Re: Is Vista now safe to install?

Bill Sharpe

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.

Aside from turning off user account controls I have had no problems with
Vista SP1 installed on my Compaq notebook purchased in August.

MS dumbed down the built-in Vista defragger so that it is practically
useless. I use a third-party defragger about once a month.

Bill