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windows vista - 6/13/2007 2:13:19 AM

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i was thinking of upgrading vista and i heard that Microsoft is slowly working out the bugs. i was running the system check for it and it said it would work except it said that my video card might not support windows aero. what is aero? can i disable that function and still use vista? my video card seems to work well with games that it doesn't support. i just click the "run anyway" button. will i still be able to do that with vista? my computer has an intell mobile 128mb graphics card (NOT upgradeable as it is integrated onto the motherboard), 2GB of RAM, 120GB hard disk, 1.73Ghz processor.

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RE: windows vista - 6/13/2007 2:36:50 AM

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Your computer definately has the specs to run vista, but it's not worth it imo. I'm running Vista Home Premium on a descent computer by todays standards(better specs than urs), and I consider think if I was running XP on this computer it'd be a lot quicker. I'd say stick with XP home or MCE and wait until early 2009 when Windows Vienna comes out. Windows aero is cool, but pretty much useless. Heres a pic of aero:

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RE: windows vista - 6/13/2007 4:06:02 AM

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Love the screen shot it looks awsome.

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RE: windows vista - 6/13/2007 4:17:01 AM

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i got a free upgrade to vista with my most recent laptop but i'm sticking with xp. there's no way i'm sacrificing the stability i have now for some cool visuals. if anyone is aware of any leaps in the os please educate us.

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RE: windows vista - 6/13/2007 5:45:41 AM

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i hate Vista...my comp crashes and freezes all the time...grrr

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RE: windows vista - 6/13/2007 7:06:44 PM

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it make most computers run slow!!! vista and windows are crap IMO

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RE: windows vista - 6/13/2007 7:08:18 PM

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i got a free upgrade to vista with my most recent laptop but i'm sticking with xp. there's no way i'm sacrificing the stability i have now for some cool visuals. if anyone is aware of any leaps in the os please educate us.

my dad had the same thing with his laptop. we are keeping it xp too.

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RE: windows vista - 6/13/2007 7:38:59 PM

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but will i still be able to run vista just withought aero with my video card? and can i still play games that dont support my video card like i can with xp?

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RE: windows vista - 6/13/2007 7:54:19 PM

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but will i still be able to run vista just withought aero with my video card? and can i still play games that dont support my video card like i can with xp?

jump forget vista your computer will barely run it. which means it will run really slow

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RE: windows vista - 6/14/2007 3:08:42 AM

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I disagree with the above posters
I am running vista ultimate on my laptop as my main operating system and love it.
It runs just as fast as xp and is equally as stable, I have never had it crash.
Windows aero is basically an upgraded graphics mode which includes translucent windows and possibly some effects.
I have it so it turns off when on battery to save power. Its not myuch of a difference.
Personally I would recommend it you have 2 gigs of ram which will make it run very smooth.

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RE: windows vista - 6/14/2007 6:57:54 PM

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I disagree with the above posters
I am running vista ultimate on my laptop as my main operating system and love it.
It runs just as fast as xp and is equally as stable, I have never had it crash.
Windows aero is basically an upgraded graphics mode which includes translucent windows and possibly some effects.
I have it so it turns off when on battery to save power. Its not myuch of a difference.
Personally I would recommend it you have 2 gigs of ram which will make it run very smooth.

i have 2gb of ram on my laptop now. this is the first real life feedback i've received so, thank you!

what apps do you most commonly work with? i'll routinely have outlook, excel, photoshop, firefox, explorer and itunes open at the same time throughout the day.

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RE: windows vista - 6/14/2007 7:39:29 PM

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will i still be able to play games that dont support my video card with vista like i can with xp?

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RE: windows vista - 6/14/2007 9:56:32 PM

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microsoft is trying to make it so we do NOT stick with XP. they want to kill xp off and force us to upgrade to the terrible operating system we know as Vista. How do I know that? because they are no longer going to make licenses for XP, all software is going to be VISTA ONLY... XP software is soon to be a thing of the past. And what sucks the most about vista, is that its SLOWER. you need more memory to run similar speeds as we do on XP with less memory. If you thought XP was a resource hog, then you are in for a treat with Vista.

Microsoft is a greedy company.

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RE: windows vista - 6/14/2007 10:18:30 PM

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have you thought about a 'vista look' pack? it changes your icons/wallpapers giving a nice visual change, but with no stability/slowdown problems.

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RE: windows vista - 6/14/2007 11:27:18 PM

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You could switch to Linux, I recomend Ubuntu 7.04. If you really like Aero you could try Beryl, much easier to use IMO. Linux takes awhile to get used to and you will have more than a nights stress searching on the web trying to figure out how to do certain things, but once you get the basics its easy to use and you can pretty much do what you want.

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RE: windows vista - 6/14/2007 11:42:17 PM

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i was thinking of upgrading vista and i heard that Microsoft is slowly working out the bugs. i was running the system check for it and it said it would work except it said that my video card might not support windows aero. what is aero? can i disable that function and still use vista? my video card seems to work well with games that it doesn't support. i just click the "run anyway" button. will i still be able to do that with vista? my computer has an intell mobile 128mb graphics card (NOT upgradeable as it is integrated onto the motherboard), 2GB of RAM, 120GB hard disk, 1.73Ghz processor.

unfortunately MS is slowly still working out bugs in 95, they do this by presenting another buggy OS and call it the next best thing to sliced bread, unfortunately we sheep keep believing them, time after time, if you really want a system that works get a Mac,
IMHO your present processor is marginal for Vista, the video ram is also marginal, good amount of ram, you are looking at a new mobo, which means the processor probably won't be usable, and of course the video now needs to be pcexpress or some other expensive variant, you will probably find that in the long run, $1600 on a new Imac with OSX Tiger on board will be a better bet, the new Leopard OS is coming out in October which by all accounts will put MS in the shade, and it will work.
Please don't ask me how i know this, I used to believe in MS

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RE: windows vista - 6/15/2007 12:17:58 AM