Is vista business alright

I think Nihil summed it all up there ...

Hi Cider,

I am sure that you remember that we discussed this before?

http://antionline.com/showthread.php...ighlight=vista

I built a couple of machines out of 5+ year old components to get a feel for the OS. I was reasonably impressed by the results on boxes that rate around 4 on the Vista internal performance indicator.

I was looking at things from the older home user and SOHO user's viewpoint, rather than the games, graphics, and mattoid mathematician's one. In other words, I haven't tested high end rigs on the grounds that they ought to work anyway?

My experience was that Vista (Home Premium) performed quite adequately.

The equipment was:

Test rig #1:

Gigabyte MoBo (AGP 4x)
Athlon XP2400+ (single core 2.01Mhz clockspeed)
1Gb PC 2700 RAM
7200rpm PATA drive
256Mb DDR2 Videocard

Test rig #2

Gigabyte MoBo (AGP8x)
Athlon XP3000+ (single core 2.17Mhz clockspeed)
1.5Gb PC 3200 RAM
7200rpm PATA drive
256Mb DDR2 Videocard

Not exactly what you would call rocket science?

I found that both of them performed perfectly adequately in the operating context that I have described. Please remember that I am looking at this from a "User Acceptance Testing" viewpoint rather than "benchmarking" which is pretty irrelevant IMO. I take the view that customer satisfaction is based on customer perception, and that customer perception is subjective rather than objective.

Interestingly, the two HP LaserJet printers (6L and 6P) were instantly recognised, and those must be 10+ years old (well done HP!). Incidentally, these are both 25 pin serial port devices.

MS have done a good job with generic drivers for HIDs such as keyboards, mice and trackballs....... even serial port ones work!!!

PROBLEMS:

1. Neither of my ADSL modems would work. They don't work with Linux either ................
2. There is no support for the 15 pin game port.:cry:
3. My scanners won't work........... but I had difficulty getting them to work with Windows 2000. To be honest, I can't really complain about equipment that was delivered by the guys who collect my garbage, can I? :D

I haven't tested SP1 yet, but will apply it to one of the boxes and see what the difference is.

:)

Why you getting scanners from the garbage man :)

Anyway to sum it up.

I like Vista with UAC on.

There is just 1 update I cannt install. I dont know the KB number its at home. However I am happy with it.

On a customer note, I have some problems because I think people are used to XP.

Also with our corporate Panda software , deploying to a vista machines sometimes doesnt go smoothly. Im sure this is due to the lock down of security.

Hi Cider,

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Why you getting scanners from the garbage man :)

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Actually, I get all sorts of computer stuff from them. Why go dumpster diving when you have professionals who will deliver to your door?

It is a form of recycling ;)

Anyways, when I reach my second childhood I have guaranteed entry to a kindergarten and an old folks' home............ several actually :D

"Refurbishing for the Community" or whatever?

Hey all

Everything is going great however I just have one problem. This particular update will not install.

Update for Windows Vista for x64 based systems (KB938371)

It fails all the time on installing. Ive googled and it seems to be a widespread problem. Anyone know anything?