Posted February 17, 200718 yr Hey. I just reformatted today, i have vista on disk but im still in concern wether to install it or not. Reason being; i can't find these things for it: # Anti Virus software (Other than free trails that are 30 days) # Graphic Drivers Also im woundering about these things: # Does steam work? (Also the games involved, see graphic drivers) As well, does it take 40gig of harddrive?
February 17, 200718 yr Stick with XP, you'll get tired of Vista fast, only because you can barely run anything on Vista.
February 17, 200718 yr Nah it doesn't take 40 gig at all. 20 max. My friends home premium is at 12 gig.
February 17, 200718 yr from what ive heard, it really hard to install especially if you dont have the graphic drivers beforehand
February 17, 200718 yr The operating system itself is nice, but the compatibilty sucks, 3rd party companies like Nvidia need to get off there fucking ass so I can acctualy get the performance when I play my games.
February 17, 200718 yr Xerox.mp3 said: Hey. I just reformatted today, i have vista on disk but im still in concern wether to install it or not. Reason being; i can't find these things for it: # Anti Virus software (Other than free trails that are 30 days) # Graphic Drivers Also im woundering about these things: # Does steam work? (Also the games involved, see graphic drivers) As well, does it take 40gig of harddrive? Windows vista 2 comes out in 2 months just wait for that.
February 17, 200718 yr wait longer for vista its not worth the switch yet, none of the program you realy want will work on it
February 17, 200718 yr Myriad said: wait longer for vista its not worth the switch yet, none of the program you realy want will work on it the switch was worth 3 months ago, so i did it. everyone who never tried it is like "OMFG NO PROGRAMS WORK"...everything, cept my old logitech webcam worked till now...
February 17, 200718 yr http://www.guru3d.com have lots of vista drivers, i'm using it just fine but then again i dont have many peripherals. I couldnt go back to XP now tbh.
February 17, 200718 yr Landser said: the switch was worth 3 months ago, so i did it. everyone who never tried it is like "OMFG NO PROGRAMS WORK"...everything, cept my old logitech webcam worked till now... forgot to say, 64bit version is what I was using most of my shit didnt work, so I gave it up for now
February 18, 200718 yr Xerox.mp3 said: Hey. I just reformatted today, i have vista on disk but im still in concern wether to install it or not. Reason being; i can't find these things for it: # Anti Virus software (Other than free trails that are 30 days) # Graphic Drivers Also im woundering about these things: # Does steam work? (Also the games involved, see graphic drivers) As well, does it take 40gig of harddrive? in case you haven't noticed, Vista sucks my balls so hard it's starting to hurt. + it drops the framerate of games compared to XP (you can find that over here ) So the only reason to install Vista is by being a complete idiot, or being a fashion designer who likes the pritty colurs and the bullshitty 3-D shit.
February 18, 200718 yr Steam works fine. As did everything else i've tried. So far I havn't found one program that doesn't work on Vista that I used with XP. I use FF, PS CS2, Steam ect. All run fine. Vista owns. Does everything XP can do just as good/fast if not better, plus is way cooler. Just make sure you get all of your drivers on a DVD before you install.
February 18, 200718 yr Quote lefty;446577']so i guess dont try vista unless you have some computer knowledge for now hm nah i'm a complete noob and i'm doing fine.
February 18, 200718 yr Landser said: nah i'm a complete noob and i'm doing fine. Same here, I don't know anything about computers and I havn't had any problems.
February 18, 200718 yr Xerox.mp3 said: you say that yet you post no reply to the questions of which i asked. Uhh... look up about 3 posts, i already did.
February 18, 200718 yr my old nvidia card didnt work, had to buy a DX10 vista compatible card my games didnt work, right click > run as admin = fixed everything works fine now but the auto install for DRIVERS is anoying as fuck
February 18, 200718 yr well i suppose if i can get it to get on the net then i can fix most of my problems i will come across im gonna probably get it next month
February 18, 200718 yr Quote lefty;446626']well i suppose if i can get it to get on the net then i can fix most of my problems i will come across im gonna probably get it next month ya a little google and u can figure it all out
February 19, 200718 yr rotd said: Stick with XP, you'll get tired of Vista fast, only because you can barely run anything on Vista. true..my friend used to be able to max out WoW but now he has to get 2gigs or RAM after he installed vista..that thing is a fricking memory eater.
February 19, 200718 yr Well my laptop clearly states: Designed for windows XP... Vista compatible... Ill leave it doing what its designed for i think :naughty: Vista seems really over rated to be honest... i think ill wait a good while before upgrading...
