Well. having read the threads on Vista here I'm not really much wiser! My problem is Mrs B has declared she would like a basic laptop for Xmas. Standalone thing just needing a wifi internet link, Word etc. I cannot find any 'good deals' for XP Pro laptops any more - the cheap ones are all punting 'Vista Premium'. As cheap as £250 for an HP machine. I am looking at a 512mb/80GB wireless machine which will more than do what she needs with XP.
Here's the big problem - No 1 son (ITwhiz
) has threatened 'violence'
if I get a Vista machine (I use XP Pro). His latest go at 'Dad' is
Vista doesn't work.
Our test machine here:
1) Failed to copy files from one drive to another. I ended up using DOS xcopy instead.
2) Crashed and froze when burning a CD
3) Search function is random.
It is slow and useless. I wouldn't use it, and most certainly wouldn't buy any PC with it on until at least Service Pack 2 maybe SP3.
It really is a complete and utter pile of rubbish.
Oh, it also needs at least 2Gb of ram to run it.
Which is kind of - final.
The question - will it run satisfactorily on that spec and/or should I hunt around for an XP machine? Maybe buy a cheap Vista, unload the install onto CDROM and put XP on?
......and yes, to my amazement, he did type 'rubbish'