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Old 11-26-2006, 07:16 PM
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Default Windows Vista Users: A Few ?'s

Should I upgrade my PC to Vista? It's compatible and all but a few questions need to be answered:

I have an AMD 64 3500+ with a 7800GT and 1gb of Ram
Where do I find drivers?
How well does it work?
Will my current xp programs be compatible? Specifically games, virus scanners, etc (any of the essentials).
Old 11-26-2006, 07:17 PM
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a. use xp drivers
b. i ran beta 1.... ran fine most of the time
c. games/programs are hit or miss..... google the game title followed by vista and see if others are having issues.
Old 11-26-2006, 07:21 PM
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I can back down to XP because the bugs were pissing me off. I was runing RC1 and when I hit sleep, sometimes it wouldn't go to sleep


I'm not sure if I'm going to go back since all the IBM programs don't work
Old 11-26-2006, 07:25 PM
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i was on w2k until 2004
Old 11-26-2006, 07:36 PM
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I'm holding off on Vista until SP1.
Old 11-26-2006, 07:43 PM
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you'll need another gig of ram if you're running the 64 bit version
Old 11-26-2006, 09:37 PM
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upgrade ms operating systems is a bitch, i just wait to get a pc with vista already on it and stay with xp.
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Originally Posted by Tyler88
upgrade ms operating systems is a bitch, i just wait to get a pc with vista already on it and stay with xp.
are you serious?
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Stick with XP.
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Originally Posted by Brar
are you serious?
yep, i'll admit i'm not very computer savy. I upgraded from windows me to xp and it was not fun. Could be my situation though



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