why do people hate windows vista?

its a resource hog.Lyron-Baktos

It still has several driver issues. Also when I run vista my Host Process stops working and rarely my toolbar changes into a windows 95 toolbar. It is a hassle to work on when these glitches happen.exezlabor

I don't hate Windows Vista. I just find that Windows XP is better for what I like to do, play games. And the new features and things it has over XP don't phase me one bit. I'll just wait for Windows 7... TheDawnofFlames

Its seems that it is on more or less the same structure but it is more refined and has more features.exezlabor

[QUOTE="exezlabor"]It still has several driver issues. Also when I run vista my Host Process stops working and rarely my toolbar changes into a windows 95 toolbar. It is a hassle to work on when these glitches happen.sparkypants

I don't hate Windows Vista. I just find that Windows XP is better for what I like to do, play games. And the new features and things it has over XP don't phase me one bit. I'll just wait for Windows 7... TheDawnofFlames

Windows 7 hopefully be more stable and reliable than vista. It is really easy to use from my beta version and I have yet to crash. They have fixed a majority of the problems from vista from what I have seen.

[QUOTE="exezlabor"]Its seems that it is on more or less the same structure but it is more refined and has more features.sparkypants

If you're system can handle it it's awesome! But if you have less than 2gigs of ram don't bother and thats basicly where all the hate stems from.

If you're system can handle it it's awesome! But if you have less than 2gigs of ram don't bother and thats basicly where all the hate stems from.

deadesa

people are afraid of change
im running vista ultimate 64 and it runs just as fast as my pc did on xp, maybe even starts up faster..

From a gaming standpoint it will have DX10.exezlabor

[QUOTE="exezlabor"]From a gaming standpoint it will have DX10.C_Rule

I personally really like my Vista 32-bit. It starts real fast and is much prettier than XP. DirectX 10 is cool too. On Crysis I definitely notice a difference, mostly with explosions, the particle count is much higher with DX10. I like the customization options with Vista too. You can say what you want, but I like it and am glad I have it.

I have 4gigs of ram and a 1Gb Radeon 4870, in case you are wondering for this post.

Depends, I like XP more because Vista limits me, depending on some applications. Ive gotten a blue screen on Vista like 20 times since I built my current computer all was software problems. Also had these problems with my HP, so I switched to a ripped apart version of Windows XP. hooded1man

I like it

Vista for games (DX10)

XP for benchmarks

Ubuntu for work.

Iv played around with Vista today, I mean I tried it before but today I actually got to play around with everything. I really love the way it looks and feels(very stylish lol) I have to say I really like it, I dont see why its so hated, can someone explain?sparkypants

Slow to boot up compared with other operating systems. It's a massive resource hog and it's generally slow than other OS with applications and games on a whole. I would add network connectivity problems to that list which I plagued with on a daily basis.

[QUOTE="exezlabor"]Its seems that it is on more or less the same structure but it is more refined and has more features.sparkypants

Hate's a strong word. For most XP users, the changes just don't justify the cost.jimmyjammer69

I have had vista since it was released, the retail copy. The OEM one is tied to your mobo rofl :roll:

I think its a good OS, definately grown on it since i have had it all this time.. Look at windows 7, its basically Vista with a few addons and everybody is praising it.. kinda funny.perfect_chao

I have been running Vista for well over a year now, and can honestly say I have had little to no problems out of it. I remember more problems back when I ran XP actually, but I expect it was due to the Nforce motherboard more than XP.

Retail purchased OEM copy's are not tied to the motherboard. I have Vista Premium 64 OEM and have switched my motherboard already. Same with XP OEM, it can be installed on as many PC's as you llike, as long as it is only on one at any given time.

ch5richards

I agree. I've changed motherboard with my XP OEM on my old pentium system.

If you want a better look OS and fancy new features which are fun and useful, then why does that not justify going from 2gb ram to 4gb ram which is so cheap right now and has been for a while...

People with pentium 4's and really slow other stuff shouldnt complain about vista, just upgrade its obviously TIME to upgrade if theres such a slow down, and its been proven btw far cry 2 runs better in dx10 :)

ive beta tested win 7 64-bit checked task manager under performance and it said 1gb in use, hmm so does my vista 64-bit and can honestly say for AT THIS MOMENT i see no reason to change to it.

Ive own vista since release, its been great. also since getting 4gb ram n going 64-bit its wicked cool.

Ive never hated vista in any way.. I also find it funny how on vista you can download and install the transparent win 7 theme, use the quicklaunch for programs, rocket dock for fancy UI, and when all windows are maximized its still transparent..

if ya cant handle upgrading a bit then go run windows 98

[QUOTE="hooded1man"]Depends, I like XP more because Vista limits me, depending on some applications. Ive gotten a blue screen on Vista like 20 times since I built my current computer all was software problems. Also had these problems with my HP, so I switched to a ripped apart version of Windows XP. Daytona_178

wooo windows xp! yay wooo yay!

im being sarcastic...

They pay too much attention to those Mac commercials, if I had to choose between Vista or Xp -- I wouldn't even hesitate in picking Vista.Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]They pay too much attention to those Mac commercials, if I had to choose between Vista or Xp -- I wouldn't even hesitate in picking Vista.Daytona_178

So long as I'm not running 512MB of ram with a Pentium 4, I wouldn't mind. :P

who runs that kinda hardware now? schools?

when vista came out i had a pentium D 3ghz and 2gb ram, and i think ati x1900 xt 512mb, it ran kinda slow, but after a while and a couple of updates i liked it more and more, it also got faster and faster, recently gone to 64-bit and im dead set vista owns :)

side note: still think windows 7 should just be a vista 2.0 (meaning advertise a big new version called vista 2.0 the awesomeness idk lol and have it just as a huge patch), a sp2 or 3 and not some whole apparently new os..

People with pentium 4's and really slow other stuff shouldnt complain about vista, just upgrade its obviously TIME to upgrade if theres such a slow down.jamesfffan

I've got a pentium4 and a Q6600 I can complain about performance on the Q6600 with Vista as much as I want. What shall I upgrade to?

The Pentium4 on XP beats the Q6600 on Vista booting up.

I'm first to buy Windows7 for both systems if it does offer better performance than both. I here it boots faster than both. I'm for that .

It still has several driver issues. Also when I run vista my Host Process stops working and rarely my toolbar changes into a windows 95 toolbar. It is a hassle to work on when these glitches happen.exezlabor

XP was awful imo, it was so unstable, Vista seems more stable but man, I tried the 64 bit version today, holy crap it was awful, crashed so damn much I took it off and went back to 32 bit immediatly, maybe it was just a bad install idk, but I wont be using it again for a lonnnngggg time.V4LENT1NE