It installed quickly, only taking maybe 1.5 hours including the time to
fetch and install updates from the MS website. Lot less time and pain
to install Vista than to install XP. It recognized all of my hardware
(4 year old Compaq Evo 2.4 gig P4 with 768mb RAM, onboard
video/sound/USB 2.0 card, etc.).
It looks nicer than XP. The icons, menus, and the rest of the UI is
great. It seems to run just as fast as XP. And all my fave software
works on Vista -- iTunes, Open Office, Mozilla Thunderbird/Firefox, etc..
Basic does lack some of the features that the pricier versions of Vista
contain, but I don't really need any of those features like the
automated backup. I simply keep all my docs, pictures, and other data
in a single file, and then save that to a DVD disc periodically. Also,
the Aero interface (wich isn't included in Basic) is really just eye
candy. Plus my older hardware won't even run the Aero interface anyway,
so Basic not having Aero is no big deal. I'll probably buy a new PC in
a year, so I can then get a better version of Vista bundled with it.
:> It recognized all of my hardware
:>(4 year old Compaq Evo 2.4 gig P4 with 768mb RAM, onboard
:>video/sound/USB 2.0 card, etc.).
Vista with only 768M? And it runs OK?
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