Again, Why don't people like vista? High memory users only

I have an 8gb machine (memory) and it runs without a hitch. Were the problems cleared during the sp1? I have windows 7 on other and I find both to be very similar except for the taskbar and some networking features.

Are these past vista complaints or is there a valid reason?
Windows 7 is nice but PR for vista I think at present is getting a bad rap while windows 7 is over hyped. What do you think?

Just wondering because it seems that Vista runs good on the high end machines. XP will need to be upgraded on the business and low end machines which it appears that windows 7 will do well.

I think the problems that plagued Vista pre-SP1 is what people are hanging on to. I also have an 8GB RAM machine, but even back when I was running a 2GB machine, Vista ran fine for me pre-SP1.

Part of the problem is that a lot of people don't want to let go of XP, and bash on Vista even if they've never used it. "Well, my friend says Vista sucks, so it must suck." Stuff like that.

I loved Vista...I hated the way XP looked from the beginning, and Vista had a nice sleek look about it. As for you saying that W7 is overhyped, I don't think so. I have been using it since 6801, and it definitely offers a performance increase over Vista, while looking nice as well. Hopefully that will be enough to get people off of XP, so we can let it die.

I also have a 8GB machine and while Vista runs great for me Windows 7 is still a big improvement. I'm looking forward to the release date as I think it'll really change alot of people's minds about Windows operating systems. I'm running Win 7 on my laptop and am constantly showing it to clients (I work for an IT consulting company) and everyone has been really impressed. Alot of people just heard all the bad press about Vista and decided to stick with XP until the next OS. I've been telling them they will be in for a good surprise. Vista is pretty good, but Windows 7 is what I think Vista really should have been.

I'm already completely switched over, both my desktop and laptop are running Win 7 64bit.

Originally Posted by Camride

Windows 7 is what I think Vista really should have been.

exactly!

my dell inspiron 1501 laptop came with vista. 1.8 ghz amd x2 w/ 2 GB ram. it took about 4-5 mins to idle after booting up. i think part of it was from my firewall. now i use ESET Smart Security and vista/w7 boot up a lot faster since ESET doesnt hog your ram for no reason.

I love windows 7. i have been using it since 7057, 7068 as my main OS. The only time i use XP is on a virtual machine or at school. i cant wait for the release of windows 7.

comparison of vista vs. windows 7:

HP laptop with 4GB of ram running Vista: Idle ram usage about 38%

My Dell laptop with 2GB of ram running W7: Idle ram usage 22%

Thats a huge improvement in my book.

I run vista on my laptop which has 4GB of RAM, and it runs fine. I've used it since Beta 2, and liked it since then. So, I would say it's pretty much FUD spread around by the apple fanboys.

In my case I moved from XP to Vista and was frustrated by the way things were renamed and moved around. Then there was UAC really annoying on s single user computer. Then some of the services set to automatic by default like error reporting and customer improvement. And they sat the size of system restore at 15% of HD by default with no way to adjust it. The icon choice for Vista sucked Computer Network and Control Panel all used the same icon. So 5 months later still trying to tweak some things in Vista. Otherwise it's preformed quite well I've got 64 bit with 8 gigs of ram. I think Vista is hyperactive compared to Windows 7. If you use the Side Bar Gadget that shows cpu usage and core usage Vista constantly has something causing a blip when idle but Windows 7 is quite calm when idle.
Joe.

I find Vista's GUI to be horribly ugly compared to W7's (Build 7057). On top of that, applications and games run way faster on W7 than they do in Vista. Also, there isn't the UAC in W7, which was a total pain in the *** with Vista.

I turn up UAC all the way up in Windows 7 so that it's more secure. As for gaming speed, I saw a 2fps improvement from Vista to 7, from 29 to 31FPS. The os it's self does seem to load faster (say windows explorer), but Vista runs perfectly fine for me. I don't see much of a GUI difference either aside from the new taskbar, which I instantly reverted. :\

But Vista was not being marked on High Ram Computers in 2005 through 2006, Laptops had 500mb of ram in the beginning
and as late as Jan 08 still had 1 GB only.

then in second half through this Winter 2GB and 4GB showed up.

Tell me how many 8GB laptops are there today, as a standard?

In case you haven't noticed the standard and average is who has the most influence, not high end users.

This is the biggest complaint of Microsoft, until Win 7 the resources Vista needed was above average and high end.

What makes people hate Microsoft is not only do we have to buy the Software but new computers and then more add ons like ram too.
Then the drivers and the older software does not work too.

To post "High Ram only" is really missing these points all that the mainstream media picked up on and some of it Microsoft has addressed in win 7 Vista = Win Millennium. ( OMG I have both too)

I ran Vista with 1.5gb of ram Core Duo, now Win 7 runs so much better so far.

Also it seems the idea of retiring XP is over too, the new netbooks are using XP and even MS is saying you can uninstall Win 7 to XP now.

if you put lipstick (SP1) on a pig (Vista) it's still a pig but if you transplant it's organs (server2k8) into a person (Vista) its a person(Win7)