Earlier I bragged about having Vista. Now for a followup. For the most part I am impressed. When I installed Vista it kept all my files and programs. But as I checked my Processes and System usage I was using about 1GB of ram continuously. I decided this wasn’t acceptable and probably had something to do with everything I had installed.
In an effort to go pure. I installed a vanilla copy with no third party programs. It ran like a dream! I love it. Being as new as it is there are a few little quirks, but for the average home or business user these quirks will not get in your way. However, if you are like me and love to have every friggin program you own installed then you will have some problems.
This is my advice to anyone that wants to move to Vista. Rent, buy or borrow an external USB hard disk. Move ALL your irreplaceable files over to it. This includes all your photos, documents, personal videos, source code, etc. Once you have moved all your “OMG My computer crashed it’s lost forever!!!” files to the back up disk, format your old drive and install Vista on it. Once up and running, scan your old files for viruses before moving them back.
DO IT! It will save you a lot of headaches and guessing. Plus you get a clean install.
Time for class…
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