krazykarl Posted June 2, 2008 Content Count: 28 Joined: 04/14/08 Status: Offline Share Posted June 2, 2008 I beta tested, and was an early adopter, but a month after release I switched back to XP. SP1 has been out for a month or so now and apparently MS has fixed some of its flaws. What do you all think? (I also own and run a MacBook Pro with BootCamp for XP on it and it is my development PC, however I obviously use my desktop for all my gaming.) KrazyK Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/
Red Posted June 2, 2008 Content Count: 6559 Joined: 03/14/07 Status: Offline Share Posted June 2, 2008 I used Vista on my friend's new PC and it just felt too bloated and a little slow and somewhat more convoluted to access stuff compared to XP. The only thing I want that Vista has is DirectX10. I installed XP on my new PC that I put together last month. Almost went with Vista, but I'm glad I stuck with XP. Especially considering the 3GB ram limit on 32 bit systems, and the fact that Vista takes about a gig to run on its own. With XP it only uses 300-400 mb leaving a lot more of my ram free for other stuff than Vista would. Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/#findComment-48235
Paul Posted June 2, 2008 Content Count: 6804 Joined: 11/06/07 Status: Offline Share Posted June 2, 2008 It suck's my game crashes way to much with the hl2.exe error! >. Vista's a pile of crap; takes up to much resources. Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/#findComment-48238
Itch Posted June 2, 2008 Content Count: 3440 Joined: 12/12/07 Status: Offline Share Posted June 2, 2008 I just built a new machine.. Put Vista Ultimate on it.. and after SP1 it's not that bad.. It detects and uses the full 4GB RAM I have installed (pre sp1 only showed 3GB). Sure I disabled Aero and all the damn nag screens.. but so far nothing to complain about. Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/#findComment-48246
suricruise Posted June 2, 2008 Content Count: 4354 Joined: 12/24/07 Status: Offline Share Posted June 2, 2008 Itch said: I just built a new machine.. Put Vista Ultimate on it.. and after SP1 it's not that bad.. It detects and uses the full 4GB RAM I have installed (pre sp1 only showed 3GB). Sure I disabled Aero and all the damn nag screens.. but so far nothing to complain about. I have done the same things you listed. I dont mind Vista at all. I am enjoying it. Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/#findComment-48247
phatman76 Posted June 3, 2008 Content Count: 602 Joined: 01/21/08 Status: Offline Share Posted June 3, 2008 I like Vista. Its still a bit buggy, but SP1 made all my shit work fine. I love the security features and look and feel of the system. Never upgrade though, I bought my computer to run the arguably bloated OS, so even though Vista eats up memory i got plenty to spare on graphics intensive games. Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/#findComment-48397
Bill Smauz Posted June 3, 2008 Content Count: 639 Joined: 01/06/08 Status: Offline Share Posted June 3, 2008 I liek Vista tis very nice. Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/#findComment-48421
Maxwelldon Posted June 3, 2008 Content Count: 1730 Joined: 02/15/08 Status: Offline Share Posted June 3, 2008 Well, I've had vista for couple months now.. Have to admit it's quite stable and all that but every time I quit a STEAM / Source based game, it says it has crashed for some ridiculous reasons.. Though, just look up tweak guides to disable most of the stupid resource hogging processes - I got "search indexer" and the "SuperFetch", or what ever, off.. After disabling those, few reboots alter.. Everything was running faster than the things on - also ram usage dropped whole lot for that In the end I've started to be OK with vista but I'd still rather be using XP.. Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/#findComment-48450
krazykarl Posted June 3, 2008 Content Count: 28 Joined: 04/14/08 Status: Offline Share Posted June 3, 2008 So it's seeming to be the concensus is that SP1 made Vista a completely different monster.... a monster that is no longer inefficient and buggy. This is good to hear. I have a copy of Vista Ultimate sitting here next to my desktop, and it's about time for a format and rebuild, so I'm thinking I may make the leap. Now I just need to buy some more ram, and find a nice shiny new video card. KrazyK Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/#findComment-48524
Zargotelc Posted June 3, 2008 Content Count: 580 Joined: 03/15/07 Status: Offline Share Posted June 3, 2008 Still inefficient and buggy but the laptop with Vista has 512 mb RAM Link to comment https://forums.steam-gamers.net/topic/4857-how-do-you-feel-about-vista/#findComment-48561
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