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19 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 Vista is a horrible piece of bloatware May 04, 2007
By Yavicleus
I'm an IT guy at a University, and I recently had to start installing Windows Vista.
First of all, you need a minimum of 2 Gigs of ram to run this bloatware. I installed it on this guy's laptop, and with NOTHING else running, it was using between 650 - 750 megs of ram TO DO NOTHING! As soon as we started doing anything, it was using over 1 Gig of RAM. Way to go Microsoft! Just want people wanted. A bloated OS that won't run on older machines and will run slow even on new machines.
Avoid it. Don't buy it. Switch to Linux. I use Ubuntu at home.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Poor Product Mar 08, 2007
By Tom Morson
I paid $199 for this product , which is being sold at Best Buy,
Circut City for 50-75 dollars less.
The product has many flaws and leaves people like me with a problem.
I know you offered refund my money, however I would than be left with
no operating system, since the other is now deleted .
I am sure this is one of many complaints. It would appear to me
that MicroSoft should reimburse Amazon for this inferior product.
10 of 14 found the following review helpful:
More Errors Apr 22, 2007
By Thular Siram
"Thular Siram"
Windows Vista Third Party Hardware/Software Incompatibility
Anybody who is thinking about getting a new computer or has recently bought one will know that there seems to be only one option available: Windows Vista. I have never used a Mac before so I decided to stick with Windows when I was ready to buy a new computer and upgraded from my five year old Toshiba Satellite (Windows XP) to a fancy looking HP Pavilion Desktop with a 19'' wide screen LCD monitor. While the computer is Great and comes with a lot of great features such as 250GB local drive, small and stylish tower, very fast speed for multitasking, wireless capability, and great DVD writer; it also comes with Windows Vista Home Premium (I assume they call these different names just to make one look fancier than the other just like with XP and in the end everybody ended up with Service Pack II).
Even though I love the new HP Desktop (Slimline is the model by the way), why oh why Windows Vista? XP has corrected many of its glitches over the last several years and Service Pack II was becoming tolerable after years and years of Windows updating and error reporting (you have done this many times). Now XP CDs are on sales for less than a hundred bucks and Microsoft will start telling people to upgrade to Vista if there are problems.
Here are some practical issues that you might want to know before getting a new computer which will undoubtedly come with Windows Vista.
1)Wireless adapter recognizes my wireless signal, but no way on earth it will let me connect to the Internet. I tried repairing the network (fancily called “Network Diagnostic” on Vista) got the message saying my adapter has an unknown problem and the reason for my not being able to connect to the Internet is “unknown.” OK, don't tell me to contact my network administrator anymore. All the help offered on Microsoft and HP websites told me to do that. Did they think they actually had to tell me to contact “the person who manages my network?” Of course the first thing I did was call him and make an appointment. The problem is that the HP computer is new (just been in the store for one day when I bought it), and the Vista is new. Nobody on the 1 800 helpline number knew the problem. My Internet guy had a hard time working around the Vista just like I did. He tried everything and my computer still won't connect to the wireless Internet. Obviously he is not someone inexperienced. He provides Internet service to an apartment town with more than 500 apartment units and they are all connected because they haven't switched from Windows XP to Vista. The reason for my switching is my Toshiba Satellite was getting too old and slow. You know the feeling. I just wanted a new computer and I could care less about Windows Vista. Now back to the wireless Internet problem, I am still not connected to it. Thanks to the alternative service that my Internet service provides, the wired local area net work in which Internet is provided through power line. Sounds weird but here we want to avoid having to have a phone line just to connect to the Internet. So I am using my power line Internet and sitting here and hoping my Internet guy will figure out the problem. The wireless one he offers is a lot faster to download videos but the power line is fast enough for surfing the net.
2)If you are a gadget junkie like me, you will find that Vista is not compatible with many of your not so old gadgets. For example, I have a Skype cordless phone made by Linksys and it worked fine with XP, now when I installed the driver on my new computer, I got a message saying it is not compatible with this Windows.
3)Although I followed everything suggested by Apple website to transfer my music to the new computer in order to also transfer how the library is organized (play list, play count, rating, etc), but it didn't work. Only the files and folders were copied to my new computer, not how they were organized in the iTunes library. I had to to redo the whole play lists and grouping music on the new computer. We are talking about over 3000 files!
4)Yahoo Messenger Music: If you use LAUNCHcast Radio by Yahoo, you will know what I am talking about. This feature allows you to add the radio as a plug-in on your Yahoo Messenger. From the small screen on the Messenger, you can access your radio station, or other stations by clicking on the little link “Stations.” A drop menu shows up and a list of radio stations will appear, allowing users to choose what station they want to listen to. Well, drop down menu is there all right, but I cannot click on any of them. Only way I can change a station is by opening the Yahoo Jukebox Program itself and choose a station there, play the station I want to play there, and open the Yahoo Messenger, the station I have just played on Yahoo Jukebox will be listed on three of the recently played stations on my Yahoo Music LAUNCHcast plug-in on my Yahoo Messenger.
5)I tried to change my iTunes skin, but none of the plug-ins that allow skin change are compatible with Vista yet.
As usual, Microsoft rushed its newest operating system out of the factory door much too soon. It is filled with errors and shortcomings, and the unfortunate consumer once again will have to suffer for years while discovering what the arrogant Microsoft corporation failed to get right in the process of inflicting another faulty product on the general public.
I'm sure there are more problems and I will report them as they come my way.
16 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Hang on to WindowsXP May 05, 2007
By Stephen Harrison
"Istvan"
If you're buying a new computer, choose one with an XP option
Vista stinks, for two reasons.
First it foists a completely new navigation system upon you, imposing an learning burden, whether you like it or not
Second is its widespread incomptibility with hardware and software with what you currently own. For example I have an HP all-in-one printer/scanner purchased within the past few months. I got the printer to work, but not the scanner (though U am allowed to photocopy) So I went up to HP's website where I has gaily informed that they have no plans for developing Vista compatible drivers, However -surprise- they have new, equivaleent, Vista-compatible products avaialble that they would be delighted to sell to me.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
worst OS ever!!!! Aug 20, 2009
By R. Ramirez
PROs: none
CONs:
- freezes too often. Even if you just turned on your PC and opened your browser don't be surprised if you get the annoying message "(Not Responding)" rightaway.
- Uses around 1 GB of RAM BEFORE even starting any programs.
- Video capturing is almost impossible in some cases. Vista can't handle video capturing the way XP does, resulting in out of sync, skipping frames, slowdown, etc.
- Windows Movie Maker won't let you use external capturing devices, only direct transfer from the camera. Where XP lets you capture with whatever device you choose. Don't bother trying to get an earlier version of Movie Maker, Vista won't accept it.
- You can't alter the main volume. On XP you could compensate when watching a video with low volume or something like that by going to the Master Volume and altering the different levels. On Vista, you better have speakers or headphones for this.
...there are many other things but I guess I'd have to write a book about it.
If you have XP, TREASURE IT!! keep the back up disks, if getting a new computer have it custom made, but PLEASE don't waste your money or support this horrible OS.
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