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Originally Posted by Chris Exley
Running Vista on an HP Pavillion notebook.
Best operating system I have used from Microsoft. In the interest of full disclosure, I am an application developer who uses Microsoft products.
I started using vista with beta 1, moved to beta 2 and then to production Vista Ultimate. Beta 1 was very buggy, but that's what I get for using a beta, beta 2 was much more stable, though still a bit unstable.
RTM version of ultimate had no problems installing or configuring. Very easy to make sure my computer is secure.
I have not upgraded an older computer to Vista, but if you do, make sure to go to your hardware manufacturers and download the Vista device drivers for your computer before doing the upgrade and put them on a cd so that you will have them when upgrading.
Chris
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And have plenty of RAM (Random Access Memory). If your pocketbook will stand it, max out your RAM (2 GB or more). Vista is a memory hog, but those who have ample RAM (at least 1 GB) seem happy with it. Definitely get the drivers for your peripherals AND internal items such as DVD drives, etc.