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Originally Posted by LetItSnow
Do you have Service Pack 1?
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The machine was bought at the end of August. I presume it is the latest version, or is that a safe assumption? The OS is Vista Home Premium
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Originally Posted by 1986nate
Sorry to hear that Joe, Up until I bought my new computer a couple of months ago I had also hated the experiences that I had using it on both friends computers as well as on my mom's business laptop. On my mom's it actually crashed while installing SP1 but I was able to get it back running properly.
But now that I have it, I was able to go through and disable a lot of options and I also downloaded a trial of Tuneup Utilities 08 which also helps to easily find and turn off some settings that had been very annoying in my experiences. With a little exploration and changes it is actually a great OS. I also got a tower so that in case I absolutely couldn't stand it I could easily install a dual OS and have XP but I have had no complaints and haven't bothered doing that to this point.
Also one thing to point out is that I think it greatly depends on what version of Vista You are running and also to make sure you have plenty of memory. Even though Vista basic minimum is 1/2 gig and I believe The premium min is 1 gig, I firmly believe from experience that at the very least 1.5 gigs of ram is absolutely necessary. Also there are the 32bit as well as 64bit versions of Vista. My friends and my mom's computers all had the 32bit while mine has the 64bit. Just a bit of info to try and help.
-Nate
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Nate, the laptop is a Dell XPS 1330 with a pretty high spec. From memory it has a Core Duo 2.8 chip, 250 Gig hard drive SATA type 7200 I think, plus it has 4 Gigs of ram, which should be enough to carry the onboard programmes without shutting down.
Thanks fellas for the support, it is much appreciated.
I hear what you are saying about having the machine for a while and getting around to taking off some options and downloading a utilities programme that now has it stable.
However, as a non-PC savvy person, am I asking too much to expect that a laptop that cost me over $1500 should work straight from the box, and not crash? Why is Dell shipping a machine with options enabled that are causing the machine to be flaky? Could these not be switched off at install, and the user could turn them on later if the user perceived a need to use them?
"With a little exploration and changes it is actually a great operating system"
Could these explorations and changes not be applied at source before they ship out a machine to customers like me who just like to switch on the machines and work them?
To me Nate, a great operating system is a working operating system. The word "operating" means working. If it ain't working or won't stay working, then it's not a good OS, never mind a great OS. Hard times are not just coming, they are here already, and Dell and MS will regret sending sub-standard software to customers that drive them into the arms of their Mac competitors.
Joe
