Re: Is Vista now safe to install?

Claude Hopper

OldGrantonian wrote:
> When my Dell laptop arrived in June 2007 it was pre-loaded with Vista. Due to
> the many reported problems, I immediately wiped Vista and installed WinXP
> Home from my old Dell laptop.
>
> Dell are going to send me a replacement hard drive in a couple of days. So,
> is it now safe to install Vista?
>
> If the answer is "yes", are there any recommendations about what Service
> Packs I should, or should not, install?
>
> BTW: I'm not really interested in the *individual* opinion of whichever kind
> person(s) reply to my post. I'm more interested in knowing what the "average"
> Vista user-base thinks. Any links to previous user polls might be useful.

Vista with Service pack 1 came on my new laptop. Being a Linux user I'd
have to say that Visa performs surprisingly well. Although there are
many programs that will not install in Vista that were ok with XP or
W2K. Backward compatibility has taken a hit in my opinion.