so much negative talk about vista.

i just ordered a new pc, and i got vista with it, is this a mistake.im also getting oblivion to, will it run well? because i heard some games dont install.

i just ordered a new pc, and i got vista with it, is this a mistake.im also getting oblivion to, will it run well? because i heard some games dont install.

GranTurismo123

I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.gabi098

Everything else than Battlefield 1942 works fine for me.RK-Mara

I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.gabi098

I have listened a lot when XP came out, people were saying "Oh my, XP is just decorative, consuming system RAM, and look at the min reqs.! It's just a Win 2000 with skin, bla bla bla".

I think Vista is not yet grounded by other companies than Microsoft. But soon it'll be the default market for PC gaming, and the hardware ever becomes even more powerfull... Microsoft rules the PC gaming market and the PC hardware specs. They set the defaults, they say when and why the hardware need to be upgraded.

There's nothing we can do. We live already in Cyberpunk. At least in Brazil it seems to be (violence and poverty mixed with big companies ruling the money and a weak government, that push stupid TV shows to make the people think it's all ok).

I'm just willing to buy a simple notebook to work (to a big or medium company, 'cause I can't be an artist to live here) and a Nintendo Wii and DS to have fun (Nintendo has true artists. Just like every japenese I met, they are smarter enough to make money from it).

Sorry for all this crap I've said, but go with Vista, it's the flow of the things, it'll be inevitable.

Hate and deny it or love and embrace it.

[QUOTE="gabi098"]I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.Deihmos

In theroy it is SUPPOSED to be faster... though it is not in practice.    People saying it is as good or better then xp for gaming are dead wrong or they have really high end hardware.  I have been using vista for about a month now and xp runs my games way better and BF2 doesnt run good at all.    The difference is very noticable between the OS.   Also vista has ALOT of issues not driver related as someone said.   Alot of locks will happen alot of incompatibilities ....   unless of course all you do is browse the internet you will not run into many problems if any.  

 The prefetch on vista really hasnt impressed me much and i cant tell a diff between xps prefetch (besides all my memory being at near 100% usage at all times)      

Yes lots of negative talk about vista right now because it is not even on pair with xp .... its pretty though and i hope soon they fix all the issues 

I recently bought a new HP laptop and fought tooth and nail for them to put XP on it but they wouldn't.  Since I got it and have had a chance to play with it and customize it (first think I killed was that side bar thing), I actually rather like it. 

That being said I have two problems with Vistas.  First and foremost is the memory hogging, it uses up 300-350mb of memory at any given time with nothing running, but Norton's and AIM.  My biggest problem (and to be fair its more directed at nVidia than MS) is the complete lack of Geforce drivers.  There are ZERO supported Geforce Go! drivers available from nVidia and that is really pissing me off.  I am getting tired of crashes and bugs when I try and play game that go directly back to Geforce and DX driver issues. 

Where there are people, there will be complaining. Never in life will you not see somebody complain about something. If they hate it so much why don't they try making an OS, oh thats right. They can't!xwolfghost

The only mistake you could of made was getting XP. time to let it rest.

I mean i can play FALLOUT 2 on vista and thats all that matters 

[QUOTE="gabi098"]I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.Deihmos

[QUOTE="gabi098"]I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.Deihmos

[QUOTE="Deihmos"][QUOTE="gabi098"]I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.Swiftstrike5

Basically every complaint now will be dealt with that is totally detremental to the system actually being able to run or everyone would buy Mac. Some would say we should have gone Mac from the beginning but it's a bit late now. The idle requirements will probably never go down though since I'm sure Microsoft won't feel the need to deal with that but that is just a product of the new computers getting faster and more powerful.

I think the most important messages to get from this thread are... 

Do you absolutely need vista right now? No. 

Will it cause problems to play Oblivion? Maybe but the drivers are more likely the cause of that.

Will having it now be simply easier on you in the long run and cheaper? Most definetly

Besides, the worst thing that could happen is you encounter problems with running your computer and any of your games and end up joining all the other voices complaining about vista, that's not so bad right? 

