chuckcmagee
Veteran Member
I am not that big of a fan of Microsoft. I am not a "anti-Bill zealot" either. Microsoft finally made a product I love, MSN Explorer/Premium. The main thing I love is no matter what laptop I use (and I have a bunch), my favorites/bookmarks follow me around. I know, I could use Firefox and Foxmarks. I do that too.
Anyway, 1 year after Vista hits the streets, I broke down and purchased a OEM version of Vista Ultimate. I love all the eye candy. The one I really love is the Aero "switch between windows", where it shows all the windows like plywood boards at a slant and you click on the one you want. I was smart enough to install it on a CoreDuo laptop with 1 GB of memory and a fast SATA hard drive, good video card. Hard drive is somewhat on the small side as I left XP Pro on the drive. 60 GB drive is just about the minimum if you want to keep both around. Vista seems to handle all the crud with "only" 1 GB of memory available. I am sure I would have disappointed if I had tried a less powerful laptop as my first try. You do seem to need at least a CoreDuo to handle all the years of "bloatware" packed into the hundreds of 'dll's.
Anyway, 1 year after Vista hits the streets, I broke down and purchased a OEM version of Vista Ultimate. I love all the eye candy. The one I really love is the Aero "switch between windows", where it shows all the windows like plywood boards at a slant and you click on the one you want. I was smart enough to install it on a CoreDuo laptop with 1 GB of memory and a fast SATA hard drive, good video card. Hard drive is somewhat on the small side as I left XP Pro on the drive. 60 GB drive is just about the minimum if you want to keep both around. Vista seems to handle all the crud with "only" 1 GB of memory available. I am sure I would have disappointed if I had tried a less powerful laptop as my first try. You do seem to need at least a CoreDuo to handle all the years of "bloatware" packed into the hundreds of 'dll's.