Comments on: Dell and My Real-Life Vista Upgrade Frustration, Part 2 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: » Dell and My Real-Life Vista Upgrade Frustration, Conclusion (For Now) » Blog Archive   Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-145666 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:44:47 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-145666 [...] As you may recall, I had issues with the installation of Windows Vista on my Dell Inspiron XPS M1710, because, for one thing, there was a missing wi-fi driver. A bit of confusion later and after buying an Intel ABG mini-PCI card, it was revealed to me by a Dell Liason that a) there was a Dell 1500 draft-N driver built into Vista, b) it didn’t work too well, c) there was a new driver due out in late March, d) he would refund the cost of the ABG card to me. [...] […] As you may recall, I had issues with the installation of Windows Vista on my Dell Inspiron XPS M1710, because, for one thing, there was a missing wi-fi driver. A bit of confusion later and after buying an Intel ABG mini-PCI card, it was revealed to me by a Dell Liason that a) there was a Dell 1500 draft-N driver built into Vista, b) it didn’t work too well, c) there was a new driver due out in late March, d) he would refund the cost of the ABG card to me. […]

]]> by: Tips Dr.com http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-119075 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:58:39 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-119075 <strong>More on the Dell Vista Upgrade...</strong> I posted in mid-February about the Dell Vista Upgrade that you can get with systems purchased between October 26th, 2006 and March 15, 2007, and about how people were already complaining about how long it was taking for customers to receive their copy.... More on the Dell Vista Upgrade…

I posted in mid-February about the Dell Vista Upgrade that you can get with systems purchased between October 26th, 2006 and March 15, 2007, and about how people were already complaining about how long it was taking for customers to receive their copy….

]]> by: degustibus http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-116566 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:26:40 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-116566 Let's recapitulate. Not broken, but gotta fix it....by installing Vista--a dog in my opinion. Yes I have it on a new desktop, just to say I know a bit about it. Will never be my OS of choice. Let’s recapitulate. Not broken, but gotta fix it….by installing Vista–a dog in my opinion.

Yes I have it on a new desktop, just to say I know a bit about it. Will never be my OS of choice.

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]]> by: Another Mike http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-116361 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:27:16 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-116361 I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed on my Macbook and Honestly it works great for me. It's a Core2Duo 2 Ghz, with 1 GB of ram. And while I don't run programs like Lightroom on it I haven't found it to be sluggish at all. I'm even amazed that while I am using integrated graphics(Intel GMA 950) I still can use Aero Glass. And it looks fantastic at that. I actually love the new start menu. I just type what program or anything else that I want and it pops up. I find it far more logical than having to wade through several folders when I know exactly what I want already. I really like the fact if I'm running an unsupported app and it decides to become unresponsive I know exactly what is going on. It's not just a white window. The app greys out and I know intuitively that I can't interact with it. My experience with it has been mostly positive so I'm usually the odd man out in the crowd. I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed on my Macbook and Honestly it works great for me.

It’s a Core2Duo 2 Ghz, with 1 GB of ram. And while I don’t run programs like Lightroom on it I haven’t found it to be sluggish at all.

I’m even amazed that while I am using integrated graphics(Intel GMA 950) I still can use Aero Glass. And it looks fantastic at that.

I actually love the new start menu. I just type what program or anything else that I want and it pops up. I find it far more logical than having to wade through several folders when I know exactly what I want already.

I really like the fact if I’m running an unsupported app and it decides to become unresponsive I know exactly what is going on. It’s not just a white window. The app greys out and I know intuitively that I can’t interact with it.

My experience with it has been mostly positive so I’m usually the odd man out in the crowd.

]]> by: John http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-116355 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:53:20 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4133#comment-116355 I have installed Vista Ultimate x64 on my machine. I originally had XP X64 edition. There was no upgrade option and I had to install from scratch! My experience so far has been a mixed bag. The most disappointing thing is some instability with some applications that I know work better under XP (Adobes just released Lightroom). Some sluggish performance is not pleasing as well. I have a dual core Pentium D 3Ghz with 2GB of Ram. I got better stability and performance with a vendors video driver (ATI X700 Radeon). But still had crashes playing videos in WMP. A new driver from two days ago seems to have fixed that. There are features I really like about Vista. The search feature is wonderful. The new start menu not so much. I use the start menu to find programs to launch rather than using it to navigate to the icon to launch so not a big deal. In all honesty I don't really find the experience better or worse than XP except for the experiences above. I have installed Vista Ultimate x64 on my machine. I originally had XP X64 edition. There was no upgrade option and I had to install from scratch!

My experience so far has been a mixed bag. The most disappointing thing is some instability with some applications that I know work better under XP (Adobes just released Lightroom).

Some sluggish performance is not pleasing as well. I have a dual core Pentium D 3Ghz with 2GB of Ram.

I got better stability and performance with a vendors video driver (ATI X700 Radeon). But still had crashes playing videos in WMP. A new driver from two days ago seems to have fixed that.

There are features I really like about Vista. The search feature is wonderful. The new start menu not so much. I use the start menu to find programs to launch rather than using it to navigate to the icon to launch so not a big deal.

In all honesty I don’t really find the experience better or worse than XP except for the experiences above.

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