Windows Vista still a fine operating system to use for task?

[froggyboy604]

I still use Windows Vista Home Premium on a laptop with 160GB drive, 4GB of RAM and a Dual-core AMD 64bit CPU. Vista has been pretty stable for me when browsing the web, doing office related work, watching video, listening to music, basic photo and video editing, and chatting with people online. I don't really get why so many people say Vista is horrible. It seems to work pretty well after it installed the latest updates and service packs from Windows Update.

The only issue is the slightly slower start up speed, but I think the slow start up speed probably have more to do with my slower laptop hard drive which runs at 5400RPM, and the mobile CPU and RAM my laptop is running.

I can't really justify spending an extra 233.00 dollars or more for Windows 7 Home Premium Install Disc when Vista runs most of the programs I need, and the speed is good enough in Vista for me to do stuff comfortably.

 

[karoshio]

Re: Windows Vista still a fine operating system to use for t

Vista will do the job but a poor one. You can always gain a Windows 7 copy by another means. Not encouraging it or anything but you know, it's a pretty common practice.


If that's not an option and can't afford Windows 7 then you're stuck with Vista regardless.

 

[Hobbies230]

Re: Windows Vista still a fine operating system to use for t

It works, it's just frustrating to use at times. People tend to over exaggerate on it. Windows 7 is better, sure, but using Vista won't kill ya.

 

[froggyboy604]

Re: Windows Vista still a fine operating system to use for t

Most of the people I know who hate Vista tend to just hate those Pop-ups which pop up when installing software, but I notice once I disable UAC pop-ups to a lower level, or turning them off Vista works less annoyingly.

I agree using Vista won't be super frustrating. I used my laptop for many hours browsing the web sometimes, and my web browser does not crash much or my computer does not randomly restart. Programs just start up a little bit slower in Vista compared to other operating system.