ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:

feinicks Wrote:One thing I did notice is that the people who do get horrid experiences with Vista (or for that matter, any new OS) are those who find it hard to break out of the shell and adapt. Think back, when XP came out, people were reluctant to migrate from 98. Windows user die when faced with an Linux based machine!

Interestingly, many people have said that, but statistics fail to support the argument.

From comparisons of sales at the same time after both XP and Vista were released, Vista has had a much lower number of sales as opposed to XP during the same period after release dates.
Here's a rather old article (maybe there's something newer, IDK) which gives some stats.


Anyway, I really don't care too much - 2000/XP/Vista - they're all pretty much the same to me.  Just a few things with Vista is really bothering (vLite solves quite a number of issues, so I won't bother mentioning those):
1) RAM usage - stock install of Vista x64 Ultimate takes a whopping 600MB of RAM!  And I thought, when I was building my comp, that 1GB was suffice.  Apparently not.  People may say that RAM is cheap, but then I ask, why bother at all?
2) Draconian security - ignoring UAC and all that garbage, I had serious issues trying to replace a few system files (that would replace fine on XP).  Might be a reasonable failsafe for beginners who like to mess up their system, but for people who know what they're doing, it's a pain in the @$$
3) Some design features (ie strong emphasis on searching) - I guess I could get used to them though
4) Don't see any advantage in upgrading, really...

I did get a number of odd crashes in Vista 32 bit, but didn't get anything in Vista 64 bit, interestingly enough.  Have no idea, but I'd only use the latter anyway, so not too big an issue.

1 - RAM isn't cheap if you don't have a job.

2- You can turn off UAC you know. Go to Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn UAC on or off > Turn it off > Reboot. You can also try TweakUAC to help out with the annoying UAC popups.

3 - Turn off the Indexing Service from services.msc, and for each hdd you have, go to Properties, and uncheck Allow Indexing for faster searching. Hit Apply, and apply it to all subfolders. If you get any errors, hit Ignore All.

4 - Try tweaking Vista with this guide. You can probably speed up some things that are clogging up your memory. I don't see any reason to upgrade really. XP is fine as it is..

Update: SP3 not released after all. Also, SP1 for Vista is affected as well. Let's hope that Microsoft doesn't pull a Sony one of us now.

Source : http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1368

Microsoft has decided not to release Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 to Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center as planned on April 29. The reason? A last-minute compatibility issue with a Microsoft application — Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS).

Here’s the latest from a company spokesperson:

Quote:    “I wanted to update you on today’s planned release to web (RTW) (of XP SP3). In the last few days, wee have uncovered a compatibility issue between Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) and Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).

    “In order to make sure customers have the best possible experience wee have decided to delay releasing Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center.

    “To help protect our customers, wee plan to put filtering in place shortly to prevent Windows Update from offering both service packs to systems running Microsoft Dynamics RMS. Once filtering is in place, wee expect to release Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Download Center.

    “Until wee have published a fix for this issue, wee advise Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers to not install either service pack. Microsoft Dynamics RMS customers running Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista SP1 should contact Microsoft Customer Support Services for additional information.

    “The fix is currently in testing and will be available as soon as that process is complete.”

That’s all wee know so far. No new date as to when Microsoft will release XP SP3 to the Web. Microsoft released to manufacturing XP SP3 last week — and after outcry for its paying TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers — released the update to them shortly thereafter.

Update No. 1: One reader noted that he downloaded SP3 today via a direct link to the executable (which my ZDNet blogging colleague Adrian Kingsley-Hughes pointed to earlier today). A Microsoft spokeswoman said the company is advising users against doing this. The official response:

Quote:“Customers should not download Microsoft software from links posted on non-Microsoft websites, when those links point directly to the executable as is the case here. Customers should always download from a page on Microsoft.com that provides all relevant download details, installation instructions, and release notes. In this particular case, it’s possible that some 3rd party websites are linking to the Windows XP SP3 software that wee have published for MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Since wee cannot confirm the source of every link that 3rd parties provide, out recommendation is that customers wait until wee’ve published Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and the Download Center.”

I have to admit: I’m somewhat surprised Microsoft decided to delay the release of SP3 for RMS. RMS is a retail-chain-management app for small/midsize users. I know very few customers who are using it.

Update No. 2: As a result of this RMS glitch, Microsoft also is temporarily halting the Automatic Download of Vista SP1, as it is affected, as well. But Microsoft is not pulling Vista SP1 from the Download Center or Windows Update.

From a Microsoft spokeswoman:

Quote:Microsoft is temporarily holding any additional automatic distribution of Windows Vista SP1. However, they continue to offer Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update for interactive installation. While wee are recommending that customers running Microsoft Dynamics RMS should not install SP1, there are many other customers who can benefit from installing Windows Vista SP1 immediately, so wee are maintaining availability via WU.”

This isn’t the first time Microsoft has temporarily halted distribution of Vista SP1 via Automatic Updates; it did so earlier this year when a pre-requisite for the service pack resulted in problems for some Vista users.

Damn. . .

I will be waiting.,

damn