Comments on: Vista 1, JK 1- score is now tied on the Vista front

By: MiniMage

MiniMage — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:53:46 +0000

I meant to respond much earlier, but I also had to throw in the towel with my ViewSonic V1250. The major issue was that networking wouldn’t work after sleep or hibernate, and this would cause a BSOD. It resisted neaaly all attempts to install other wireless drivers. I searched Connect, then bugged it when I didn’t find another report (my bug was still closed as a duplicate).

By: Steve Castaneda

Steve Castaneda — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:06:11 +0000

I’m contemplating an RC2 install in my M400. I’ve hard some great things about the Tablet functionality so I’m pretty excited about it.

What will happen to Vista Beta once it gets publicly released? Does it just quit working on you? This is the only thing keeping me back from testing, as my M400 is a daily user and I’d hate to have to switch intalled OS’s again.

Would be neat if they let BETA users purchase a new key, and let you switch it in Beta to make a legit copy once it goes public. I can see how this can have downfalls, however.

By: AdamC

AdamC — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:26:58 +0000

I tried to throw in the towel on using Vista on my eo i7210 due to the few holes I had and went back to XP, but I can’t stand XP any more, so the pain I feel is worth it. Of course, I’m running RC1 (too many more problems with RC2), but the improved interface, the TIP, etc. etc. is too compelling to me.

By: John in Norway

John in Norway — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:13:43 +0000

I had to download Vista RC1 SEVEN times before I got a copy that worked! RC2 took 5 downloads! I’ve tried RC2 on various machines I have laying around and each one throws up different problems, even with the same hardware and software.

I’m with Dennis with my m200. Whilst I’d love to have the new inking experience I think I’ll stick with XP. Maybe when Kevin tells us how he’s got the buttons working on his Q1 I’ll try that.

By: Dennis Rice

Dennis Rice — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:50:41 +0000

Well, I haven’t posted this on GBM yet, but I am throwing in the towel on my M200 Vista install. I have spent too many hours on it, and although I have a “working” system, there are too many holes in it, and the performance is lacking. I am going back to XP, and will relegate this machine to that role. Vista is running great on my M280, and once I experienced that, I knew how slow my M200 was and quickly became disallusioned.

Too bad — it is such a nice machine.