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**nickster_uk** · 05-20-2007, 07:01 AM

Vista gets my vote too...it's an excellent OS.

It does have a couple of minor downsides like being bloated (but with huge storage hdd's at competative prices, this shouldn't really be an issue) and resource hungry but as Houndog777 says, it does far more than XP and all other MS OS's. Also, again echoing Houndog777's sentiments on cost...it doesn't need the most expensive system in the world to run Vista (though that would help), i'm currently in the middle of upgrading CPU, RAM, MoBo & GPU for about £300 which isn't so bad considering the quality of the hardware.

I expect people who used the beta versions will be sceptical but you should expect problems with testing software. IE7 was notoriously bad buring beta testing but I now rate is as highly as Firefox. It never causes me any problems and my system is always clean.

05-20-2007, 07:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
nickster_uk Moderator, Microsoft Support, Happy to support TSF! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6,968 OS: XP Pro SP3, Vista Ultimate SP1, Ubuntu v8.04 My System	Re: Three cheers for Vista! Vista gets my vote too...it's an excellent OS. It does have a couple of minor downsides like being bloated (but with huge storage hdd's at competative prices, this shouldn't really be an issue) and resource hungry but as Houndog777 says, it does far more than XP and all other MS OS's. Also, again echoing Houndog777's sentiments on cost...it doesn't need the most expensive system in the world to run Vista (though that would help), i'm currently in the middle of upgrading CPU, RAM, MoBo & GPU for about £300 which isn't so bad considering the quality of the hardware. I expect people who used the beta versions will be sceptical but you should expect problems with testing software. IE7 was notoriously bad buring beta testing but I now rate is as highly as Firefox. It never causes me any problems and my system is always clean. __________________ My system: ASUS P5K-E WiFi \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz (OC 3.60GHz) \| 4GB Corsair DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 RAM (4-4-4-12) \| PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro Xtreme 512MB GDDR3 GPU \| Maxtor DiamondMax 22 500GB, Maxtor DiamondMax 23 500GB & 2xMaxtor DiamondMax 21 250GB SATA HDDs \| Thermaltake CL-P0114 Heatsink + 6 LED Case Fans \| Corsair HX620W Modular PSU \| Enermax Black Knight (CS-527) Case \| Pioneer DVR-216 SATA 20x20 DVD±RW In a world without walls or fences - who needs Windows and Gates?