khen lim wrote:
> .....
> I'm not sure if any of these will be of help to you but knowing Microsoft -
> as many of us do - it'll take a little time to iron out the bugs. My own
> limited wisdom has been to let others be 'blood-letting pioneers' while I
> sit on the outside, monitoring and waiting while any new product gets the
> creases out of the way. It happens with new cars. It happens with new
> computing technology. And it damn well happens with software. And when it
> comes to operating systems, I tend to prefer to err on the safe side.
>
I waited a long time with XP, as there were so many initial problems.
The number and severity of problems with Vista seem much lower. Of
course there will be problems, always.
> If you have a spare XP-based computer as a backup, you're fine,
My new beast arriving Thursday runs Vista. My practice for some time has
been to wait with new OSs until I need a new computer, then upgrade both
together. I could have chosen a model that came with XP installed, and
an upgrade to Vista included, but I decided that would just be more work
to end up in the same place.
My current XP machine will be running in parallel with the new one for
some time. I've always done this, too, installing the major apps
promptly, then others as the need arises. That way I don't clog up the
new machine with jusk I don't use too fast. :-)
> I guess.....
>
> I'm not sure what others over here in this forum think about XP versus Vista
> but my priorities have always been stability, reliability, driver
> compatibility, wide support and performance. I don't care much about
> wonderful looking animated graphics and stuffs like that.
I agree - but it's time for a new box and I fel the likely problems with
now box and new OS together are likely less troublesome than upgrading
later with a whole lot of stuff installed.
> In fact my XP is
> tuned to give me the highest performance; so I cripple all those so-called
> wonderful 3D effects etc. Yeah, maybe I'm a dullard but I do my best to
> squeeze as much performance out of my computer as I can.
>
I sort of hope that a 2.67mhz Core 2 Duo, 3 gb of 800mhz memory and #g
SATA drives will cope.
To Aero or not to Aero, that's the question.
Whether 'tis nobler to exchew eye candy or succumb to my fate ......
Moose
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