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Is Vista really bad or good? I plan on buying a new computer within 2 weeks and I'm seriously debating whether to buy one with no-OS (I have a bootleg copy of XP Pro) or buy one with Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

I've heard horror stories about Vista and then again I heard Vista was excellent for gaming and such.

13 posted on 02/03/2009 7:28:02 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (The Libertarian and Constitution Parties should merge into one)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Is Vista really bad or good? I plan on buying a new computer within 2 weeks and I'm seriously debating whether to buy one with no-OS (I have a bootleg copy of XP Pro) or buy one with Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

I'll ignore the bootleg aspect. Believe it or not, I say get Vista.

If you get Vista Whatever with the system you will pay less than half the price of buying retail. Then when 7 comes out you will probably pay 1/3 for an upgrade, less if Microsoft has some promotion to win back customers it lost with Vista. Basically, you'll probably end up paying a bit less for Vista and the 7 upgrade than you would buying 7 at full retail.

This doesn't apply if you get your hands on a legit Windows 7 OEM copy in the first place. Local computer stores are often nice enough to sell them.

28 posted on 02/03/2009 7:42:18 PM PST by antiRepublicrat ("I am a firm believer that there are not two sides to every issue..." -- Arianna Huffington)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Don’t listen to them... they are paid by the Vista team. XP is still the best. That is why MS had to rush with 7.

7 will perform like XP in many ways, but have visual capabilities like Vista.


36 posted on 02/03/2009 7:52:07 PM PST by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I just purchase two refurbished HP desktops with Vista. Both are Phenom Quad core cpu’s one 32 bit and one 64 bit. Both are great machines, run fast, run quiet. Get the 64 bit, for future expansion reasons.

I turn off all eye candy, UAC, etc. automatic updates, set for maximum performance so it looks like Win2K and it flys.... No problems whatsoever.

Oh, and I’m a big Linux proponent. Linux is everywhere in my house, and if I weren’t a gamer, I wouldn’t buy any windows OS. But there it is.


65 posted on 02/04/2009 5:51:58 AM PST by Big Giant Head (I should change my tagline to "Big Giant penguin on my Head")
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