[kostasan]

I had to use Vista twice. On a Core 2 Duo with 2gb of ram and Geforce 8800 it looked a bit fast, to say the truth...
On a Pentium 4 2.8ghz with 1gb ram though, it was pure insanity!! It would take 2-3 MINUTES to boot, then 5-10 minutes to install 4 updates...

I found this picture on this blog:

Vista FUD? « Linux FUD

Entering Vista City Limits - Population: decreasing

[Redman]

Although I have my own ideas about Vista (based on real but limited experience), I am looking forward to read your rant about it.

Go Moe

[jayd512]

Although I have my own (admittedly biased) views of Vista, I gotta say I'm looking forward to this.

[Geeth]

I am biased against vista, but I will be looking forward to seeing the rant on this.

Weather this bags the hell out of vista or not I think that it will be a great read.

[bigtomrodney]

In my own experience it's not as bad as some people have made it out to be but it's not something I'd use. It seems inconsistent. I've seen it run perfectly on a 1.73GHz Core 2 Duo with 1GB of RAM only to be a complete flop on a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo. It seems really odd.

One thing I continually stress to people is not to disable UAC. I have people whinging that it's annoying and pointless. It goes without saying these are 'power users' who know everything about computers, but somehow have spyware ridden machines and twenty-plus applications on startup. You know the types, the same people who judge what kind of user they are by the level of access they have on their computer

[techieMoe]

Well, I got the box this morning and it came with 2 DVDs: one 32-bit and one 64-bit. My plan of action is to try an in-place upgrade from XP Home first, play with it a bit, then do a 64-bit clean install.

[Freston]

I am biased as well. Knowing your rants, techieMoe, I trust you to give Vista a fair chance. I'm looking forward to reading

[carlosponti]

i atleast expect one quippy comment about something you dont like

[techieMoe]

Originally Posted by carlosponti

i atleast expect one quippy comment about something you dont like

That's a safe bet.

[techieMoe]

Just FYI, guys and gals, this one's probably going to be the longest rant I've ever done. I'm only halfway through (end of the 32-bit install) and it's already longer than my Dell Customer Service rant.