Vista - New to Vista

**djmorgan** · 05-30-2008

Hi! After saying I'd never use Vista here I am running a Vista rig! and after 2 days I have to say it is great.

I have a HP Laptop Core2duo @ 2.4 + 3 Gb memory and 500 GB drive (2x250) it came package with Home Premium which I moved up to Ultimate.

Initially I thought I could not live with the sytem asking me to confirm everything and not letting me do things I took for granted with XP however, after reading the forums here I found out about Super Admin and other tips and tricks and now I love it.

Very fast lots of eye candy! does a PI 2million in 55 secs mirrors my HD using Acronis in less than 1/2 hour - took XP 1 1/2 hours!

So I'm a happy camper

**Bare Foot Kid** · 05-30-2008

Hello djmorgan,

Welcome to the forums!

Yeah, Vista is great!

Later

Ted

**Zdon** · 05-30-2008

It's very nice to hear such a good report on someone's initial Vista experience. I, and many others, don't run UAC. UAC, IMO, is aimed primarily at organization network use--although it can be useful "at home." The best reasons, IMO, for not using UAC are if one is on a primarily single-user computer and runs good virus and malware protection and a 3rd party firewall with good outbound protection. You might as well run as administrator too, IMO. Others will disagree with my views.

05-30-2008	#1 (permalink)
djmorgan Vista Ultimate 32 bit 31 posts	New to Vista Hi! After saying I'd never use Vista here I am running a Vista rig! and after 2 days I have to say it is great. I have a HP Laptop Core2duo @ 2.4 + 3 Gb memory and 500 GB drive (2x250) it came package with Home Premium which I moved up to Ultimate. Initially I thought I could not live with the sytem asking me to confirm everything and not letting me do things I took for granted with XP however, after reading the forums here I found out about Super Admin and other tips and tricks and now I love it. Very fast lots of eye candy! does a PI 2million in 55 secs mirrors my HD using Acronis in less than 1/2 hour - took XP 1 1/2 hours! So I'm a happy camper
My System Specs

05-30-2008	#2 (permalink)
Bare Foot Kid Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro 2,126 posts	Re: New to Vista Hello djmorgan, Welcome to the forums! Yeah, Vista is great! Later Ted
My System Specs

05-30-2008	#3 (permalink)
Zdon Ultimate x64/32bit 68 posts	Re: New to Vista It's very nice to hear such a good report on someone's initial Vista experience. I, and many others, don't run UAC. UAC, IMO, is aimed primarily at organization network use--although it can be useful "at home." The best reasons, IMO, for not using UAC are if one is on a primarily single-user computer and runs good virus and malware protection and a 3rd party firewall with good outbound protection. You might as well run as administrator too, IMO. Others will disagree with my views.
My System Specs