HK wrote:
WaIIy wrote:


BTW, did your Vista come with a new computer or did you buy it outright
and if so, for what reason.


1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Because I wanted to buy it.

Every two years or so I assemble a new desktop computer from what I
believe to be the best or fastest or both components generally
available. The vendor from whom I bought the ASUS motherboard had some
good prices on VISTA OEM, so I asked him to tuck in a copy. So, not only
did I buy a copy of VISTA, I bought it from an OEM supplier sans OS
technical support.

The few issues I have had with VISTA have been minor and easy to
resolve. All of my software but one program works just fine on VISTA,
and when I connected up everything, it found all my hardware and
installed all the necessary drives, but for one, and that issue was
easily resolved.

I run this desktop on the bleeding edge. It is full of beta and even
some alpha software, and it has been rock steady.

It is kind of humorous that my actual experience with VISTA has been
relatively trouble-free and a good learning experience while so many of
you are the wimps I suspected you were.

But, then, I'm just an English major.

Harry,
You are definitely on the bleeding edge. Absolutely every software
designer would tell you NEVER install alpa software on your working
desktop. Most would warn you not to install Beta software on your
working desktop.

But then again, you are an English major. Univ. of Kansas can crank out
some really smart ones.

How did you pick Univ. of Kansas out of all the the great state schools
in the general area. New York, Mass, New Jersey etc. While I don't
think of them as a top tier school, it definitely is head and shoulders
over Univ. of Kansas.