What Is Vista

[gursimran2006 0]

What is Windows Vista? What is Special in it? Is it good For Developers? When will it Release? Cost??I dont Know any thing Plzzz tell me :(I am sorry. i am new to XistoI am in wrong section can i move my topic now!!!

Edited October 22, 2006 by gursimran2006 (see edit history)

[Caped_Crusaider 0]

I have got the Vista BETA 2 DVD, i dont think its still up on the Microsoft website, although i may be wrong. I didn't think it was that good to be honest, i found it more of a suped up XP. Sure it had new features such as IE7, Windows Media Center XP, thats right XP they couldn't even be bother updating it. It had a spyware protection built in, and many new games.The bad thing about Vista is that even though Microsoft states its for everyone, with the 7 or so different versions and requirements, there is little to no drivers for Vista as of now. And Vista is due out January or July 2007. I cannot tell you the price as it is still a while for it to be released. It is pretty good but there are some major bugs and flaws. An example of this is, when opening Media Center the whole operating system crashed. If you are willing to look past the bugs and look at the positives then you would agree that this is the best Operating System that Microsof has produced. I hope that by the time it is released the bugs that many users have experienced have been reported, sure that may be what the beta testing is for but lets face it some people can be really lasy and not bother to report any flaws.I hope that I have answered some or all of the questions that you have, from reading your post it seems you have many questions.

[hype 0]

Windows RC1 is out for testing for the public already.. I'm not sure if its still available but you can check out the Microsoft website for more information... I'm given the option to test out those versions of Vista but my laptop isnt Vista capable and thus I didnt download and test it out... But from those screenshots shows that Windows Vista is a must try for all Windows user, and if you have the ram and power in your computer, its definitely worth it since most ppl's problems with Windows Vista is that they have not enough processor which makes their Operating System start up very slow and result in a bad Vista experience... So if you decided to install Windows Vista, remember to upgrade your drivers and RAM first!

[Caped_Crusaider 0]

I have lower specs than what is suggested on many sites, and my vista ran fine as i found it basically a slight upgrade to XP, it ran fine and i do not have a Vista ready graphics card, infact i have half the required ram and Cpu speed. I would seem like the last person to run Vista but then again it has a fairly good design, some good features. OK, a slight exaggeration. It loaded faster than my XP!I would only reccomend getting vista when it is released, any time sooner wouldnt be a good idea as the drivers for current and past components dont exist so you will find yourself needing to upgrade just to run it anyway. There are however, sites that can tell you if you are capable of running Vista and what you will need to upgrade. I hope we have been able to help you gursimran2006.

[the_aggie10 0]

so basically to shorten up what the two great responses above me said....it is another operating system (such as windows XP) that is going to be released early to mid of next year....there you go!!

[FLaKes 0]

I have found that the windows vista rc1 is a whole lot more optimized than xp. A computer with vista apparently runs a whole lot faster that if it had windows xp, what impressed me the most is that it runs pretty fast even though it has a lot of add ons and graphic improvements. Though it has some video issues at the moment.

[darran 0]

I don't think I am going to ever use Vista, I am definitely going to switch to a MAC once my current computer Pentium 4 2.67 gHz 512 MB RAM computer becomes obselete. And with bootcamp already out and being able to run a windows partition, I don't see a need to actually take the risk with regards to Windows Vista. I am sure Vista will just be like its predesessors, filled with bugs after being officially released, and a need to install a service pack in order to fix the screw ups they have. Besides I am sick of Windows and a MAC would be something refreshing, the reviews are much better as well than Windows anyday.

[Saint_Michael 3]

Reason is more optimized is due to the fact that vista eat's up most of the resources to make it run smooth. But yes it is basically fancy version of XP but with a better but crappier security system (Black box). Speaking of that with vista coming out Microsft is also having it's wn anti-virus program which has made many people angry. In which European officials have sued (I think) because of the possible monopolizing microsoft would have over it's competitors and what not.However I think Microsoft should have kept this a secret because every hacker, cracker, phreaker has got a taste of what vista can do and I bet they found stuff that microsoft bug team has not. Should be interesting, but on top of that most computers 3-4 years old won't be able to handle hte load unless over time computer uses have updated their systems and what not.

[hype 0]

Yes, its stated that Windows Vista run faster than Windows XP, however that when you start to get more and more programs running, and more ur hard disk gets load up, more problems occurs... I believe that Windows Vista eats up over 1 GB of space in your hard drive, but I guess its worth it since it gives you a better interface...Did you have 512 MB of RAM? Cause 512 is the minimum requirement to run a Windows Vista OS... And although I have not tried Windows Vista, I'll definitely get it when I upgrade my specs... And since that many of the Microsoft products works best and have the best feel with Windows Vista just like Live Messnger, Windows Media Player, IE7.0 etc...

[TripleH13 0]

I was debating about using vista. But i decided not to. I heard there was a lot of bugs with it and that you really need an amazing pc to run it. My pc specs will work with it but if i was going to get it i would probally wait for the final release. Becuase i have heard some really bad things about it.

[kill00 0]

what is vista?well, its a really crappy system, i had it, goes slow as hell... not very stable, so unless you have a 3.8 ghz 3000mb ram comp, it sucks(atleast the beta did :/)

[the_aggie10 0]

someone is a mr negative! but i wouldnt get it until it is officially released as a stable OS from microsoft (heard there were some security issues with rc1 or whatever) hope this helps

[hype 0]

I believe almost everything have bugs, just that whether they're discovered or not... I think the beta testing of Vista has gone well and that many are already using it.. And if there is a problem with the OS then just install the patch, wouldnt hurt installing something to enchance your computer usage...

[hanif 0]

vista is coming out in nov 2006 (curretly this motnh) but is not yet here for full international releas until may/ april/ marhc something like that next year (2007)

[Caped_Crusaider 0]

Actually, some people here have said that Vista is slow and not worth it, but i have to say that i am not running a 3 GHz computer, nor do i have 3000 MB of RAM, but i found that Vista has ran faster than Windows XP did. Vista is not worth it for gaming so far, some benchmarks that i have seen are at least 30 fps or Frames Per Second behind Windows XP. But the benchmarks for application performance are really close to the XP equivalent. So those that want to say Vista is slow, maybe its your computer, as for most of us it has run way better.