Top 10 reasons to use for VISTA ( updated )

[boyet_ortiga]

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By the way I like the last part no. 10 :mrgreen:

Top 10 Reasons to use :

1. UI built for the era of video and digital photography
It's not actually Microsoft's key selling point, but the thing that everyone will probably find the most useful about Windows Vista is that photos, videos and music are not treated the same as Word documents any more. When you open a folder of photos, they come up as they'd appear in Google Picasa or Apple iPhoto. There's inbuilt basic photo editing. Music folders come up in columns of ID3 tags, a bit like iTunes. Finally, you don't have to rely so much on third party apps to work with your files.

2. Image-based install
PC enthusiasts spend a lot of time installing and reinstalling Windows for their own and other people's PCs.DVD is actually a pre-installed version of the OS in a compressed form, making it substantially quicker to install. It's also much easier to customise for unprompted installation with the correct defaults, and you can even install your own software automatically at the time Vista is installed - like slipstreaming service packs but on steroids.

3. Up-to-date driver base and better driver handling on installation
Enjoy the just-baked driverbase while it lasts (19,500 drivers large). If you do need to use a special disk driver during installation in the future it won't have to be on floppy disk. Now you can use a USB memory key or CD. Also, Microsoft is now making much greater use of Windows Update for provision of drivers that aren't present in the Windows RTM driver base. Windows Chief Jim Allchin talks about it here.

4. Desktop search and search folders built in
Yes, you could already get umpteen desktop search apps including Windows Desktop Search from Microsoft for XP, but you can't underestimate the importance of it being installed on every single Windows Vista PC. Now when your mum rings saying she's lost a document she's been working on all day you can just direct her to the start menu. Also, desktop search folders are handy for finding stuff you haven't necessarily got stored in one folder but that is useful to gather together from time to time (e.g. documents with "tax, invoice or receipt" in them).

5. Sleep mode that actually works.
It's a small thing, but makes a big difference: Windows Vista has finally caught up to operating systems that can sleep near instantly and wake up reliably, in a couple of seconds. Read more...

6. Rock-solid laptop encryption
The data on your laptop is worth a hell of a lot to an identity thief.Windows Vista's "Bitlocker" encryption (only in Enterprise and Ultimate versions) does heavy-duty, full-drive encryption, so you can be certain that unless a thief has your password there's simply no way they're going to get in. Read more...

7. Better file navigation
Windows Vista now has some time-saving features like favourite folders displayed in the left column of every Explorer window, as well as "breadcrumbed" folder lists allowing you to quickly jump backward and forward through a path. Sure, these should have been put into Windows years ago, but at least they're here now.

8. Inbuilt undelete
Or, depending on how you look at it, inbuilt rolling backup. Every time you make a change to a file or delete it, Windows keeps the previous version. As a result, the "oh !@#$ I just overwrote my entire PhD with Document1" feeling can be quickly assuaged.

9. DirectX10
OK, this isn't so much a benefit as your hand being forced: DirectX 10 will never be made for XP, and a raft of games have already been announced ‘exclusively' for 10. Admittedly it does take gaming graphics to the next level, but it's very much tied to Windows Vista.

10. Face it, you have no choice
When Microsoft brings out a major renovation to Windows, you can choose to ignore it for a year or two, but then the device drivers start drying up for older versions of Windows, your friends start asking questions about their new PC that you can't answer, and even if you use Linux, you'll inevitably need familiarity with Microsoft's latest interoperability blockers. Face it: your arse belongs to Redmond.

permit me to comment on number10.....we are the customers and we have the right to choose....but i like vista kay ga-facelift na pero needs more time for tests, hacks, debugs para madawat sa publiko....nindot na unta ni e-maintain lang usa ang XP kay nagkastable na man niagi na ug daghang pagsulay pa-gwapahon lang ang desktop parehas sa mcosx or vista or ubuntu compiz-fusion.....then kung kublan na ang vista release it to the public dayon.....but then i still choose XP kung tagaan ko orig hehehhehe....di ko palit pirated oi.....magmantinir n lang ko libre OS Ubuntu bahala malibog tag samot ani sa linux environment.....lol....

