i decided to take the plunge and install the ultimate version big mistake.erm not much is compatible (it's shite) but hey the disk makes a great frisbee .

There is compatibility there, right click program shortcuts and check the options, administrative rights, compatibility modes, etc. Completely different backbone to WinXP, more stable, more secure, very different to what you are used to with XP, but you can turn off all the frilly stuff and have it looking like it was XP.

It's an absolute pile of shite, just like most of MS's software in my opinion and all the stuff that sounded half decent about it a couple of years ago hasn't been included. A bit fancier graphics, the underlying implementation has thankfully been improved, but already a load of exploits about so I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

I also don't like the fact that the whole of vista is now optimised to use its indexing service. This means your hard disk is constantly spinning, being checked for changes and any file calls use this indexing service to find the files quickly, not a bad idea except it probably reduces your hard disk life by a factor of god knows what.

Still, nice interface, and the fact that the interface uses the GPU to do the processing rather than lumbering the main CPU with it means it reacts a lot faster when other stuff is running means this is about the only half decent thing about i tI think.
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vista will have loads of issues for as least the next few yrs it was the same with xp.

hate to say this but i reinstalled vista on me lappy (ultimate version) and it works ok.sony vegas works fine but meadia manager dont work(no loss there)and flstudio works fine 2 lol

Personally hate windows. Vista is done a flashy and good looking as the previous ones at there times. They used ideas out of linux and based certain features on it. I refuse to install even though the rest of my family use if. The security has as much holes in them and more. Guess what microsofts plan failed windows will never be perfect. I rather take the effort and struggle with learning linux than to install vista

i'll stick with xp for the time being...tried vista and didnt like it....i'll wait for a proper cracked version of vista,otherwise its not worth it.
xp will be around for a good few years yet

yeh microsoft do steal alot of ideals i think it looks alot like osx personally. worring thing is that they were planing on releasing a service pack for vista a few weeks after it was launched i think im going to wait till something like service pack 5 before even thinking about it lol

If you going to stick with XP try the new SP3. There are alot of network problems between vista and XP. So that might solve that. otherwise just install it to plug a few holes and create more
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