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    Vista SP2, What's your verdict?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Win3K, May 28, 2009.

  1. Win3K

    Win3K Notebook Consultant

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    Microsoft has just released Vista SP2. What's your verdict on this?
     
    Win3K, May 28, 2009
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  2. anothergeek

    anothergeek Equivocally Nerdy

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    It's fine, go ahead and install. The only quirk I've noticed is I don't get the "popup" when I change volume, turn off wifi, etc.
     
    anothergeek, May 28, 2009
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  3. Deathwinger

    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    Same here. But my stuff is lightning fast right now. Almost no need for me to go with Windows 7 on this laptop other than Areo Peek, which I have fallen in love with and have taken as a concubine.
     
    Deathwinger, May 28, 2009
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  4. hanko panko

    hanko panko Notebook Evangelist

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    Vista has been my secondary system for the last six months. I did install SP2 and noticed no differences whatsoever...

    Windows 7 is the way to go!
     
    hanko panko, May 28, 2009
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  5. m4ttjirM

    m4ttjirM Notebook Guru

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    Seriously you should use 7 while its free for a year....
     
    m4ttjirM, May 28, 2009
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  6. Win3K

    Win3K Notebook Consultant

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    I had tried Win7 for about 2 weeks and there are so many errors, so I removed it. Btw, Vista SP2 so far so good. But can't really tell the differences.
     
    Win3K, May 28, 2009
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  7. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    No change whatsoever for me.
     
    Slaughterhouse, May 28, 2009
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  8. Quicklite

    Quicklite Notebook Deity

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    Same here. While there is no change, Vista does what I need, so not planning to mess with 7 again before RTM. I run W7 RC rarely in Virtual PC, but that's it.
     
    Quicklite, May 28, 2009
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  9. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    Kind of a shame really...I wish they made it run better. Vista is stable but still too slow and cluttered.
     
    Slaughterhouse, May 28, 2009
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  10. Soviet Sunrise

    Soviet Sunrise Notebook Prophet

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    Such as? 10char
     
    Soviet Sunrise, May 28, 2009
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  11. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    What's Vista?
     
    Kevin, May 28, 2009
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  12. Deathwinger

    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    Lol, based on your sig Kevin, you should probably be asking what is a laptop? :D
     
    Deathwinger, May 28, 2009
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  13. k9hydr4

    k9hydr4 Notebook Deity

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    Hehe..
    10chars
     
    k9hydr4, May 28, 2009
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  14. zfactor

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    the newest windows 7 version 7137 is AWESOME..
     
    zfactor, May 28, 2009
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  15. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Dang I need a new computer.
     
    Kevin, May 29, 2009
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  16. Win3K

    Win3K Notebook Consultant

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    I got tons of errors in Event logs such as WMI errors. I hate errors so no Win 7 for me, I'll pass.
    And also, it kept reboot itself randomly every 24 hours.
     
    Win3K, May 29, 2009
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