I'd bin Vista from my laptop in a flash if it wasn't for the fact that I'd 
have to spend 1/4 of what I paid for the laptop for a legitimate copy of XP. 
I've already paid for a copy of a crap OS so I refuse to line Micro$ofts 
pockets a second time. I have Ubuntu installed as a dual boot and although 
its running in VESA mode and I don't get the proper resolution its a hell of 
a lot more stable than Vista.

I've had nothing but problems with it from day one and I'm about to build a 
Linux server to hold all my backup data between the workshop and the house 
as Vista will not talk to any of my NAS devices.

Hey ho

Dom
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr Skip" <drskip@gmail.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:21 AM
Subject: [EE] Vista/XP update


> Just an update - I've ditched Vista... After hours and hours watching it
> install sp1, then uninstall it for some error, I couldn't take it any 
> more! I
> tried every possible change to get it to work, but there seems to be a 
> high
> proportion of users with new machines that can't install sp1. The only 
> step
> left was a wipe and start fresh to try that. No way...
>
> XP runs very fast and fine on this Acer, and their XP drivers are all 
> fine. A
> few hours to get the system the way I like vs the 2 weeks it took with 
> Vista.
>
> I should've done this day one!! And I highly recommend it to anyone! ;)
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