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# as a person
do you find VISTA an acceptable operating system? It just seems to be every time I buy a PC they've gotten worse... and I'm looking at getting a new one.
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Thu 2 Apr 2009, 14:06, archived)
# Vista is growing on me
ever since I found out how to make the icons smaller and the shitey big shortcut arrow disappear

it seems amazingly slow though
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 2 Apr 2009, 14:10, archived)
# it's supposed to be RAM hungry
for what I know of it... perhaps I'll give it a try
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Thu 2 Apr 2009, 14:12, archived)
# Oh it is ram hungry.
but it ought to be for what it brings. 2GB minimum. 3gb to be sure. 4GB if you want to waste some money and you don't have the ultimate version and 8gb if you do run ultimate. No slowdown on my 8gb machines.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Thu 2 Apr 2009, 14:16, archived)
# I do. I honestly do
and have said so on many occasions. There are faults. I have it running on a few machines and quite frankly the 64bit version is a dog.
The networking is far superior to XP as is the reliability and uptime.
Not that any of this matters though. Windows 7 is out soon and that's vista, with the bugs fixed ( or the version that Microsoft wanted to release at Vista launch but were not ready for ).

Vista has a lot of naysayers but most of them go on hearsay and 3rd hand experience. i've been using it since b3ta and overall, I'd have it over xp any day.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Thu 2 Apr 2009, 14:10, archived)
# thanks
I've been looking at Ubuntu, but it seems like Fisher Price My First Linux... so perhaps Vista's the thing.
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Thu 2 Apr 2009, 14:15, archived)
# To be fair
It's nice to play with linux but it has little functionality compared with windows. like it or not it is the way to go for an easy life.

By all means get one with Linux or no OS and contact me before hand so I can supply you with Windows 7 for 'test' purposes.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Thu 2 Apr 2009, 14:20, archived)
# :D
Many thanks - I have the b3ta at home somewhere... :)
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Thu 2 Apr 2009, 14:38, archived)