Vista hardware dont's

[Sneezy]

My neighbors procrastinated big time on getting a new computer and ended up with a Dell with Vista Home Basic.

It's a Sempron 3400+ (I think anyway) with 512 meg of ram and an ATI 1300 (I think) video card. I made them get a real card instead of using on board.

It's slow as hell. They don't mind because it's still faster that their old Windows ME machine......

IMHO, I would definately not let ANYONE no matter how little thay use it get less than a gig of ram. I also would try and talk them into at least the next up processor. They system is constantly thrashing the HD because it doens't have enough system ram.

They also have dial up earthlink because it's free for 6 months :stupid: . Every time you start earthlink Vista asks for permission to run it .....

They really should have delayed Vista another 6 months for Vendors to catch up with it. I see a lot of innocent people getting pissed off and since they are non computer users they couldn't migrate to Linux or Mac.

I blame both Microsoft and dell, IBKM, Hp ect....for letting MS dictate to them what OS they HAD to pre-install. At least when XP was released you had a choice what to pick.

[gvblake22]

I agree that it is pretty harsh to force people to get a Vista computer like that, but it's not Microsoft's fault if you install it on a slow machine. Most people like you and I (and people who frequent computer websites) will know that a low end Sempron and 512MB of RAM isn't gonna produce very good Vista performance. But hey, I guess if they are happy with it, then it doesn't matter if they had 4GB of RAM and an FX-62!

[screwballl]

as an ISP, we have a small number of customers that have upgraded and each one of them wishes they could have chosen XP if they would have known about all the problems Vista has

[garetjax]

I'm pretty sure that the requirements for running Vista in any flavor states on the box that the reccomended requirements is 1GB of RAM? Those people should know what what they got themselves into. I mean, there's a lot to blame Microsoft for, but let's be fair here.

[JazzyJake]

Originally Posted by garetjax

I'm pretty sure that the requirements for running Vista in any flavor states on the box that the reccomended requirements is 1GB of RAM? Those people should know what what they got themselves into. I mean, there's a lot to blame Microsoft for, but let's be fair here.

agreed.
people really should research stuff before purchasing...

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by garetjax

I'm pretty sure that the requirements for running Vista in any flavor states on the box that the reccomended requirements is 1GB of RAM? Those people should know what what they got themselves into. I mean, there's a lot to blame Microsoft for, but let's be fair here.

Vista Basic is apparently 512MB of RAM. Versions over are 1GB.

Windows Vista Home Basic
Recommended system requirements

• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 512 MB of system memory
• 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory
• DVD-ROM drive
• Audio Output
• Internet access (fees may apply)

Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor can help you determine which features and edition of Windows Vista will run on your computer.
Windows Vista Home Basic
Minimum supported requirements

Certain product features are not available with minimum supported requirements.

• 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
• 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
• Support for Super VGA graphics
• CD-ROM drive

Windows Vista Home Premium
Recommended system requirements

• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB of system memory
• 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
  • WDDM Driver
  • 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
  • Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
  • 32 bits per pixel
• DVD-ROM drive
• Audio Output
• Internet access (fees may apply)

Additional requirements to use certain features

• TV tuner card required for TV functionality (compatible remote control optional)
• Windows Tablet and Touch Technology requires a Tablet PC or a touch screen

Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor can help you determine which features and edition of Windows Vista will run on your computer.
Windows Vista Home Premium
Minimum supported requirements

Certain product features are not available with minimum supported requirements.

• 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
• 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
• Support for Super VGA graphics
• CD-ROM drive

Windows Vista: Recommended System Requirements

But you know the thing about requirements... Microsoft also said XP could run with 64MB of RAM... 128MB or more recommended...
Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements

[Quakindude]

Even though I keep paying Bill Gate's shoe shine boy, this new tiered pricing scheme is just plain silly. 4 different OS levels with a total of 12 different boxes is more confusing than anything.

Home Basic Retail - Home Basic OEM - Home Basic Student
Home Premium Retail - OEM - Student....

See where I'm going with this? Whoever came up with this pricing scheme should be friggin shot. Then hung. Then dragged behind a tank with another tank slowly driving up his legs. Or swap that around for best results, glue him back together and do it again in front of his mother.

[screwballl]

any of the people I talk to at work (customers) all buy it pre-installed on their dell or HP or whatever and it is still buggy.... all I can help with is getting their dialup or content filter setup and leave it at that...

too bad we couldn't start a pay per call tech support line

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by screwballl

any of the people I talk to at work (customers) all buy it pre-installed on their dell or HP or whatever and it is still buggy.... all I can help with is getting their dialup or content filter setup and leave it at that...

too bad we couldn't start a pay per call tech support line

Wanna hear the worse? A client of us bought a HP laptop, worth around $1500.00 US. It comes with Vista pre-installed. She sees the sound doesn't work when she watches movies so she comes in our boutique to see what we can do about it. Everything seems fine, so we check HP website to see if there's any help there. On the product page they wrote that they know the sound does not work while viewing movies and they are working hard to find a fix to this situation. They should released updated software shortly.
I laughed my ass off, for a good 5 minutes at least.

[Dr. V]

Originally Posted by Quakindude

Even though I keep paying Bill Gate's shoe shine boy, this new tiered pricing scheme is just plain silly. 4 different OS levels with a total of 12 different boxes is more confusing than anything.

Home Basic Retail - Home Basic OEM - Home Basic Student
Home Premium Retail - OEM - Student....

See where I'm going with this? Whoever came up with this pricing scheme should be friggin shot. Then hung. Then dragged behind a tank with another tank slowly driving up his legs. Or swap that around for best results, glue him back together and do it again in front of his mother.

LMFAO LMFAO OMG I DIED FROM LAUGHTER HERE MAN!

definitely well-said. i loved it.