Microsoft Admits Vista Failure

[Carmine6]

Hello

@ Carmine6:

My machine specs (by the way i built this rig myself):

Mainboard: ASUS K8N-4 SE, Sound + LAN (Gigabit) on-board

CPU: AMD Sempron 2800+ (1,600 overclocked, running at 2,000) 64-Bit

Cooling: ARCTIC "Freezer Pro 64"

RAM: Kingston DDR-1/400 1GB x2 = 2 GB total RAM

VGA: ASUS ATI x300, 128 MB, PCI-Express (using ATI "Catalyst" reference driver on both OS)

HDD 1: IDE Master ch.1, 120 GB "Maxtor", partitions 2x 60 GB for Vista and XP

HDD 2: IDE Slave ch.1, 500 GB "Western Digital", partitions 4x 125 GB for data, equal access thru both OS

ODD 1: Master IDE ch.2 "ASUS" DVD 16x

ODD 2: Slave IDE ch.2 "LiteOn" DVD Re/Writer

1x Floppy drive 3.5"

1x internal (in second floppy bay) 4-in-1 memory card reader device "Apacer"

PCI - USB 2.0 card

PCI internal dialup-modem 56k

External devices:

Keyboard: "Laser"

Mouse: Logitech optical, 6 years old and still best mouse i ever used (have identical at work, my own too)

Monitor: Acer 19" LCD

Router: D-Link DSL-G 604T wireless modem-router, TRUE high-speed 512/256

Printer: Lexmark "cheapo" USB

Scanner: HP all-in-one where the printer doesn't work, the scanner still works very perfect! USB

USB-IrDA dongle

USB-Bluetooth Dongle "Billionton", using Microsoft generic drivers in both OS, works excellent

USB-Data cable for Nokia cell phones (DKU-2)

USB-data cable for Samsung CDMA cell phone

USB-Data cable for Sony-Ericsson cell phone

UPS: Leonics 800 VA

Sound thru Sony home stereo system

21" Sony Television hooked up as second display, as the computer also is the home entertainment center, it plays all the DVD's and other videos and also plays all the music as it sounds better than the home stereo's integrated CD player.

Best regards.....

Thanh

Wow, what color is the case? Just kidding. A tad faster than my (self built also) P4 2.6, so I'm thinking I can't take your results for Vista and assume I can run it ok. My system exceeds all specs to run Ultimate (older chip, but new graphics card and 3GB memory), but I'm a believer in really exceeding the minimum to run software. I'll probably hold off until I can't stand the system instability.

[cdnvic]

I just bought a notebook for a friend. One of her conditions was to install pirated XP over Vista.

Another sale for Microsoft.

Not a very smart friend

[RKASA]

I always wait over a year or more. I would norm be getting a new PC anyway and get the next OS at that time. I didn't get XP untol 2005. I won't see vista if I do at all, until late 2008 or spring 2009.

[ajarnmark]

I'm running Vista on both desktop and notebook, and I love it. The most stable system I've ever had. Love it!

How much ram you using George?

2 GB RAM on desktop plus a 2GB usb stick for 500 baht.

Laptop runs on 1,25GB

Which USB stick are you using? I tried some but none of them could work on vista.

[cdnvic]

Make sure it meets the ReadyBoost specs:

http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/20.../02/615199.aspx