[QUOTE="Swiftstrike5"][QUOTE="Deihmos"][QUOTE="gabi098"]I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.LouieV13

[QUOTE="Deihmos"][QUOTE="gabi098"]I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.Keypo

In theroy it is SUPPOSED to be faster... though it is not in practice. People saying it is as good or better then xp for gaming are dead wrong or they have really high end hardware. I have been using vista for about a month now and xp runs my games way better and BF2 doesnt run good at all. The difference is very noticable between the OS. Also vista has ALOT of issues not driver related as someone said. Alot of locks will happen alot of incompatibilities .... unless of course all you do is browse the internet you will not run into many problems if any.

The prefetch on vista really hasnt impressed me much and i cant tell a diff between xps prefetch (besides all my memory being at near 100% usage at all times)

Yes lots of negative talk about vista right now because it is not even on pair with xp .... its pretty though and i hope soon they fix all the issues

Whoa boy! You need to chill out. The problem is you are running Vista on computer which has the same specs as the ones on the space shuttle. Most of the arguments I have seen against Vista have been due to the user having a slow computer. General consensus is that if your computers hardware is older then two years, then don't even bother. 

[QUOTE="Keypo"]

[QUOTE="Deihmos"][QUOTE="gabi098"]I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.ChocoKat

In theroy it is SUPPOSED to be faster... though it is not in practice. People saying it is as good or better then xp for gaming are dead wrong or they have really high end hardware. I have been using vista for about a month now and xp runs my games way better and BF2 doesnt run good at all. The difference is very noticable between the OS. Also vista has ALOT of issues not driver related as someone said. Alot of locks will happen alot of incompatibilities .... unless of course all you do is browse the internet you will not run into many problems if any.

The prefetch on vista really hasnt impressed me much and i cant tell a diff between xps prefetch (besides all my memory being at near 100% usage at all times)

Yes lots of negative talk about vista right now because it is not even on pair with xp .... its pretty though and i hope soon they fix all the issues

Whoa boy! You need to chill out. The problem is you are running Vista on computer which has the same specs as the ones on the space shuttle. Most of the arguments I have seen against Vista have been due to the user having a slow computer. General consensus is that if your computers hardware is older then two years, then don't even bother.

[QUOTE="ChocoKat"][QUOTE="Keypo"]

[QUOTE="Deihmos"][QUOTE="gabi098"]I have to say vista has too much esseles junk just for your entertainment. I mean I'm all for a nice design but xp is so much better because of it's simple look. a lot of things in vista are just decorative and system consuming thats why I prefer XP.juggernaut8419

In theroy it is SUPPOSED to be faster... though it is not in practice. People saying it is as good or better then xp for gaming are dead wrong or they have really high end hardware. I have been using vista for about a month now and xp runs my games way better and BF2 doesnt run good at all. The difference is very noticable between the OS. Also vista has ALOT of issues not driver related as someone said. Alot of locks will happen alot of incompatibilities .... unless of course all you do is browse the internet you will not run into many problems if any.

The prefetch on vista really hasnt impressed me much and i cant tell a diff between xps prefetch (besides all my memory being at near 100% usage at all times)

Yes lots of negative talk about vista right now because it is not even on pair with xp .... its pretty though and i hope soon they fix all the issues

Whoa boy! You need to chill out. The problem is you are running Vista on computer which has the same specs as the ones on the space shuttle. Most of the arguments I have seen against Vista have been due to the user having a slow computer. General consensus is that if your computers hardware is older then two years, then don't even bother.

Exactly. Most, if not all problems are related to the crappy drivers (8800GTX). Other then that, the OS is rock solid.

I find it funny that people complain about their 4 year old Audigy 2 not working. They complain when their 7800AGP card is performing like crap under Vista. It's much easier to place the blame somewhere else other then themselves. 

in my rig i have, processor intel e6400,graphics nvidia 7900gs, memory 320gb,2gb of ram.

i just ordered a new pc, and i got vista with it, is this a mistake.im also getting oblivion to, will it run well? because i heard some games dont install.

GranTurismo123