Comment Re:People like Vista because it's shiny (Score 1) 692
I dislike being called 'moron' by people who do not understand my situation.
I installed Vista and am using it. After an annoying two weeks getting used to what I thought was a slow machine it settled down and everything is running well.
It's RAM footprint is smaller than XPs and it is faster and smoother than my desktop XP (Also dual CPU with a slightly higher clock speed.)
The UAC works exactly as it should. Not that I run any really old programs but when you have misbehaving old program just give the user access to the Registry Keys and directories the program wants unfettered access to and the UAC warnings will disappear.
Is it perfect, no. I find the old style dialogs annoying, but I appreciate the 'if it aint broke don't fix it' to areas of the OS that people rarely go.
Is it stable and secure, absolutely. Why do you think that most malware is going to the social engineering approach?
Regards, Chris
I installed Vista and am using it. After an annoying two weeks getting used to what I thought was a slow machine it settled down and everything is running well.
It's RAM footprint is smaller than XPs and it is faster and smoother than my desktop XP (Also dual CPU with a slightly higher clock speed.)
The UAC works exactly as it should. Not that I run any really old programs but when you have misbehaving old program just give the user access to the Registry Keys and directories the program wants unfettered access to and the UAC warnings will disappear.
Is it perfect, no. I find the old style dialogs annoying, but I appreciate the 'if it aint broke don't fix it' to areas of the OS that people rarely go.
Is it stable and secure, absolutely. Why do you think that most malware is going to the social engineering approach?
Regards, Chris
