Tragedy struck
 

My mom got a new job recently, pays a lot more than her old one. So she decided to go ahead and buy a new computer...

It's a Vista PC.

Darwin help her.

I can try...

http://www.apple.com/macosx/

http://www.apple.com/imac/

http://www.apple.com/macmini/

http://www.apple.com/macbook/

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

or even...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...p/default.mspx

at least you've still got your mac.

That's awful. Try and shelter yourself from it if possible. It may be harmful to your health. :(

Pardon my lack of any computer or everday knowledge(Im a PS3 owner remember:D) but what IS Vista :confused:

My old laptop wasnt Vista and was fantastical great sound, great features but my current one has been nothing but trouble and bares the Vista logo.

it's the operating system

She already considered getting a mac and, while she wants one, she admits it wouldn't do her any good due to her job these days.
It's not harmful to my health, my mac protects me. ;)

To be fair, it actually hasn't had any problems yet... astonishing I know. Pretty neat little machine too, like a third the size of most PCs. Tis HP.

<jaw drops to floor> Ummmm......... you don't know about it? I'm speechless, most threads on here mention it! O.o

Superkid, fancy starting up the 'Superkid Flamethrower Fund' to get you to burn that heathen peice of software.

I would try but it would hurt my chances of finally negociating an allowance.

It's starting. Stay away from it. I can see it already having an effect on you.

If Satan existed, Vista is the Operating System he'd use.

Nah, (a hypothetical) Satan would not be stupid. He's use OS X or, if he's strapped for cash, Windows XP.

I guess it would be better to say that Vista is the OS hypothetical Satan would make.

Satan of course being Bill Gates, or possibly Bill gates is far more evil then that.

I actually like Bill. It's not his fault his company got hijacked by corporate types.

Ive heard of it but dont know what all the fuss is about :o
Why is it always knocked?

Because it is not considered very good.

Fair enough :)
Every laptop i looked at seemed to have Vista and i just thought it was the norm.
Sadly i didnt have the internet and didnt ask about, so at the time I didnt have a Scooby Doo it was so unliked.:( Oh well sucks to be me.

Just stay on XP Tardis2008. You may be behind the times, but you will still be better off. Trust me =)

What he means is that it eats small children.

And inside it's stomach lives Michael Jackson.

And the rest of it's digestive system is made of fat child molesting otakus.

What about Gary Glitter?

I wish i hadn't pictured all that in my mind.
And i really wish i hadn't just finished my tea when i did so.

why do you wish you hadn't finished your tea? because you know we're on to you?

If your about to suggest im in league with the Vista camp and im trying to find out who dosent have it so i can tempt them to join the darkside i will be very upset.:(

Now I will vaugely attempt to scare somebody.

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6475/scary1bz0.jpg

Yep me.
Why do i have a strange feeling that my laptops going to explode any second now. Can someone post something positive about vista.....Please.... Anything....

Vista is worth more than XP, meaning you can trade your laptop in for a

http://www.apple.com/macbook/

Well, like I said before, my mom actually hasn't had any problems at all yet. I think Vista performs better on PCs that are built to its specifications(Macs are secretly built to Vista's specifications as well... apparently Vista ran really well on a Macbook)
Have you had any problems?

Just bad sound to be honest. I was going to get a external sound card but theres to many wires sticking out of my laptop at the mo.
I live in fear of doing to this one what i did to my old one. Tip sticking a active power cable into the wrong socket is a very very stupid thing to do £400 quid down the toilet..... my only defence is it was dark and i was tired.

Chances are very good that she wasn't given a choice - Microsoft has some kind of arrangement with all major retailers, so as soon as Windows Vista was released, they all took Windows XP off the shelves and now refuse to sell it or any earlier Microsoft operating system. All new computers also now come with Vista pre-installed - the customer doesn't have any say in the matter. Only force-feeding is more ruthless than that.

I still have Windows XP, and it works fine with all the older programs I have. One of the major problems with Vista is its lack of backwards compatibility - many older programs designed for the XP system or earlier simply will not run on Vista, because Vista blocks them for one reason or another. More marketing by Microsoft, I think - but the new editions or go without. I'm not impressed by their tactics at all.

Anyway, keep checking in with your mother, and if anything goes wrong, try taking the computer into a specialist dealer and have the thing reversed to XP.

Hope that helps.

Why buy, when you can appropriate?

I'd give my mom the pirated disk I still have, but then I'd get in huge trouble. :P

Just because you "don't have problems" doesn't mean the operating system is suddenly good. It's still Microsoft, it's still poorly designed, it's still Big Brother, watching and controlling what you do. Just because it doesn't crash while it's doing it is hardly something to get excited about.

And Macs are not "secretly built to Vista's specifications." They just make really good computers. Vista runs well on good computers. Apple doesn't give two figs what Microsoft thinks of their hardware specifications.

Well he wanted me to say something positive, so I did. :P
Fear not, its influence has not gotten into me. I never once considered boot camping it.

Oh well, when i break my current laptop(only a matter of time) at least i know what kind of laptop to get next time.

Crysis + Vista = DirectX 10
DirectX10 + Crysis = :cool:

Therefore, with regards to the above expressions: Vista = :cool:

Anything else is people's own opinions....some formed by others.

Whatever. So Microsoft's manipulating gaming users. That doesn't make the OS better. I still use it. I just hate it.

Crysis being the most clear example of it. If you need more proof check the amount of slinging I gave that game. I should have added that it's ONLY for windows, those bastards.