Why Windows Vista failed (or so people say)

Originally Posted by mightymilk

windows 7 will probably be the first OS i don't wait for SP1.

every other OS since then, i've usually waited until SP1.

Vista is fine, if you have hardware that was designed within the last 2 years. if you don't you should probably upgrade. if you can't afford to or are too cheap to... then wait to buy Vista until you can.

some people just need to learn to optimize an OS if they insist on running it with old hardware. learn to disable unwanted services, defrag, temp file clean-up, clean the registry, and disable all auto startup programs except AV software.

hey all i don't totally agree. i am running dual hard drives with vista home premium and windows 7 pro and have no complaints at all. dell dimension p4 2.8ghz @ 800mhz fsb H/T processor, 3.0gb ddr ram, nvidia geforce 6600gt 128mb hard drives are 80gb @ 7200 rpm. this pc is from 2003 and everyone told me that this would not run these OS but yet my WEI is 4.2 on vista and 4.0 on windows 7. this pc runs as good as some peoples new machines, yeah it ain't no game pc but for most standard stuff it runs fine. and besides not having anything but time it i did it just to prove that it would run vista. i have never had any problems with vista and have owned it since it came out. just thought i would add my opinion. poorguy

I currently have my main computer programs set up on a drive with XP Service Pack 3, and that works perfectly for me. If I can get that kind of performance with Windows 7, which at this time I think I can, will be switching over to W7 when it comes out.