I know it is a ny times reporter and that was the whole point of the video

You can see my system specs in my sig. I really like Vista, I sprayed it over XP Pro, just to see what the outcome might be, and just inside 3 hours, it was all finished. In my case, I had to uninstall ALL Norton products, and I chose to uninstall Roxio EZ-CD Creator prior to Vista install. I ran into one problem just over 24 hours after the update. My DVD drive was missing in My Computer. I ran "cdgone" and have had no problems since. I really think this version of windows is the best, as it should be! The search function is a lot easier to find ANYTHING, and the layout, and ability to manage many applications at one time is a plesant surprise. If you like WIndows, you will love Vista. Do research for your particular computer setup, run MS's Vista tool, and also run Dell's upgrade tool, it'll save you a hassle in the long-run.

Here are my system specs

 

Dell 2350

windows XP pro

intel p4 2.2 GHz

60 GB HDD

256 MB ram(i plan on upgrading my ram)

evga nvidia geforce fx5500

Microsoft's "new thing" is the glassy GUI.  They call it Aero.  I'm usually a er for eye candy and have occassionally skinned apps.  But clearly, Microsoft went bat crazy.  Aero is way too heavy handed with the eye candy.  

 

Vista is mostly okay.  Things are pretty much the same only a bit glassier.  Office 2007, on the other hand, has reshuffled the toolbars and menus so as to make them nearly unrecognizable.  Some buttons are square, some vertical, some horizontal.  Menus pop up all over the place.  I don't consider it an improvement at all.

 

Vista has a new feature called User Access Control.  It seizes control of the computer and pops up a warning anytime a user gets too close to kernel or system files.  It must detect this at a really low level because the screen always loses sync.  UAC is *a pain in the .*  I can't imagine why Microsoft bothered.  UAC is on by default but can be turned off. 

 

On the other hand, Vista is at least as stable as XP.  I had a few issues with dual monitors.  My #1 monitor would lose sync when I changed any settings.  But a driver update cleared it up. 

 

Drivers must not be as sparse as people hint.  I now have Vista running on a Dell, a homebrew Pentium D, and a HP Pavillion.  No driver issues.

 

I consider Vista a 100% trivial upgrade.  Nothing has wow'd me under the skin yet.  In fact, the skin peels back pretty easily.  It doesn't take much to see the old XP system lurking underneath.  The easiest way to see this is to hit -R and type CMD.  The command prompt STILL lacks modern cut and paste features.

 

Definitely not worth an upgrade fee.  But like I said, I'm a er for eye candy.

 

 

Vista really needs a new computer. Wait until you get one and stick with XP on the 2350.

I'll wait till windows vista gets cheaper. I don't make that much money

so I cant buy a brand new vista ready PC. if anybody has any other

thoughts of putting vista on my dell 2350 you can post them.

 

 

Thanks to all.

If that's an actual NYTimes reporter, he didn't do a very good job

at Proving vista isnt like macosx