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Originally Posted by HarveyJ
If you're someone that tinkers around a lot with a computers internals, or does coding, hacking, digital forensic work, BETA testing, or happen to be a serious power gamer, then Vista is a serious pain in the arse.
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I am a web developer and a pretty serious programmer. I have to say that I have had zero problems with vista.
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Problem #2 is that to do this, it sucks up 200-300% more resources than a fully functional OS like that should. That you need a 2gb of RAM to run a computer at all is actually pretty stupid if you think about it.
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I have vista running on a 3 year old desktop with 1gig of ram and on a 1 month old laptop with 3 gigs of ram and it runs about the same. Really the only difference I notice is start up times are a little quicker on the laptop.
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Also, if you run a laptop, it'll chew through the battery. Running all that extra code means more processing, means more electricity used, which means more heat, which requires more cooling, which means more electricity used... It's a downward spiral that leads to poorer performance.
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I have no actual proof to back this, but I think the extra battery consumption is minimal compared to XP. If I get time I will partition an xp install and test this for sure because this interests me.
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It also has a nasty habit of reporting back to MS what you've been up to, and if you block it at the outgoing firewall level, it throws a hissy fit and refuses to work... I get the feeling this has been implemented and MS are just waiting for the day that it's actually legal to prosecute people using info you've actually stolen from their computers.
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Yeah that is shady.
Now I'm not saying that Vista is perfect, or that everyone will like it. But it is not nearly as bad as the media has made it out to be, once the fad of bashing Vista goes away people will realize the value of it.