ok yup Solaris is finally considering it sorry guys :(

[Solaris17]

so i got vista ultimate and im currently dual booting with my XP install but as i tinker and as i apply the tweaks i found in the thread above i find that vista is way way less buggy than when i beta'd it......it plays games it has a REAL funky interface but over all it boots up just as fast the speed/preformance hit is so far negligable to none to me right now. so im wondering should i make the switch? should i use vista as my primary? i want to and i will if theirs not much wrong with it. so im asking if i should incase you know of some serious problems that should prevent me from doing it. and remember no bashing answers like "you shouldnt cause its vista N0oB!" remember sillys i mod this section

 

[ktr]

if web surfing, emailing, chatting...etc is what you mostly do, sure make vista a primary. If you do game a lot, do @ least keep xp as a secondary.

For me, i just web surf, email, chat, and play wolfenstein et...and ET natively runs in linux, so i made my linux rig my primary.

 

[Solaris17]

any one else? id like the help guys i mean its kind of a big move

 

[Kreij]

Switch.
How will you ever get Vista tweaked to perfection if it's not your main?

 

[Solaris17]

also i forget could someone tell me the 2 keys you have to hit to get your windows to turn at an angle?

 

[Steevo]

If drivers are available and you have a machine or source to get drivers if your system shits out then do it.



My biggest issues were the buggy drivers and mediocre performance, however that was the last release and advancements have been made.

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

also i forget could someone tell me the 2 keys you have to hit to get your windows to turn at an angle?

I do believe its windows+Tab

But you won't be seeing much help from me, as I made the switch a long time ago..

Just not to windows

 

[Greek]

i got legit vista when it was out to companies can member 25th sumit, its been about maybe 4 months or so, i have NEVER had major issues with it, no bugs for me and i game,burn/convert and surf and all that crap, true games run just a little bit slower at the begining, but that could be to driver problem, for me vista is the main op, if your system handles it fine i say u go for it, one thing is for sure, its a lot less buggier than what xp was when it first came out.

 

[wolfblitz1979]

also i forget could someone tell me the 2 keys you have to hit to get your windows to turn at an angle?

Windows key + Tab

 

[Grings]

i'd leave xp on for now, but use vista as your main system, when all your games/software works good, then dump xp, though it does only take up a few gig, i just shrunk xp's partition to 30gig so its there if i need it (plus im on the server 2008 beta3 eval, so i need it if anything goes tits up)

 

[Solaris17]

well guys i thik im going to do it...but instead of a clean install i thnik ill do an upgrade and see how that go's wish me luck

 

[Jimmy 2004]

well guys i thik im going to do it...but instead of a clean install i thnik ill do an upgrade and see how that go's wish me luck

Good luck... an upgrade could be interesting. Still prefer XP over here, but Vista isn't too bad, part of the problem is that there aren't any good free firewalls yet!

 

[DaMulta]

you shouldnt cause its vista N0oB!​

lol




If all of your drivers are working great, and the games you play are working great. Then I would go with Vista.

 

[DaMulta]

Good luck... an upgrade could be interesting. Still prefer XP over here, but Vista isn't too bad, part of the problem is that there aren't any good free firewalls yet!

That's what hardware firewalls are for

 

[zekrahminator]

Personally, I think you should just move to Vista. Everything is much smoother and easier to use/configure, in my opinion.

However, either XP or Vista will serve you well. Just make sure to choose one. Dual booting sucks, in my opinion.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

That's what hardware firewalls are for

Got one of those on my router - brilliant for inbound traffic, useless for anything going out like trojans. In fact, the built in firewall on Windows XP and Vista is fine for inbound protection if you set it up ok. I want Comodo for Vista! It's an amazing free firewall, give it a try.

 

[zekrahminator]

Jimmy, you know what's hilarious?

There are all the Vista haters, and most of them have never even touched the Release Candidate. Almost all the people I know that actually own Vista aren't looking for things wrong with it, and think Vista is a great upgrade from XP. I personally think that Vista makes things much smoother, assuming that your other computers are running Vista. Otherwise, XP can't read Vista's network settings .

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

There are all the Vista haters, and most of them have never even touched the Release Candidate.

I'd say most people hate vista because they played with the release candidates.

I did

 

[zekrahminator]

That's not the point I was trying to make .

I admit, everything before RC1 sucked. Compatibility is still a problem with the full version of Vista. However, when it does work...it works beautifully.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Jimmy, you know what's hilarious?

There are all the Vista haters, and most of them have never even touched the Release Candidate. Almost all the people I know that actually own Vista aren't looking for things wrong with it, and think Vista is a great upgrade from XP. I personally think that Vista makes things much smoother, assuming that your other computers are running Vista. Otherwise, XP can't read Vista's network settings .

I do have Vista installed as a second OS btw. There's nothing wrong with it as such, I just don't think there's anything wrong with XP either and that does everything I want and runs a little better, with more support for firewalls and drivers ect. Only times I really use Vista at the moment are when I'm defragging the partition with XP installed...

 

[Kreij]

I personally think that Vista makes things much smoother, assuming that your other computers are running Vista. Otherwise, XP can't read Vista's network settings .

In what way, Zek? My Vista rig works fine with my other two XP machines on my home net.

 

[zekrahminator]

My (dad's) Vista laptop cannot print off of the HP printer when it's hooked up to and shared through an XP computer. Also, the two XP computers in my (parents) house cannot access the shared Vista drive, but the Vista drive can access the shared XP drive....hax .

 

[Kreij]

Wierd I have an HP multi-function on my old XP (Pro) rig and Vista (Ultimate) prints to it just fine. I also use the XP machine as a file server and Vista sees all the shared directories as well.

Are they set up as a workgroup? If the workgroups are different (like MSHOME for XP and WORKGROUP for Vista) then very strange things happen like intermittent connection problems, not to mention it takes about 10 times as long for Vista to see the XP workgroup at all. XP defaulted to MSHOME, while Vista went back to WORKGROUP, at least in Ultimate.

 

[kwchang007]

make the jump dude, it's amazing on this side of the fence. only problem is i don't think system restore wrote the system state everyday in xp, so with vista, i just clean that up every week. defrag-don't use the windows one it's so junky, you can't see what's going on. also with 2 gb of memory it's really no problems. also, did you find any more tweaks than what's in the vista tweaks thread?

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

I admit, everything before RC1 sucked. Compatibility is still a problem with the full version of Vista. However, when it does work...it works beautifully.

I'm not exactly sure whats changed..

when things work in XP, they work "beautifully" too.

so why upgrade?