mmm this is what I thought. My Sister has just bought a laptop with Vista installed and has no other software installed. She can't do anything with it but if I format and install xp and some other software it will probably void her warrantee . ? what to do
I'm running Vista on my main PC, both the laptops and my work PC - works great as long as you have enough RAM. Only software issues I've come across is on the PC - Creative Labs didn't make the Audigy ZS 2 stuff work properly. Everything else is spot on.
If you're happy with XP, stick with it. No need to upgrade at all unless you want to play some of the newer Vista only games (some of which have been forced to run under XP with certain patches).
As someone`s who`s just interested in the os working and not crashing all the time, my laptop with Vista`s not crashed once. I`ve had it for about five months now.
Surely I`m doing something wrong?.....
What about MS office and Corel and all the other software ? did you have to purchase the latest 2007 versions ?
What about MS office and Corel and all the other software ? did you have to purchase the latest 2007 versions ?
I got told that "only office 2007 worked with vista" by a sales guy at PCworld.
Isn't true, as my OH's puter runs Office XP just fine! Not sure about corel though
Don't be silly.
It won't void the warranty at all.
You should have taken them to the cleaners.
Microsoft Surface looks really fun. That'll be what you have built into the table when you go to a restaurant and want to order your food.
There are some demo vids on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cog8b8ojji0
wasn't me ..someone on another forum but it was in the early days of vista and the store may have operated a differant policy then.
I suppose my Sister could always install win xp as a dual boot os
And then recommend that you buy Norton Internet Security *Shudder*.
As someone`s who`s just interested in the os working and not crashing all the time, my laptop with Vista`s not crashed once. I`ve had it for about five months now.
Surely I`m doing something wrong?.....
I still like Windows 98 ;(
I miss it dearly.
Then again, I remember my dad bringing home a beta of Windows 95 (back when betas used to ship in retail boxes). None of my games would work because there wasn't enough expanded memory (memmaker anyone?). I'd forever be re-formatting and sticking Dos 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 back on so I could play Wing Commander, X-Wing, Doom and many others.
Those were the days, where you had to have a games boot floppy that loaded up just the drivers you needed for sound and memory tweaks, the first 640kb was king.
I feel old ;(
first 640kb was king.
I feel old ;(
Jan's machine is running Vista, mines running XP. She's just bought 'Stalker' and it wont have it at all on her machine, despite downloading every Vista game patch out there, but it runs just fine on my PC.
Do you have a dual processor.Jan's machine is running Vista, mines running XP. She's just bought 'Stalker' and it wont have it at all on her machine, despite downloading every Vista game patch out there, but it runs just fine on my PC.
Do you have a dual processor.
My wife has trouble in vista with her dual FX64 she has to change some games to single processor and it then they work fine.