How Would You Rate Vista On A Scale Of 1 To 10

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#1 EpiphoneMan2008
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I would give it 10!
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#2 Mr_NoName111
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9.5
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#3 aura_enchanted
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6.5, direct x10 hasnt even hit 10.1 yet and theyve already announced 11 will replace it, it takes bloody ages to get into the meat of the OS (such as command prompt, and static ip configuration, its a big drain on ones CPU due to overglamourized menus and desktop, and finally its has no support for older file systems pre vista release such as ext, and fat16, which may seem a bit nitpicky because who uses them anymore but its important for say a linux/windows dual boot scenario.
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#4 Daytona_178
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Canmt really say, UAC is 1/10 but the ease of use afterwards is 8/10.
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#5 EpiphoneMan2008
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ya it is nice because you can set it to clean what you want it to
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#6 --Anna--
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8.5/10
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#7 JSDempsey
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I would give it an 8. Ive been happy with it for the most part, but it has given me some problems.
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#8 Chris_53
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4-10. Nice interface but too slow for my liking.
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#9 nightz2k
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Dependson the version of Vista (Home/Ultimate and 32-bit/64-bit).

I've had 2 versions.

32-bit Vista Home Basic Edition: 7

64-bit Vista Ultimate Edition: 9.5

I didn't have SP1 in my 32-bit version, so maybe that's what it was lacking. Ultimate rocks though.

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#10 Naikori
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7.5/10

It has its problems, but some of them are easy to get used with. I tried it for about 30 days.

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#11 nightz2k
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EVERY Windows has/had it's problems. They're never going to be "perfect" in our "perfect" world. (riiiight...)

I did hate it at first, but had a little patience and worked out the kinks. Was the same with every OS I've used.

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#12 d-rtyboy
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From 1 to 10? ... 0

Any OS that requires 20GBs of space just to install it and then not even have enough room to install a service pack is completely useless.

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#13 YoshiFrag
Member since 2006 • 147 Posts

8.5/10

It's a VERY solid platform, but it has its occasional quirks. I really enjoy it.

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#14 powerwolff
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I'd give it a solid 8. It's not a pefect operating system or anything, but it's definitely not as bad as many people make it out to be (at least at this point in it's "life")
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9.4/10
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#16 Taco_42
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I'd give Vista a 8/10. My only problems are that it's a bit of a system hog and it lacks support for older files/games.

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#17 _HMN_
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8/10. I like it more than xp (and less than win 7 :P).

2 points less because its a mem hog (i know, ram is cheap, bla bla bla...) and my speakers have to be connected on the front.

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#18 jamesfffan
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9.2/10, Im using Vista Home Premium 64-bit, and I cannot say ive had any problems at all, everything just works pure and simple, like others have said there are quirks but thats with all OS's, love it performance wise because I've tweaked it, used jkdefrag/ccleaner/ultimate windows tweaker, and read a few guides about tweaking it, its very fast for me. Looks wise its great step up from xp's UI, changed my "theme" to a transparent one much like windows 7's yes i like this theme but doesnt mean I'm gonna switch to 7 til after sp1, as im VERY happy with vista right now, and vista gets dx11 so im a happy gamer too, very nice OS for me.
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#19 drucom
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Vista Ultimate 64-bit. 7.5/10 It's ok, not excellent, not terrible. OS X is superior, no matter what fanboys say.
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#20 AzNs3nSaT1On
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9. the instant search function is VERY useful when trying to find files on my messy computer
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#21 EpiphoneMan2008
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i bought a new puter with vista premium already installed and had zero problems and i think vista is very sleek and great exterior design~
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#22 kjghs
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i rate it 1/10 only because i like the big icons, otherwise its an absolute 0.

