I am planning to buy a whole new computer system with Vista Home Premium for my personal use at home. I do not plan to use my current/old XP programs; e.g., I will also buy Office 2007 for Home and Student. There are a couple of exceptions, like my Canon S3IS Camera download software. I am hoping this will mean I will have a minimum of the 'Vista difficulties' that I read about. I am also hoping that I don't have to mess with 'Compatibility Modes', etc. To give myself the best chance of making this work, I plan to buy at least 2GB of RAM, and one of the better hardware setups (Intel E6420 processor, ATI Radeon X1300 video card on a Dell XPS 410 'Media Guru' desktop); also lots of hard drive space, etc. One of my summer projects will be to convert old VHS tapes to DVD using this system. What am I missing: do you think, in spite of this, I will have a laundry list of Vista woes as I have been reading about? Thanks.
retexan599
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I have some advice, for what it's worth.
First, if you have any "hand's on" skills at all, I would recommend building a computer not buying pre-built. You are from Texas (also) and so I would expect you could do this first thing in the morning, and have it finished by breakfast.
Second, I happen to have some experience with the whole "convert VHS to DVD" thing. If you have some kind of "video library" of commercial movies (like your collection of every movie Elvis ever did, and every episode of "Bonanza") and have hopes of converting them to DVD, you should be aware that the quality of your "homemade" DVD's are going to be SIGNIFICANTLY less then what you would get if you just purchased them on DVD, PLUS the time involved in doing the conversion would more than justify buying them instead.
However, if you are planning on converting "homemade" VHS video (like that one of the time your wife broke that ornery mustang "Lighting Bolt" in the corral in your back-yard) then you will need to buy special hardware for accepting the output of a VHS player, as well as software for converting the data and burning.
I asked this question in a thread in the hardware section, if you can find it. NewEgg sells the hardware and if I remember the price is between $50.00 & $100.00.
Unless your collection of homemade bronc-bustin' video is extensive, it might be more cost-effective to take the video to a professional and pay them to do it for you.
Which is my point. I don't think your issues are compatibility issues with Vista, rather it's the costs in time & hardware to do the project in general.
First, if you have any "hand's on" skills at all, I would recommend building a computer not buying pre-built. You are from Texas (also) and so I would expect you could do this first thing in the morning, and have it finished by breakfast.
Second, I happen to have some experience with the whole "convert VHS to DVD" thing. If you have some kind of "video library" of commercial movies (like your collection of every movie Elvis ever did, and every episode of "Bonanza") and have hopes of converting them to DVD, you should be aware that the quality of your "homemade" DVD's are going to be SIGNIFICANTLY less then what you would get if you just purchased them on DVD, PLUS the time involved in doing the conversion would more than justify buying them instead.
However, if you are planning on converting "homemade" VHS video (like that one of the time your wife broke that ornery mustang "Lighting Bolt" in the corral in your back-yard) then you will need to buy special hardware for accepting the output of a VHS player, as well as software for converting the data and burning.
I asked this question in a thread in the hardware section, if you can find it. NewEgg sells the hardware and if I remember the price is between $50.00 & $100.00.
Unless your collection of homemade bronc-bustin' video is extensive, it might be more cost-effective to take the video to a professional and pay them to do it for you.
Which is my point. I don't think your issues are compatibility issues with Vista, rather it's the costs in time & hardware to do the project in general.
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