Comments on: Is your life better or worse with Windows Vista SP1? http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:18:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Philip Ritchie http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-950370 Philip Ritchie Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:09:07 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-950370 I have had a computer, which came with Vista, and have absolutely nothing good to say about it. It is the worse system I have had since ME came out. Both are a headache to work with and in my opinion vista was a waste of Time and money on the part of Microsoft. It had a mind of it's own. If this is the best they can do, I will go with Apple next time. I have had a computer, which came with Vista, and have absolutely nothing good to say about it. It is the worse system I have had since ME came out.
Both are a headache to work with and in my opinion vista was a waste of Time and money on the part of Microsoft. It had a mind of it’s own. If this is the best they can do, I will go with Apple next time.

]]> By: Marc M. http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619961 Marc M. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:23:42 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619961 I've been nervous about upgrading but after reading this I think I'm going to go ahead and do it! I have a XP desktop and a high performance Vista Laptop. I love both machines but to be honest I really like vista. It's a great operating system. It looks amazing although it has some of it's faults. My only compalint with vista is wireless network program. I'd have to restart my laptop all the time for it to find my wireless network. But according to a few of you that has been resolved. Has anybody seen improved battery life on their laptops? I’ve been nervous about upgrading but after reading this I think I’m going to go ahead and do it! I have a XP desktop and a high performance Vista Laptop. I love both machines but to be honest I really like vista. It’s a great operating system. It looks amazing although it has some of it’s faults. My only compalint with vista is wireless network program. I’d have to restart my laptop all the time for it to find my wireless network. But according to a few of you that has been resolved. Has anybody seen improved battery life on their laptops?

]]> By: Doobybrain http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619733 Doobybrain Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:35 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619733 i installed it the other day and i'm pretty satisfied so far. I'm running it on an IBM R52 laptop and the one major difference is that the CD/DVD ROM is much quieter than before and the computer fan doesnt go crazy anymore. i installed it the other day and i’m pretty satisfied so far. I’m running it on an IBM R52 laptop and the one major difference is that the CD/DVD ROM is much quieter than before and the computer fan doesnt go crazy anymore.

]]> By: John Q Public http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619715 John Q Public Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:25:25 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619715 Well, Vista64 blew chunks for my setup, but Vista 32 works like a charm. I will be installing the SP1 when I get home (hacking away on an XP SP2 machine now). If you happen to hear some rather unsavory screams coming from the NC area Saturday, blame me and V-SP1... Well, Vista64 blew chunks for my setup, but Vista 32 works like a charm. I will be installing the SP1 when I get home (hacking away on an XP SP2 machine now). If you happen to hear some rather unsavory screams coming from the NC area Saturday, blame me and V-SP1…

]]> By: Abraham315 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619592 Abraham315 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:03:23 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619592 My Dell Latitude D630 has been working great! I do see quite a bit of speed improvement over the original release. My system experience score went up .2 points and things seem to be running better. So far so good. My Dell Latitude D630 has been working great! I do see quite a bit of speed improvement over the original release. My system experience score went up .2 points and things seem to be running better. So far so good.

]]> By: Eddie http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619565 Eddie Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:27:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619565 P.S.. My system is a Dell Inspiron 531, Vista premium, 2GB RAM, Dual core AMD 2X 4000 P.S.. My system is a Dell Inspiron 531, Vista premium, 2GB RAM, Dual core AMD 2X 4000

]]> By: Eddie http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619558 Eddie Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:25:51 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619558 My upgrade went fantastically! Installed through Windows Update, and it went flawlessly. My NVIDIA drivers are working great, and I can finallt copy files without it taking forever! Before the SP1, it tooks anywhere from 1-3 minutes for it to even start copying files when I tried, and after the install, It appeared to be an instantaneous process. There weas no delay i noticed, so i am ecstatic with it for now. My upgrade went fantastically! Installed through Windows Update, and it went flawlessly. My NVIDIA drivers are working great, and I can finallt copy files without it taking forever!
Before the SP1, it tooks anywhere from 1-3 minutes for it to even start copying files when I tried, and after the install, It appeared to be an instantaneous process. There weas no delay i noticed, so i am ecstatic with it for now.

]]> By: Travis http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619550 Travis Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:10:53 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619550 I don't know because my Dell E521 has one of the SigmaTel Drivers that are on the "problem list" so I cannot see SP1 in Windows Update yet. I have been running Vista RTM for over a year without any problems at all so I am not in too big of a hurry for SP1 anyway - if it ain't broke don't fix it I guess! I don’t know because my Dell E521 has one of the SigmaTel Drivers that are on the “problem list” so I cannot see SP1 in Windows Update yet. I have been running Vista RTM for over a year without any problems at all so I am not in too big of a hurry for SP1 anyway - if it ain’t broke don’t fix it I guess!

]]> By: Matt http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619429 Matt Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:08:57 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619429 No problems here, although I never have had any problems with Vista. I'm not sure if it sped anything up, since I added more RAM to my computer the day after I installed SP1... No problems here, although I never have had any problems with Vista. I’m not sure if it sped anything up, since I added more RAM to my computer the day after I installed SP1…

]]> By: weatherman http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619394 weatherman Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:19:50 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619394 SP1 installed just fine for me, and seemed to have fixed a few things - a couple of driver bugs that I was never able to get rid of seemed to have been fixed, and my hard-drive no longer spins continuously (which I think was attributed to the Finder indexing) so things are definitely a little quicker. Haven't really played around to see what else is better, but so far I'd say it was an easy and worthwhile update. SP1 installed just fine for me, and seemed to have fixed a few things - a couple of driver bugs that I was never able to get rid of seemed to have been fixed, and my hard-drive no longer spins continuously (which I think was attributed to the Finder indexing) so things are definitely a little quicker. Haven’t really played around to see what else is better, but so far I’d say it was an easy and worthwhile update.

]]> By: Vista User http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619390 Vista User Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:10:27 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619390 I have been using Vista for over a year now and I have had a mixed bag of performance and pausing type experiences to report. I installed SP1 a few days ago and I must admit that although I couldn't get the automatic update and had to download the whole thing, my machine did a few critical dumps through the update and the entire process took over 2 hours, my machine does seem more responsive. The whole aero thing seems to be much slicker and wireless network thingy, which used to drive me a bit mad, is working like a dream. In all, pretty satisfied at this moment in time. DELL XPS M1210 I have been using Vista for over a year now and I have had a mixed bag of performance and pausing type experiences to report. I installed SP1 a few days ago and I must admit that although I couldn’t get the automatic update and had to download the whole thing, my machine did a few critical dumps through the update and the entire process took over 2 hours, my machine does seem more responsive. The whole aero thing seems to be much slicker and wireless network thingy, which used to drive me a bit mad, is working like a dream. In all, pretty satisfied at this moment in time. DELL XPS M1210

]]> By: drdrew http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619383 drdrew Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:01:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/20/is-your-life-better-or-worse-with-windows-vista-sp1/#comment-619383 <i>Did anyone here have any major problems?</i> yeah, right after doing an apt-get. could you help me!!! pleeeeeease! my email address is chunkylover53@aol.com thanks!!! (5 points) Did anyone here have any major problems?

yeah, right after doing an apt-get. could you help me!!! pleeeeeease! my email address is chunkylover53@aol.com thanks!!!

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