search feature never works. i search for something, and nothing comes up when it should

slow as crap

ui looks like crap , i always turn it of

ganes run slower

pograms un slower

direct x 10 makes it even slower

unsupported ganes/programs

bothersome useraccount control that doesn't do anything except annoy you

there are many more from other people but this is all i can remember

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#23 nintendog66
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8/10. Great experience and solid platform, but some compatibility, networking and performance issues(Even with "maxed out" specs i.e Top line Duo, 4 GB Ram, etc). Not to mention the annoying UAC.
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#24 poogawotta
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I would rate it Mohave out of 10.
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#25 JigglyWiggly_
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Vista Ultimate 64-bit. 7.5/10 It's ok, not excellent, not terrible. OS X is superior, no matter what fanboys say.drucom
If you want to use a wannabe unix system, go use unix, otherwise just use windows :) or linux for that matter. And i'd say 8.5/10, nothing amazing, nothing wrong.
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#26 JigglyWiggly_
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i rate it 1/10 only because i like the big icons, otherwise its an absolute 0.

search feature never works. i search for something, and nothing comes up when it should

slow as crap

ui looks like crap , i always turn it of

ganes run slower

pograms un slower

direct x 10 makes it even slower

unsupported ganes/programs

bothersome useraccount control that doesn't do anything except annoy you

there are many more from other people but this is all i can remember

kjghs
You can disable UAC, it's not slow as crap. Faster for me than xp, Games run the same, dx10 makes it slower? right. unspported games/programs like? If you have mean 16bit apps on a 64bit OS, then it's not possible, 16 bit code was dumped. Search always works for me, perhaps learning how to type would be useful :P
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#27 trodeback
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Dependson the version of Vista (Home/Ultimate and 32-bit/64-bit).

I've had 2 versions.

32-bit Vista Home Basic Edition: 7

64-bit Vista Ultimate Edition: 9.5

I didn't have SP1 in my 32-bit version, so maybe that's what it was lacking. Ultimate rocks though.

nightz2k
Exactly the same here. The basic didn't seem as smooth as the Ultimate 64bit on my machine. All in all it's very good.
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#28 nightz2k
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i rate it 1/10 only because i like the big icons, otherwise its an absolute 0.

search feature never works. i search for something, and nothing comes up when it should

slow as crap

ui looks like crap , i always turn it of

ganes run slower

pograms un slower

direct x 10 makes it even slower

unsupported ganes/programs

bothersome useraccount control that doesn't do anything except annoy you

there are many more from other people but this is all i can remember

kjghs
Not sure I wanna even touch that post ... I think it's more the "User" not the "OS" on that subject.
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#29 noswear
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5. Just... average.
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#30 hofuldig
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From 1 to 10? ... 0

Any OS that requires 20GBs of space just to install it and then not even have enough room to install a service pack is completely useless.

d-rtyboy
i isntalled windows vista on a 20 gig hdd and had enough space for all the updates. so you are wrong.
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#31 Dogswithguns
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I like it, but I only give 8/10. bcuz it's not perfect.
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#32 milosbeli
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id say 8
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#33 jamesfffan
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i rate it 1/10 only because i like the big icons, otherwise its an absolute 0.

search feature never works. i search for something, and nothing comes up when it should

slow as crap

ui looks like crap , i always turn it of

ganes run slower

pograms un slower

direct x 10 makes it even slower

unsupported ganes/programs

bothersome useraccount control that doesn't do anything except annoy you

there are many more from other people but this is all i can remember

kjghs

Some people might not want to touch this post, but wow this is ignorance of the highest order lol, the spelling mistakes dont help either, even makes me think has this guy even used vista? seems on average in this thread people are giving it between 7.8-9.5, some people have had different experiences but by now i would say everyone is fairly pleased, i mean mines damn fast, ive used xp and 7 also, but generally pleased with vista, its performance, look, and fun features.

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#35 Afylan
Member since 2009 • 202 Posts
7.1 Vista performs poorly with so much difficulty. While XP runs smoothly and has less complications.
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#36 jamesfffan
Member since 2004 • 1269 Posts

Not really noticed any of them issues you mention mate, what do you think of windows 7? read about it? also i install 64-bit with my 4gb installed, and i bought vista from day 1.

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#37 X360PS3AMD05
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8/10
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