Houndog777

Sick of reading moans about Windows Vista, I thought I'd start this here thread......Anyone else feel like me?
My Vista Experience
I've used every MS OS since Windows 95 and for me, Vista not only looks better than anything that's gone before, but undoubtedly has much more under the hood.
And it also seems to work better, too. Yes, it's resource hungry, but it should be,.......it's doing a lot more.

With all my peripherals now installed, I've experienced none of the much rumoured compatibility problems. The most important, my Lexmark 3350 AIO scanner printer, installed easily and it's bundled software works just fine.
Amazingly, my old and favourite camera, an AGFA ePhoto CL18 installed & is working perfectly with it's XP drivers. My fave games; Doom3 & Quake4 work perfectly and fast enough for my liking. (A directX 10 card is on my Christmas wish-list, though).

As for security, I believe Microsoft when they say Vista is secure. Why? Because it's a very successful business that bothers about it's reputation. There are no winners, having their products anything other than as secure as possible. Plus the reports I've read elsewhere have been positive.
Sadly, ordinary home users like myself are simply not qualified to judge how secure any OS really is. We need IT Pro's to advise and inform us; which they do every day through the media.
I will say, that common sense surely plays a massive part in protecting yourself and your details online. Since Windows 98, I've only ever been infected with trojans and the like, three times. Twice after visiting adult web sites, and once after stupidly installing pirated software. You reap what you sow!

With it's eye-candy, Media Centre, rapid Search Indexer and super-easy Back-up & Restore, I believe Vista is a winner. It's just a shame it's human nature to hang on to the past for as long as possible. And like it or not, XP, just like the excellent Windows 98se, will soon be obsolete.


Need big-bucks for a Vista PC? No, you don't!
My latest Home Computer was built for less than £500 (under 1000 US dollars), including the Vista OS.

Asus P5B-VM Quad-Core,1066mhz 965G motherboard, with integrated 256mb Intel graphics and HD sound
Pentium D915 Dual Core 2.8ghz/4mb/800mhz Processor, with Arctic 7 Pro Cooler
2gb Samsung DDRII 533mhz memory; max 4gb
Inno3D 7600 GS, 256mb PCI-E Graphics Card
Western Digital Caviar SE SATA2 80gb HDD (I save my stuff to DVD, so no need for anything bigger)
Western Digital Ultra ATA IDE 40gb HDD ( For system back-up)
LG GSA-H22N DVD-RAM DL
Arctic Power 450w PSU
All internal cables etc by Akasa.
Two Coolermaster LED case fans; 12cm front and 8cm rear.
Youngyear Sys-Guardian System Monitor in a CD bay.
Antec all black & silver mid-tower case
No floppy! At last.
Windows Vista Ultimate OEM

Benchmarked, tested & working well.

All of this, purchased on the much maligned eBay, with a few mistakes along the way but no real problems.
(I believe bad sellers are usually easy to detect in any market place if you're careful and wary. I've also found over the years that the majority of people on planet-earth are both honest and decent.)
Houndog777