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When I used it with 4Gb of RAM it seemed sluggish. Now that I have 8Gb and use the x64 bit version, it works fine.
I still use it in a quad boot, with XP, Seven and Eight. I mostly use Seven, though.
With 1Tb of disk space, why not.
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I never used it
Sometimes it was good, other times it was bad
When I used it with 4Gb of RAM it seemed sluggish. Now that I have 8Gb and use the x64 bit version, it works fine.
I still use it in a quad boot, with XP, Seven and Eight. I mostly use Seven, though.
With 1Tb of disk space, why not.
Well, I meant why not quad boot, if I have all the operating systems and the space.
Granted, no one needs four operating systems on one machine, but people have a mixture of Windows and non-Windows operating systems on their computers. :)
I buy the system builder OEM's, which cost about $100.00. So spending $200.00 over the last 6 years for Vista and Seven wasn't a deal breaker, for me. It costs more for the retail versions, but with 3 years between purchases, I don't think too many people give it a second thought. :)
I'll eventually go back to a dual boot configuration. I'm leaning towards ditching Windows 8, as I don't see a reason to keep it over Windows 7, and Vista will eventually go.
Last edited by Sardonicus; 05 Apr 2012 at 10:54.
I have never had a single problem with Vista either, and neither has anyone that I have either built a system for or advised on their builds.
Most cases I have heard of came from expecting the OS to run on old, incompatible or insufficient hardware, mostly RAM and CPU.
I have always believed in planning ahead hardware-wise, so I will always be at least middle-of-the-road for a new OS.
Agree.
Never had any problems with Vista, ran great for me, was very happy to leave XP. Too many viruses, crashes, lost lots of data with it.
I never had it on any of my PC's, although I do have experience with it. It seems to run fine, from what I have seen. I know it got a bad rap from all the warning pop-ups that suddenly presented themselves. It was billed as being "overcautious", something people weren't used to.
The last great crash I had was, surprisingly enough, on Windows 2000. It was so bad that it rendered my user account inaccessible and unrecoverable. Coincidentally, that was my last build where I installed a new OS on existing hardware (98SE to 2000).
Since then, I have made it a point, when a new OS comes out, to upgrade my system to a point that is at least mid-level for the new OS, and then only to upgrade the OS itself. This also gives the new OS a few months to a year to mature.
Consequently, I have had immaculate runs on XP, Vista and 7 so far. It looks like I am staying 7 for the near future, as I have not upgraded hardware much in about 2 years, and priorities have changed. Plus 7 is so solid and 8 not compelling enough that I am tempted to upgrade to the latter.
Never had a problem with Vista. Used Ultimate for 5 years straight - nary a problem. I never understood all the complaining about it.
I used Vista x64 on a machine with 2gb ram.
Ran beautifully - loved the os.
Just reinstalled a copy the other day and was surprised how fast it boots.