via a reformat? or is that it buy a new laptop. There again all new computers will have vista on them anyway!!!!
You should never buy a .0 release of anything these days. Still, I shall get a free copy and mess with it in VMware or a spare box where it will do not harm. I doubt it will give the same thrill that 95 and W3 gave me all those years ago, when they seemed revolutionary and I bought copies on day 0).
Resistance is futile - Vista will come. To ignore it would be analogous to iignoring everyone who uses the word 'like' peppered liberally through a conversation.
IBM: When you need it to work. *nix: When you want it to work. Microsoft: Should work. Mac: Shiny!
The new system was also launched in America yesterday, where it will cost between $100 and $249 (£51 to £127) depending on the sophistication of the version, whereas in this country it will be priced from £100 to £249, almost exactly twice as much.
Not sure where they are getting their prices from although I suspect they are full price retail copies. OEM versions from the likes of ebuyer etc seem to be around the £50 mark for the home version and go up from there. Doesn't seem all that pricey to be fair although I think I will take heed and hold off until SP3 or 4 is released
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