Posted By paintjockey on 10/29/2008 10:42 AM
What is the problem with vista? I honestly don't know. I have it, but must not use it enough to see the problems. So far to me, other than moving the butons around it seems just like XP, which seemed just like '98 which seemed just like '97....... The biggest bummer for me was that some of my video games quit working and there is no patch anymore.
Simply stated...compared to the previous versions of Windows....Window's Vista sucks from a USER perspective.
a. It's biggest problem...it's SLOW!!!! It takes much longer to boot a machine up from a cold start than other Windows versions. Same is true for a start from the Hibernate mode. It's also a HUGE memory hog...I added 1G of memory to my computer (now at it's 2G max) and it runs a lot better. With only 1G of RAM, it ran unacceptably slow...swapping stuff on and off the hard drive.
b. It has an indexer (I shut it off) that allows you to search for stuff faster....problem is, the indexer runs all the time and slows the machine down further. If you run Google Desktop (which I do), the Vista indexer and the Google Desktop indexer fight for processor services...and the machine just flat crawls.
c. It uses a NEW interface for images...and older image interfaces (e.g. TWAIN interfaces to scanners or cameras) that you have become a crap shoot on whether they will work. In my case, NONE of my TWAIN interfaced devices will talk to the computer...two cameras and a scanner.
d If you have older versions of programs, you'll find the Windows Update function drives you nuts each time you boot up with it telling you an update is available for your old program...except the update that it finds is NOT compatible with Vista....and there's no way to turn that off (for that program).
e. Mine, and others I've spoken with, has this irritating issue where at startup, it logs onto my network, then drops the login, the restarts it automatically. Why I don't know. But, if you open you email program, or go to a web site, you get 404 errors all the time...until it figures out to re-login.
f. It's a crap shoot when you load and old program for it to work. Several of my GRR programs, one good one that rescaled photos, do NOT work under Vista...and the maker of the program won't upgrade the program to make it Vista compatible.
