Vista woes

Chris, I have thought of the Ubuntu option, but is it possible to easily run things like ftp software, or XSitePro?

Thanks,

Ray

Have you not all tried the all new Windows Mojave?

I hear it's great.

Sincerely,

Mac User

I think that Microsoft is the only company I know of that makes money by continuing to develop worse products. I know XP was a slight improvement from ME, which was one of my all time favorites. But this Vista is CRAP. I had not had this machine a week when it locked up, due to running out of memory and the only thing I could do was turn it off. A computer geek who helped me configure it convinced me that one gig of memory was enough. Not even!!!. I lost my Outlook and had to scramble for email for a few days and finally got Microsoft to fix it for me for $49, but they didn't fix the data file that was corrupted so I lost all my email and contact list.

I found out that Vista uses a lot of memory in the background doing god knows what. I have lots of stuff running and it is not uncommon for me to have ten or more browsers going and a few other programs too, so the one gig of memory is not even close for my needs. Again I had the lock up happen to me and I lost my MS Outlook AGAIN, and now have to use Windows Mail until I decide to spend the $49 with Microsoft to get my email fixed AGAIN.

I had a problem just yesterday with memory. Not sure what happened but nothing was responding and I looked at the memory monitor and it was pegged, not just in the red, but pegged up against the end of the scale. I had not loaded anything for a wile so not sure why. I had problems closing programs down but got a few of them closed and then just turned it off. Nothing I clicked did anything. And the screen turned black for a while a few times, like the computer died. I did manage to get it to come back but finally just turned it off and started over. My MS Outlook is already out of commission so that wasn't a problem this time. But what a joke. I need more memory, but why do they sell these Vista machines with one gig of memory? Obvously it isn't enough for this OS and anyone who uses their machine much.

To say that Vista is a PITA is putting it mildly. I may just finally go to Mac the next time I buy a computer. Do I sound angry? Angry really doesn't describe my feelings for Vista. I heard they have a new OS called Mojave or something. Maybe I should upgrade to that one. Hahahahahahahaha

I'm using Vista with the 64bit OS and 4gigs of ram. It's great, some issues running older software because of the 64 issue but the trade off is fine with me.

The main reason I wanted to get the 64bit OS was because I could access more memory if needed. XP (32bit is standard for most people) can't ever use more than just under 3gigs of ram (2.75 I believe).

Photoshop CS3 for example, even though a 32bit app will still run faster on a 64bit OS because more memory is available to it. Especial heavy tasks using lots of math like sticking scenes together. About 20-25% faster which is significant.

I haven't tried it yet but I'm guessing video compression/editing etc. will benefit also.

I still have an XP machine which I like a lot also but I think it's mainly because I know where everything is and work with the OS easily.

Vista is new and will take me some time to figure out how to do things but generally I love it.

Be careful with that reinstallation. Dell did it to my computer and I lost all my emails and many downloaded programs as they did not save on discs. The computer was worse afterwards.

Now I am getting used to it but that's because I have changed what I am doing and only buy files that are designed for Vista, which many are not.

Hi Sam, I think the max is 2.75 but whether the extra .75 is easily available to apps I'm not sure. You coul probably just Google the issue for the 100% accurate info.

I think mixing the sticks depend on your motherboard... again I'm not sure either (sorry)

The max for 32bit xp pro is 4 gig.

I thought I should have got two gigs, I had the choice of one or two when I purchased, but two was the most they offered. I hired a computer geek to help me and he talked me into one gig. He was the expert. Now I know better, but if I was a computer geek I could just run out and buy the memory, but I am not. I bought memory once before for a computer and found out that I got the wrong type so instead of the chip I bought being added to the chip I had, it would only replace it and that was a little wasteful. So do I take my computer in and get a tech to do it for me? I can't really be without it that long. The last time I got a geek to help me at my home, I got in this problem. So far I have dealt with the frustration and it works most of the time. I know I just have to make the time and spend the money, but it isn't that easy to make the time. And every time I go to take that money out of my pocket it squeaks. My wife says it is because I am so tight. But bottom line, it is one of those things that I am going to do tomorrow, or maybe next week. But then I will have one less thing to whine about.