Hello all,
I would love to share some thoughts about the new operating system from Windows called Vista.
I needed to upgrade a computer from XP Pro to Vista. The computer has 1.5 gig of Ram and a quite a fast cpu for a laptop. In runs super fast with Linux and was doing quite well on XP.
So how is Vista running you ask? Well the machine runs at at least 20% cpu when I am not using it because of the new "super cool index feature" which by the way doesn't find half the stuff I would expect to.
Most of the ram is all taken up - 950mb to run Vista while Outlook and Word are running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Surfing the net is very slow - which I found is a major problem in Vista and there are ways to fix that "if you are a nerd".
Oh and by the way I am writing this post on another computer (4 years old) which is running ubuntu linux on 512 mb of ram with all my development tooling running, email application running and surfing the net and a very fast speed. I currently cannot use my machine because the "very cool" new index function on Vista has hijacked my machine and I find it impossible to use while its running.
You can switch off the index function if you are a nerd.
I must say I am more than disappointed in Vista as now I have to wait for my machine to catch up with me. By the end of the week this "Virus" will be off all my machines and the Vista DVD will be used as a coffee coaster which really all its good for.
I wil go back to XP pro where all my software works and there are no "cool new features" that do not require over 10 gigs of ram to use.
Even better I should just go all the way with Linux.
Cheers
marc
"Don't buy Vista"
I would love to share some thoughts about the new operating system from Windows called Vista.
I needed to upgrade a computer from XP Pro to Vista. The computer has 1.5 gig of Ram and a quite a fast cpu for a laptop. In runs super fast with Linux and was doing quite well on XP.
So how is Vista running you ask? Well the machine runs at at least 20% cpu when I am not using it because of the new "super cool index feature" which by the way doesn't find half the stuff I would expect to.
Most of the ram is all taken up - 950mb to run Vista while Outlook and Word are running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Surfing the net is very slow - which I found is a major problem in Vista and there are ways to fix that "if you are a nerd".
Oh and by the way I am writing this post on another computer (4 years old) which is running ubuntu linux on 512 mb of ram with all my development tooling running, email application running and surfing the net and a very fast speed. I currently cannot use my machine because the "very cool" new index function on Vista has hijacked my machine and I find it impossible to use while its running.
You can switch off the index function if you are a nerd.
I must say I am more than disappointed in Vista as now I have to wait for my machine to catch up with me. By the end of the week this "Virus" will be off all my machines and the Vista DVD will be used as a coffee coaster which really all its good for.
I wil go back to XP pro where all my software works and there are no "cool new features" that do not require over 10 gigs of ram to use.
Even better I should just go all the way with Linux.
Cheers
marc
"Don't buy Vista"
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