Jon Upgrades To Windows Vista - The Gadget Show
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Back in 2007 Jon logged his process of upgrading from XP to Vista.
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the biggest problem with Vista was it was pushed too hard, as in, most PCs labelled "good for vista" were absolutely not.
After the first service pack, vista became pretty damn good. In the end, the biggest issue for Vista was people not getting used to it. UAC was a huge "problem" in Vista, but in Win7 nobody cared since they all got used to it
Vista runs fine if you have a good and decent PC, especially if you have SP2.
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Agree.
vista is fine on my 13 year old pc
Upgrade is an overstatement
Why does everyone hate vista? I love it.
true, vista with sp2 work awesome, i used this in 2012, this is worked perfectly
Jason Kong, the reason behind people hating vista is that their hardware that they had purchased for their PC when they owned XP ran a lot slower than it did on XP (this is why Windows 7 is so lightweight) this plus the compatibility issues ruined Vista. Hence the better version, Windows 7 coming out not long afterwards.
For the record I used a 2007 Sony Vaio up until 2012
I hope this clears things up for you.
after sp2 vista was actually very good provided you had a decent enough computer. and to top it off it was the most beautiful operating system ever. windows 10 is so drab and uninspired. everyone's desktops look the same. with vista you had all the cool glass effects and different sound themes and 3rd party themes were plentiful if you wanted your computer to look like something out of a sci fi movie.
decent computers then were hard to come by as your average basic computer couldn't handle vista. I remember when I finally got vista on a good computer in 2007. It had an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 4gb ram, two Nvidia 9800GT in sli. Man that thing was a beast for games and even ran Crysis very well. Vista ran beautifully on there.
vista sp2?
I love Windows Vista SP2, thank you for reviewing.
Vista master race. My meme is spreading...
It's funny because my grandpa still uses vista. And a socket 775 celeron.
Vista with sp2+platform update working perfectly
pera gamer Oh, hi! Glad to see you here as well!
I have vista atm on my laptop and i am happy best ui microsoft made to date.
When it came to Vista as with all newer versions of Windows, only great hardware made it great! I had XP compatible hardware when I beta tested Windows 7 way back and even on a Socket 775 Pentium 4 it would work, I could even get it to run on an Old Pentium 3, but it could not compare to a cpu with 6-12 mb of cache and DDR3 memory plus an SSD!
Though I did have to update the bios on my 945 based socket 775 motherboard and it was not possible with Windows Vista or 7 and I had to resort to Windows XP! Before the upgrade I was stuck using a Pentium D 800 mhz fsb as max compatible cpu, but with DDR2 800 and an SSD Windows Xp took 7 minutes to install and reboot, the Bios update worked and I then was able to install a core 2 duo that did have 2 mb less cache than the Pentium D 945 3.4 ghz and it is only a 2.13 ghz processor but it also has 1066 mhz fsb, which with Ubuntu was like changing from a standard lightbulb to LED version!
The motherboard is a ECS and was originally from an Emachine, but now it has a new bios with boot screen and has more options, including limiting thermal throttling! With Vista a E8400 cpu "Under $7 on ebay" is a perfect match and at least 4 gb of memory is a needed, though I had previously ran it "64 bit version" on my modified liquid cooled gateway with the E8400 and 8 gb of DDR3 and never had an issue, but later I changed to windows 10, added a Xeon X3350 cpu in my MSI G41M-P33 combo MB, added a 240gb ssd, a XFX R7 360 with 2gb gddr5 and still have the 8gb or ram and would never return to vista or 7!
My startup time is less than 17 seconds and usually is faster if I type faster, but as soon as I login windows is completely loaded! I beta tested 7, 8 and 10, bought 7 and upgraded free, had been offered 8 as an upgrade by Microsoft as a reward for $49.99 but chose to wait for the next release! Vista did have flaws, the sidebar was hackable and was easily exploited! The support ends 4/11/2017 and you can no longer install google chrome, there are other issues as well! With Windows 10 my support lasts till 2025! 2020 for windows 7 and 2023 for windows 8!
This guy is the biggest health and safety norm!
Since it has no telemetry, it's an upgrade from Windows 10.
I think that Win 7 is just Vista SP3
I've already watched this episode on TV
And...?
Seems like u haven't?
Dev Fera Doesn't matter if I have or haven't - I was just wondering why you bothered commenting that you had already seen it as if it were unnecessary to upload this as it had already been seen by you.
it said u should use home basic because u were running xp home
still useing it i june 2018 i own 7 -8.1 and 10 but prefer vista 64
I Like Vista & XP
Even though Vista was bad I would rather use that then Windows 8,8.1 and 10.
Does anyone know what pc case that is? I have an old pc with the same case, but I can't find any details.
best desktop graphics on a Windows os
my pc can handle the ultimat edition
"Upgrade" lol :P
lemonlateralus "Downgrade" LOL
Vista was great for its time.... after sp1 most things were fixed..... dont forget apple wanted 129 dollars for their servicepack updates each year.
Why was this uploaded in 2016?
did i just time travelled?
This man needs a new PC.
WHAT? why?
i didnt realy had any problems with vista. not to brag or anything but i just do not share in the negative responses to vista xD
The computer silently screaming in agony while he upgrades it to Vista.
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Lol
My two Vista computers at home eat my Windows 7 computer at work for breakfast, spit it back out and eat it a second time.
Jon Doe LOL. That would be the Windows Joke of The Day.
***** -I was not joking. There is nothing funny about Microsoft Windows.
Alright, what I meant is that Vista on both of them boots faster than Windows 7 at my office PC, and that the programs on them run faster than those at my office PC with Windows 7.
True, i used in 2012 vista sp2 ultimate 32 bit on my old pc. pc specs: amd athlon 4200+, 2 gb ddr2 800mhz, gpu is i think radeon hd 5570, hdd250gb, 16mb cache, 7200rpm...and all is worked perfectly and very fast, and stable like a tank...boot fast...all games worked...no any problem like a bsod, black screen, errors...notning any problems on this pc runned with vista sp2 ultimate 32 bit
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