Etienne
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You don't ever use the search function? You dont ever have to defrag a drive?
Nope. Like I said, I have very simple needs.
Basically, yes. Also, Firefox, a couple videos and of course, the most important: a terminal to a Unix server (currently using putty which runs fine on very little RAM). I could get rid of Firefox for a simpler browser if needed, though. No more games since most of my old ones don't run on Vista.unless you are just using your computer as a typewriter.
I haven't been complaning about hardware or software, you must be thinking of somebody else. My only complaint - but it's a major one - is that it's slow and a resource-hog for no actual benefit for poor old luser me. Basically: when I bought my computer 1,5 years ago with Vista on it, as is, out of the box, it did not run fine. That's a pretty big concern for me, and it's the first time I have experienced this with a Windows.As far as the hardware/software issues you've been having - I've heard all the complaints before... the first two years of XP.
Stock Vista here. A full reboot from point to point (necessary everytime I have hardware problems) took probably something like 2 minutes, a little less with SP1. Stock XP was much quicker, though I don't have the computer anymore to check precisely.Even then I'm pretty sure that my stock Vista box boots up faster than my trimmed down and "fast" custom XP media center. And that takes about seventy seconds from post.
Good news for you, you can put a couple extra sticks of RAM in your computer
So, what you're telling me is that to get something like a service as decent as I could get with '95 on 12Mb of RAM or XP on 256Mb, I need 2 Go - 8 times as much as XP? Expense aside, thanks, but no thanks. I'd rather pass and move on to an OS that's not such an insane ressource-hog.
Yes, but will it run flawlessly on 1GB of RAM or less for our french buddy? Somehow I doubt it.
Well, if you're telling me they haven't fixed the insane ressource consumption, I'm out. I'll finally make the jump to another OS and forego Windows. It's been serving me well over the past 12 years that I have had my own computer, but if they cannot get their act together, they lose my custom. I am not even asking for much, just that the damn OS work fine as a stock version with the stock amount of RAM I get for an average price. This has been the case with all flavours of Windows until now, but is no longer the case with Vista. When I bought my computer, it had 1Go of RAM and Vista pre-installed. As is, it did not run fine. If you tell me that's "normal", then Vista is not meant for the average market of lusers like me. And if you tell me that's not going to change with the next version, I'll finally get over my laziness and use a competitive product.