Is it good to use Vista ?
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Hi there. I'm using WinXp SP2. I'd like to know , it's good to use Windows Vista now ? Why? What are your reasons ?
Mohammad Dayyan wrote:
it's good to use Windows Vista now ?
Yes. It was always good if you had a powerful enough PC
Mohammad Dayyan wrote:
Why?
Because it is better than XP. It is faster than XP (it shifts a lot of the graphics processing onto the video card, which XP never did, freeing up the process to do other things). It has better memory management (it caches things more effectivly so that your programs respond quicker). If a hardware driver fails it just keeps on going by restarting the driver, or failing over into a default driver. Wireless networking is much easier. Power management is easier. There are, however, caveats. Read two of my recent blog entries about Visual Studio and SQL Server on Vista. Visual Studio / SQL Server install order[^] and Installing SQL Server 2005 on Windows Vista[^]. Also, from some time ago, Visual Studio 2005 on Vista[^]. Also, I don't know if this was fixed in SP1, but the original Vista installer didn't like multiple monitors being plugged in at installation time.[^].
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Tip of the Day - SysInternals * Meme My Blog
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Hi there. I'm using WinXp SP2. I'd like to know , it's good to use Windows Vista now ? Why? What are your reasons ?
Been using it for over a year same as others here and again make sure you take the time to learn about it so you know how to use it. Good luck.
Beauty is only a light switch away.
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Hi there. I'm using WinXp SP2. I'd like to know , it's good to use Windows Vista now ? Why? What are your reasons ?
It depends. Does it have 4 GB of memory or more and is it at least a dual core machine? If either of these answers are no than stick with XP.
John
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Mohammad Dayyan wrote:
it's good to use Windows Vista now ?
Yes. It was always good if you had a powerful enough PC
Mohammad Dayyan wrote:
Why?
Because it is better than XP. It is faster than XP (it shifts a lot of the graphics processing onto the video card, which XP never did, freeing up the process to do other things). It has better memory management (it caches things more effectivly so that your programs respond quicker). If a hardware driver fails it just keeps on going by restarting the driver, or failing over into a default driver. Wireless networking is much easier. Power management is easier. There are, however, caveats. Read two of my recent blog entries about Visual Studio and SQL Server on Vista. Visual Studio / SQL Server install order[^] and Installing SQL Server 2005 on Windows Vista[^]. Also, from some time ago, Visual Studio 2005 on Vista[^]. Also, I don't know if this was fixed in SP1, but the original Vista installer didn't like multiple monitors being plugged in at installation time.[^].
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Tip of the Day - SysInternals * Meme My Blog
Nice reply. Thank you very much.
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It depends. Does it have 4 GB of memory or more and is it at least a dual core machine? If either of these answers are no than stick with XP.
John
Wow :wtf:
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Wow :wtf:
I am running Vista perfectly happily with just 2Gb of RAM.
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Tip of the Day - SysInternals * Meme My Blog
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I am running Vista perfectly happily with just 2Gb of RAM.
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Tip of the Day - SysInternals * Meme My Blog
oooff. He scared me :|
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Hi there. I'm using WinXp SP2. I'd like to know , it's good to use Windows Vista now ? Why? What are your reasons ?
Yes. Because everyone else is and you'll be stuck with it eventually. But, do a LOT of reading first, Vista does a lot of stuff that was never properly explained by Microsoft, especially to developers, which is the other reason you need it. Your app probably doesn't work on Vista, and you need to come to grips with why, if you have users who use Vista.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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I am running Vista perfectly happily with just 2Gb of RAM.
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Tip of the Day - SysInternals * Meme My Blog
I have a P4 1.8GHz with 1GB RAM and mine works just fine.
Beauty is only a light switch away.
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I have a P4 1.8GHz with 1GB RAM and mine works just fine.
Beauty is only a light switch away.
Just a lot slower than XP with the same hardware.
John
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oooff. He scared me :|
4GB of memory (2 x 2GB PC6400 DDR2) can be had in the US for less than $85 so I did not think this was too bad but I guess it is more expensive in other parts of the world.
John
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Yes. Because everyone else is and you'll be stuck with it eventually. But, do a LOT of reading first, Vista does a lot of stuff that was never properly explained by Microsoft, especially to developers, which is the other reason you need it. Your app probably doesn't work on Vista, and you need to come to grips with why, if you have users who use Vista.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
OK. Thank you
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Yes. Because everyone else is and you'll be stuck with it eventually. But, do a LOT of reading first, Vista does a lot of stuff that was never properly explained by Microsoft, especially to developers, which is the other reason you need it. Your app probably doesn't work on Vista, and you need to come to grips with why, if you have users who use Vista.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Christian Graus wrote:
Your app probably doesn't work on Vista
After it's done? I'm working on an app and what I have done so far works fine. It's still in production but I debug often and all is well so far. Of course I'm using VB.net so that's probably why. :)
Beauty is only a light switch away.
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Just a lot slower than XP with the same hardware.
John
I wouldn't know. The last time I used XP I had a 2.9GHZ Celeron D with 512MB RAM and it was slower than this box I'm on now.
Beauty is only a light switch away.
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I wouldn't know. The last time I used XP I had a 2.9GHZ Celeron D with 512MB RAM and it was slower than this box I'm on now.
Beauty is only a light switch away.
The 512 MB of RAM probably was the problem.
John
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The 512 MB of RAM probably was the problem.
John
And the Celeron D. It's a horrible processor and slower than my P4. I swapped it out when I got Vista.
Beauty is only a light switch away.
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And the Celeron D. It's a horrible processor and slower than my P4. I swapped it out when I got Vista.
Beauty is only a light switch away.
I did not think it was slower than the 1.8GHz P4 but it was designed to be significantly slower than the Pentium D processors so as to not draw away from the top chip.
John
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Hi there. I'm using WinXp SP2. I'd like to know , it's good to use Windows Vista now ? Why? What are your reasons ?
It's been fine for me except was a real pain to set up - had to try 5 network cards to find one that was compatible, and remove all of my PCI cards during the install.. But that was a year ago so things mught have changed now :) Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia
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Christian Graus wrote:
Your app probably doesn't work on Vista
After it's done? I'm working on an app and what I have done so far works fine. It's still in production but I debug often and all is well so far. Of course I'm using VB.net so that's probably why. :)
Beauty is only a light switch away.
Anyting that is written on Vista, will work, of course. But I'm saying that a lot of older apps probably would need changing.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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oooff. He scared me :|
I'm running Vista on a dual core 2G laptop. It's fine. I still prefer XP though. Simpler, faster, more stable, my older PCIMCIA cards work correctly. Marc