[djereza]

permit me to comment on number10.....we are the customers and we have the right to choose....but i like vista kay ga-facelift na pero needs more time for tests, hacks, debugs para madawat sa publiko....nindot na unta ni e-maintain lang usa ang XP kay nagkastable na man niagi na ug daghang pagsulay pa-gwapahon lang ang desktop parehas sa mcosx or vista or ubuntu compiz-fusion.....then kung kublan na ang vista release it to the public dayon.....

thats what you called business bro.. most of the software made especially sa microsoft..is never perfect. naa gyud nay patches and bugs.

Then they will make a newer version (XP to Vista) with new features and enchancements unya wala lang gi release kuyog sa XP cos ma completo na diba?? I.release na with Vista para palit nasad ta..unya ka kwarta nasad sila.. its all business.

[boyet_ortiga]

thats what you called business bro.. most of the software made especially sa microsoft..is never perfect. naa gyud nay patches and bugs.

Then they will make a newer version (XP to Vista) with new features and enchancements unya wala lang gi release kuyog sa XP cos ma completo na diba?? I.release na with Vista para palit nasad ta..unya ka kwarta nasad sila.. its all business.

aw hinuon wala pa man gyud perfect nga OS... wala na problema business kay skwela btaw ta para makat-on og business/trabaho basta ma-treat lang ta as customer nga always right.....ni comment lang ko sa number10 it sounds harsh gamay

[djereza]

ana gyud na ang microsoft.. like today..they're not making xbox games anymore...kay xbox360 ra buhaton. para ang mga xbox consoles fans..ma pugos ug palit sa xbox360.

[boyet_ortiga]

ana gyud na ang microsoft.. like today..they're not making xbox games anymore...kay xbox360 ra buhaton. para ang mga xbox consoles fans..ma pugos ug palit sa xbox360.

ya kita ra pod cguro ang makalitan og dili dayon makadawat panahon nga pangilisan ang mga naandan nag gamit...ilabi pod kung wala pa budget....pero i tried vista sa informatics ok ra baya...pagtry lang pod nako NMAP naks daghag buslot..aw siguro by default ra pod hinuon ang security ato or gitapolan ang administrator pagsecure...

[EarlZ]

2^32 is 4.2 trillion.

Yes, 4.2Trillion then you factor in the 32bit limitation

2^32 = 4,294,967,296
4,294,967,296 / (1,024 x 1,024) = 4,096

So a 32bit machine is only capable of address 4.2Gbyte of RAM.
So 4.2Gbyte is the maximum RAM you could address in a 32bit Pentium.

Its actually 4,096 flat.
Its a combined limitation of both x86 architecture (Mapped I/O) and 32bit O.S. (4,096 addressable range )

EDIT: on a gamers machine that ram is further reduced by the total VRAM used on the card, w/c is shadowed over the system ram.

Some server software have AWE (address windowing extension) and able to accept more ram but 4.2Gbyte is only accessible per program/thread.
Vista may support this function. But for normal use (not servers), adding more than 4Gb RAM has very little effect.

Yes you can use AWE and PAE to have a 36bit support but performance hit is so huge on some applications.
64bit O.S. still have this so called memory hole but at a far bigger value.. windows be defualt is limiting 2gb for user/kernel vista has a limit of 8Tb




More on AWE/PAE can be read in this old article.
HERE


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At the end of the day, Im excited about vista's offering and wish the improvements/fixes would come it faster.. altho i will not benefit from 64bit in gaming but just for the hell of it

[ceannix]

i recommend vista 64bit. Very nice updates. compatible ra kaau akong mga drivers plus mo run ra ako mga software that I used to do in XP.

Patience lng mo sa Vista coz its already catching up and in time mao na ni gamiton sa tanan. bow!

[amd64x2]

thats the pc trend, ther is no baseline tech, tech moves and evolves, i am using vista 32bit!

[vladmire]

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nice btaw kaau... bago rako nag-install... so far wala pako problems... naanad man gud ko sa xp...

[joshbonz]

vista sucks! lot of security settings that needs to be patched up w/ their new SPs