Waco Posted June 7, 2012 You know I feel like windows 8 is going to be exactly like vista. When vista came out it was like a blizzard hit. Everyone hunkered down with as many copies of XP as people could buy. Then we waited for the winter to pass and then in the spring we were rewarded with windows 7. I feel like that is going to happen again. All the people who love windows 7 will just wait out windows 8 and prey that windows 9 (or whatever they call it) will be somewhat decent. Most of the problem with Vista was that it was "cool" and you were "smart" to dog on it. I bought enough copies to upgrade every machine I had on launch day and never had any real problems with it at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flareback Posted June 7, 2012 Most of the problem with Vista was that it was "cool" and you were "smart" to dog on it. I bought enough copies to upgrade every machine I had on launch day and never had any real problems with it at all. I never had a problem with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewr05 Posted June 7, 2012 Most of the problem with Vista was that it was "cool" and you were "smart" to dog on it. I bought enough copies to upgrade every machine I had on launch day and never had any real problems with it at all.+1 It was clunky in some areas but I've used (and still use) many systems with Vista, it's not terrible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulktreg Posted June 7, 2012 I still use Vista on two laptops and it works, I've had no real problems. (If given the choice however it would be Windows 7 but the laptops are just "work" machines and I can't justify replacing an OS that does what I need it to do with Windows 7). I think MS are just testing the water with Windows 8 and aiming it at the tablet market for now because to my mind Win 7 users aren't going to upgrade to Win 8, why should they? Windows 8 may very well prove to be a flop, who can tell, but going of Microsofts track record it will provide the basis for a very successful Windows 9, 8i, middle of the millenium edition or whatever they call it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IVIYTH0S Posted June 8, 2012 Once Vista got Service Pack 3, it was windows 7 lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UkJenT Posted June 8, 2012 I never had any problems with Windows VIsta. I guess people just didn't know how to use it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_TheAlexO Posted June 8, 2012 Most of the problem with Vista was that it was "cool" and you were "smart" to dog on it. I bought enough copies to upgrade every machine I had on launch day and never had any real problems with it at all. It just felt clunky to me. I never had any problems, just didn't like the way it felt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muchoman1 Posted June 8, 2012 I had vista on both my laptops (they were high end when i got them, core 2 duo, 4gb ram, 1gb graphics etc) and loved it, i hated the look of XP, and because my laptops were fast, they could run vista without issue. I think the main problem people had with vista was that it was put on systems that were too low end for it, eg 2gb ram and single core cpu, those low end systems would run XP fine, but then retailers would put vista on everything as a selling point, and the machines had poor performance due to that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slick2500 Posted June 8, 2012 This is just another step into the cycle. Windows 95 - Amazing Windows 98 - Horrible Windows 98SE -Amazing Windows NT - Horrible Windows 2000 - Amazing Windows ME - Horrible Windows XP - Amazing Windows Vista - Horrible Windows 7 - Amazing Windows 8 - ????? Seems like the trend will continue for a while. Fixed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomana Posted June 30, 2012 This is just another step into the cycle. Windows 95 - Amazing Windows 98 - Horrible Windows 2000 - Amazing Windows ME - Horrible Windows XP - Amazing Windows Vista - Horrible Windows 7 - Amazing Windows 8 - ????? Seems like the trend will continue for a while. I think ur on too something there - almost seems planned, if you ask me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EuroFight Posted July 12, 2012 Although I totally agree with you about Microsoft releasing 1 good, 1 bad OS, I can see a good side of Windows 8; I tried Windows 8 on my home PC. Windows 7 was back on within 10min, however, when I tried Windows 8 on a touch-screen device, I actually found it more comfortable to use than Windows 7. Windows 8 is designed to harness touch-screen devices, but for those who do not have touch screens yet (i.e. me), I personally recommend sticking with Windows 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wevsspot Posted July 12, 2012 Vista 64-bit was (and still is a good OS) with a little bit of tweaking. It was very heavy on resources but with the right know how and SP2 it was a fine OS. But on the subject of the missing start button and no boot to desktop in W8.............. emmm sounds like a big mistake to me. Will have to wait and see. Most folks just don't like change (disclaimer - I probably fit into that category). Either we'll all learn to love it, or we'll hate it and stick with XP, just like I did for so long after Vista was released. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
