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View Poll Results: Vista Like or Dislike
Dislike Vista 75 15.43%
I like Vista 382 78.60%
Not used Vista before 29 5.97%
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Old 03-31-08   #261 (permalink)
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I absolutely love it! Took a while to get the wireless drivers setup but after that I was home free I don't know why people hate it so much.
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Anyway, back to the MAIN topic:

What significant advantage does vista have over XP? Or 2000?
Apart from memory management, heres one:

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Looking at the issues and limitations of TCP/IP networking on existing Windows platform, Vista's enhancements in this area add another compelling reason to why upgrading XP desktops to Vista can be a desirable goal for large enterprises that require optimal throughput on their WAN links, enhanced security for remote client VPN connectivity, and greater performance for wireless networks.
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Sounds like a hardware problem to me. Have you tried skipping around the hub?
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So that's 369 OCN members on Microsoft's payroll eh?


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