Re: [Thinkpad] Vista naysayers: what don't you like?

It is perhaps worth distinguishing between new systems and upgrades.

I certainly wouldn't bother upgrading a working system to Vista. But as for
new systems, and given that I have no peripherals that would break under
Vista, I still think (for me) Vista is at least worth trying (which is to
say that it has been fine so far -- but I'm still kicking the tires -- I'm
prepared to like it, and I'm also prepared to revert to XP).

PS: I called Lenovo, and they charge $45 for the XP downgrade disks.

-Scott

> My problem is that it offers nothing really new and useful... so what is
the
> reason to buy an operating system that requires twice the memory to do the
> same tasks doable in WXPP?
>
> I have to admit I have not used it on a Thinkpad, but a significant part
of
> my business services, repair and upgrade business goes to restoring
> computers that were upgraded from WXP to Vista. Performance suffers. Lots
> of people cannot get used to the differences. Lots of driver issues, but
> mostly just confusion.
>
> The reasons for owning VISTA have not yet shown up. But I have to say it
> has less problems, apart from memory, than any other new Operating System
> when they first came out.
>
> RayBay
>
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2007 11:00 AM, Scott Matthews <scott@turnstyle.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm still open to liking Vista, but also curious to know what you don't
> > like.
> >
> > Apart from some device incompatibility --ie, some printers, etc. not
> > having
> > Vista-friendly drivers -- what else don't you like?
> >
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