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Hi Ranger, Yea, I did forget that point. Vista hardly ever crashes requiring a re-boot. It usually sorts itself out and restarts the graphics driver or just continues after a short pause. Dreamscape/Deskscape is one of those that will re-start the driver. Seems a bit more stable now though since the latest updates. I am impressed at how Vista holds itself together in these cases, remembering the awful nightmares of graphics lock-ups in XP, 2K etc. Someone mentioned they didnt l

Reply to Vista Hating Shows Strength of XP in OS Wars WinCustomize Forums

Hi vStyler, Yes, most people are on a lot less than that. I always tell em not to bother with Vista until they need a new machine and I refuse to build Vista machines unless the client is willing to pay for a decent one. It really does need a powerful machine to run to it's full potential. You can turn off loads of stuff like the indexer, Defender etc so that older machines can run better but that defeats the object of installing it. Most business' buy cheap machines, thats whats stoppi

Reply to Vista Hating Shows Strength of XP in OS Wars WinCustomize Forums

Hi all I think most people dont know about the benefits of Vista(thats MS's fault) so here are a few that I find make the experience so much better than XP(would never go back to it). I run Vista 32bit Ultimate and have had very few problems. It's all very stable and runs everything extremely quickly. Never had a blue screen. But you need a very powerful newly built PC to run to it's full potential. At least Core Duo, 4GB ram(3.2 roughly usable), huge graphics card and preferably a raid