[howlett15]

ok so for graduation i finally got a new laptop! its a dell xps m1530 and so far i love it!

im not familiar with windows vista and i know with xp there were some tips on how to speed it up soooo....i was wondering if you guys could give me some tips and/or tricks on how to make it faster or get the best out of it! Thanks!

ps im not shy with using the thanks button

[ez3t0r]

if you laptop came with vista... you should upgrade to XP...

you should double-thank me for this piece of advice

[dale1v]

Agreed.

[timjack2]

I triple that.


Vista is really frustrating...

[y0haan]

I got one of those from Dell as well. Yeah, Vista is a hog .. The Dell techies would not even give me drivers for XP. I'm thinking to just run Red Hat.

[iBlade]

I would say xp and ubuntu via dual boot, or hell if you like to keep astalla vista then tripple boot.

[howlett15]

I dont understand what alot of this means lol

[iBlade]

In that case I would recommend to leave your laptop as is till you know more. Do search google or better yet dell forums for more detailed answers.

[Rustynuts]

Originally Posted by howlett15

ok so for graduation i finally got a new laptop! its a dell xps m1530 and so far i love it!

im not familiar with windows vista and i know with xp there were some tips on how to speed it up soooo....i was wondering if you guys could give me some tips and/or tricks on how to make it faster or get the best out of it! Thanks!

ps im not shy with using the thanks button

go to youtube and search vista tweek, and how to speed up vista.. theres loads of good vids on there

[Zeal]

You noobs vista works fine for me.... I don't understand how everyone has problems with it.

Quit Phailing.

[redcard]

It's not just noobs who think Vista sucks, about 80% of the tech community agree.

[bts0uth]

vista is fine. i have used it since it was in beta and it is perfectly fine for me. people will hate on anything and everything

[Aiyo]

Originally Posted by Zeal

You noobs vista works fine for me.... I don't understand how everyone has problems with it.

Quit Phailing.

Its because we are computer veterans who know what we want in a computer. Your just an average person who does regular things like me little brother. You guys got used to what vista does, but us veterans cant get used to it because it limits what we're used too. Conclusion: We aren't failing, we're just too smart for vista.

[Chase817]

This is a pretty good article:
Speed Up Vista

[bts0uth]

Originally Posted by Aiyo

Its because we are computer veterans who know what we want in a computer. Your just an average person who does regular things like me little brother. You guys got used to what vista does, but us veterans cant get used to it because it limits what we're used too. Conclusion: We aren't failing, we're just too smart for vista.

Honestly, that made me laugh. I have been writing code in C++ since I was 13 years old and been a huge nerd ever since then. You are NOT too smart for vista, your probably just not smart enough to change what you don't like. Wow, "Your just an average person who does regular things like me little brother" lololol
How do you explain, "it limits what we are used to"? what exactly does it limit that xp allowed?

Of course different OS's have different limits but I am talking about windows machines, I don't use macs. I assume if you tried vista you came from xp and not a mac.

so who certified you to be a "computer veteran"? where can i get that title?

p.s. I hate UAC but it is very simple to disable it completely and not ever have it prompt you.

edit: I see your using OSX, I can't compare the two because I have never used OSX but oh welll. Vista gets a lot more sh*t then it deserves.