Quote - I do see a an awful lot of people spurting out hear say blurb, without doing full research before they do...bad practice IMHO!

 

I'm going to say this just once more ... my son is an IT specialist with Dell computers so we got our Vista directly from Dell (and not the OEM versions, either.)  We installed Vista on 4 of the 5 computers in the house to give it a good trial with all the different configurations we have, along with the different usages we have.  The only computer we didn't install on is my desktop where I do most of my 3D work, along with my job, since I work in Technical Support for Cox Communications and can't have a buggy OS.

None of the computers performed apropriately with Vista installed.  On my laptop, the DRM didn't let me open anything without clicking ok.  That is totally unacceptable.  And before you get on me about DRM with iTunes, I don't use that either, for the same reason.  I couldn't even load my mp3 player from my laptop because it said my CD's are copy protected and, therefore, Vista would not load the mp3 player.

I understand about security risks but, puh-lease!  I've been running computers for 25 years now and know more than the average bear!  What I would like to see is an OS that will let you set your level of competency and not assume I'm a total noobee.  I know how to work my computer and I know an awful lot about the internet.  I run a high-end firewall (not the Windows one) and, in the four years I've used it have NEVER had a virus or been hacked.

I will not be moving to Vista until it's ready and, IMHO, that won't be for at least a year.  I was lucky, I had a clean backup of my laptop available on one of my external hard drives so it wasn't such a big deal rolling back.  Not a lot of people do that, in our house it's a matter of course.

So, if you like Vista, good on ya ... but don't go rattling on about how we're all making assumptions without doing research.  It just ain't so.

Hugz from Phoenix, USA

Victoria

Remember, sometimes the dragon wins. Correction: MOST times.