Sworn testimony from today

[Smoothound]

I will never ever offer to help anyone again who insists on using a PC running Vista and possibly a PC full stop. Just wasted 2 hours of my life trying to update AVG on my Mums laptop. Couldn't do it directly because Vista was not up to date so I restart it and it offers a couple of updates and a Service Pack or some such which I accept. Takes forever to download on a fast connection then just sits there doing bugger all. I decide to wait rather than restart just in case it all goes tits up but nothing happens :svengo: :puke:

Now to be fair it's a shit laptop, I'm sure it would run fine with XP but it's just too crap to realistically run Vista but that's what it came with. Runs like a sack of shit at the best of times but my Dad in his infinite and usual wisdom went for cheap rather than quality. My mum only uses it for a few emails, bit of browsing and Skype so it's hardly filled up with rubbish etc and it's still pretty new.

It's my birthday and I'm not happy :(

Just a quiet rant :D

[callum]

Lol, Vista isnt Vista with SP1,

Vista is alot better then it used to be, Roll on Windows 7 which im testing at the moment :)

[kamikaze]

I know the feeling, I still haven't upgraded my spartans to V2 because it took me a week to get the hang of the usb lead and software and I don't want to **** em up!

[Grant85]

Well you know what to do now then mate.....Have yourself a nice beer to chill out and celebrate as it is your birthday! And to relax your mind,av a good un'! :cheers2::cheers2:

[Smoothound]

[quote=callum;257010]Lol, Vista isnt Vista with SP1,

Vista is alot better then it used to be, Roll on Windows 7 which im testing at the moment :)[/quote]

My wife thinks her PC on XP Pro is dog slow and unreliable but it runs like a Mac compared to this Lappy honestly :(

[Smoothound]

[quote=Grant85;257013]Well you know what to do now then mate.....Have yourself a nice beer to chill out and celebrate as it is your birthday! And to relax your mind,av a good un'! :cheers2::cheers2:[/quote]


You are quite correct and it's exactly what I'm doing but I had to vent and share my grief with you guys :D

[Grant85]

[quote=Smoothound;257015]You are quite correct and it's exactly what I'm doing but I had to vent and share my grief with you guys :D[/quote]

Good,Good! and now you should feel much better now :)

[Mart61]

I used to be the "computer guru" on the compound I worked on in Saudi. Anything you thought would take half an hour to fix would end up taking all evening and often late into the night.

:D

[xygax]

Vista is shocking bring back dos.... I am still running some cad software that came from 386 days and its blisteringly fast and still works in a dos box under xp or vista... update ...No chance....

Apples....Fruit...with pips and a one buttoned mouse....

Steve

[Disc]

I managed to get my Mum to get an eMac its old by most computer standards today but it never gives us any trouble and wouldn't let her have a PC.

Although wi-fi was never good just got those plugs that do ethernet through your plugs and man so easy to use and set up well recommended.

[est1976]

i moved over to 'ubuntu' linux for about a year..ish but Im back on XP now soley because of phoenix.

[phockzie]

I am using Vista for everything on my laptop. I love it and I work in IT support. I didn't install it without knowing my laptop had enough power, harddisk and memory to support everything. There are a lot of companies selling laptops with vista and the minimum hardware to run it, which is just painful to use.

[Holst]

[quote=phockzie;257069]I am using Vista for everything on my laptop. I love it and I work in IT support. I didn't install it without knowing my laptop had enough power, harddisk and memory to support everything. There are a lot of companies selling laptops with vista and the minimum hardware to run it, which is just painful to use.[/quote]

My laptop was like this.

Even after I upgraded it to 1.5gb it was still a bit slow.

In the end I went back to XP as Vista didnt add anything new for me.

[callum]

[quote=phockzie;257069]I am using Vista for everything on my laptop. I love it and I work in IT support. I didn't install it without knowing my laptop had enough power, harddisk and memory to support everything. There are a lot of companies selling laptops with vista and the minimum hardware to run it, which is just painful to use.[/quote]

I agree, there are alot of companies installing Vista onto minimum spec computers and laptops, One of the reasons behind this is because Microsoft has stoped licensing for Windows XP, but there is a downgrade scheme availble,

Though, i must say that Windows 7 is fantastic, its what Vista should have been. It uses less RAM then XP, and UAC bugs you alot less then vista, although some users will find that there not too keen on the new task bar design, takes some time to get used to be i really like it.

Have you tried it yet phockzie?

[Smoothound]

[quote=phockzie;257069]I am using Vista for everything on my laptop. I love it and I work in IT support. I didn't install it without knowing my laptop had enough power, harddisk and memory to support everything. There are a lot of companies selling laptops with vista and the minimum hardware to run it, which is just painful to use.[/quote]


Which is pretty much where I think my Mum is :(