Bigpower

Currently I run XP Pro,

And fortunately I only need my laptop to work 4 days out of 7. Should I change to Vista or will this start to impinge on the times when I actually need to use a computer rather than an abacus ???

Any advice, and any problems experienced with any MS products would be good as Im a bit of a novice where this is concerned.

Cheers

J.

no

Not on your nelly ... it's a bit unstable to say the least!.

More in depth discussion that that lads,

And what about the rest of the MS Wardrobe - are there any products worth keeping or are they all awful these days ???

HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!

Its a great idea to 'upgrade'

a) if you want to have problems finding all the drivers for all of your software and peripherals

b) you want to waste a day

c) the laptop isnt needed afterwards

d) you want all of us to point and laugh when it doesnt work

e) you have

Even Dell are releasing machines with XP again due to the incompatibility of everything !!

I've just bought a Dell with Vista.

It should be called 'Hasta La Vista' as you have to say goodbye to everything you did have working on XP.

It looks pretty but that's about it.

Keep XP and buy a bunch of flowers instead.

dynamix wrote:If you want something that works like a mac, is realible like a mac and as quick as a mac, secure like a mac and performs beautifully ..... buy a mac. Not a half thought through windoze copy.

amen to that :-D

I agree with Dean. the Visa pcs i have seen all run SLOWER with this, so i would stay keep away for now.

yep same here, bought a new desktop for the office which was so slow even to start up that it was returned to the shop very quickly and exchanged (after a few pleasantries) for a faster less expensive XP machine.......................