Posted 10/10/2008 at 09:47:26am

Vista like any other OS by Microsoft, and for that matter, many of the applications they do lives and dies by the Service Packs. Vista isn't nearly as bad as "everyone" is saying. I've been using it for some time and been having an overall "good" experience with it.

Of course, I have high end PCs running it and can't imagine using public assistant or low end boxes to run this powerful operating system.

Posted 07/03/2008 at 04:47:44pm

I do hope that this new "OS" is exactly that, a lightweight, non-arcane compatible operating system that will rock!

Posted 02/10/2008 at 10:48:33pm

Just built one and it's noticeably slower in all my tests against my Intel beastie. Yup, I'll stick with Intel's "True Power" vs AMD's "True 4 Core" any day.

Posted 01/31/2008 at 09:12:23am

Yes, I've tried the patch last night and followed the easy steps, it's a snap. No worries. Though it does take some time through the Window's update application. Warning: For those with pirated copies, the SP1 -RC Refresh patch goes after "signatures" so I am pleased about this fact, really am. I dind't notice much of a speed increase except with the following: 1.) IE 7.0 is a tad bit quicker. 2.) Network file transfers are slightly faster 3.) Outlook 2007 is snappier on startup and Mail transfers. 4.) Better utilization of System RAM. More responsive. 5.) Some quirks with the Windows Sidebar is now resolved. 6.) My Dual-Core seems to act a bit more responsive, least its reflecting so on my Windows Sidebar. Could be related to item 5. 7.) It certainly made my Media Player a heck of lot more responsive -- I have a massive music collection and album art was snappier in displaying all the art work as I scrolled down without any "Stuttering" from the video department. 8.) Photoshop CS3, Visual Studio 2008, Quickbooks Primier 2008, Adobe Acrobat 8 3D was much faster on bootup. 9.) Overall I/O seems to be a tad bit faster. I feel it was certainly worth my time doing the update and I am relieved that I took the time in this update. My Vista x64 was running great before and I was and is, having a wonderful experience with it. I hope this helps everyone out there contemplating this update.