I remember those "Get a Mac" ad’s with Apple and all of the complaints of Windows Vista. I would of gone with Mac OS X at the time only if it was not so expensive. It was only until Windows 7 that I switched from Windows XP so I skipped it. But, overall Vista was okay, not good, not bad. I agree that Windows 7 is the best version of Windows.
@@makhirtech Back in 2005, macOS used to be cleaner, sharper and had a better-looking UI than Windows. Windows XP had a classic design, but OS X (macOS) had a much better and cleaner design! Nowadays, Windows is getting cleaner and cleaner, and in the future, Windows will be better-looking than macOS lol.
Windows 7 is a really good version of windows but windows vista was also really ahead of its time and I think that the worst version of windows is 8 (not 8.1)
Having had a laptop which came with Vista Home Premium, I didn't really have too many issues with the OS. While the UAC prompts were a bit annoying, the system was very stable and there wasn't too much difference between Vista and Windows 7 in daily use.
People don't realize that Windows 11 is still based on Vista, the major changes happened between XP and Vista, that's why hardware drivers from the XP era were not compatibles with Vista, but many hardware that had Vista drivers at the time work today with Windows 11, I plugged the other day an old Sound Blaster Audigy SE from mid 2000's and Windows 11 automatically installed drivers for it from Windows Update. And all the technology behind Windows Vista is still present today, the folder structure with the registry is the same, the driver model, the way it boots with the boot manager and the BCD, the way it installs in deploying a wim image instead of copying files, the DWM, Desktop Windows Manager for the graphics compositing engine, the audio stack, the Volume shadow copy for the backups, restore and previous version of files and so on, all this was not the same in XP and older NT based versions. Vista was Windows NT 6.0, 7 was NT 6.1, 8 NT 6.2, 8.1 NT 6.3 and Windows 10 NT 6.4 until the RTM release when they decided to bump the number to 10 just to make it matche the name and because the time had passed and it's was time to move on. That explain also why the minimum system requirements has barely changed since Vista, a 1 Ghz processor with 1-2-4 Gb of RAM and a DirectX 9 graphics card for the DWM, for XP it was a Pentium 233 Mhz with 64 Mb of RAM, that's why PC's at the time were too slow for Vista, so it got the reputation of being a resources hog.
Technically, Vista is based on Windows Server 2003. So, Windows 11 is based on Server 2003. Technically, Windows Server 2003 is still supported by Microsoft.
I've used Vista for a long time in my 2007 notebook, never had any problem with it except for some minor problems, but overall, it was pretty good for me.
Wasn't around in the Vista era; the OS closest to my birth is 7 SP1 and it still beats me in age by 3 months. My parents were users of it, and they were part of the outspoken crowd that thought it was good. Just make sure your computer is a computer and not a heirloom that you've had since 1995 and you'll be good to go, I guess.
So... I go clear back to Windows 3.0 which didn't even have Drag and Drop back then! I had a gamer class system so Vista worked wonderfully for me! Vista was an attempt to move Windows users off of legacy systems but people wanted to keep their old rigs yet wanted to use Vista on them. Vista was simply too modern at that time. Microsoft Rushed out Windows 7 which was backwards compatible to old ass computers. It was basically "Vista Lite." Vista was one hell of a cool Operating System for it's day!
When I was saw his video for first time(1 year ago) and still today after 1 year I only have one question "Why is this dude so underrated?" His videos are so entertaining but 50.8 k sub is not enough for the quality of content dude provides...
@@mr.b9613 I found this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g__OVJ6tMFI.htmlsi=RVJiUJtJaw0i_X84 In the first few minutes they sorta explain how it works. Copy osver from the Windows directory onto your desktop and change the *build number* to the one from Windows 7
Great video. I myself tried Vista about a year ago and using MyPal it was surprisingly stable and once you install the graphics drivers, boy is it beautiful. While I was too young to try it when it was at it's prime (or worst?) it basically felt like Windows 7 but much more focused on aesthetics than performance. I have used both on the same hardware and honestly while both are equally stable Windows 7 does feel more consistent in performance overall.
Vista SP2 with at least 4 GB of RAM was as solid as a rock. SP2 got rid of most of the annoying UAC popups, and Vista/7 really need at least 4 GB of RAM to work without issues. I know----back in the day I bought a brand new Compaq tower with Vista, and it only came with 2 GB---constant whitescreening and crashes. Today I run it on another Vista prebuilt with 6 GB, and same Core2 Duo processor---I think it's more stable than my Win10 machine
if people didn’t want those constant interruptions on their computer when they had Windows Vista, they could’ve turned off the freaking user account control (UAC)
10:50 I'd argue both 8.1 and 10 got a strong reception of 'meh', with 10 getting more and more live with updates(which lasted long enough it was almost a ship of thesis OS). 8.1 is probably the most MEH OS microsoft has done since 2000 or 3.0
Has anyone got a copy of the intel display driver (vista 64bit) ? I cannot access the intel website via the wayback machine, the discord is invalid, so I cannot join that to see if the file is still posted somewhere within it.
Hello, im late but heres an answer (with some extra details) There are a LOT of ways: -buy a win 7 disk and use that Risk: unlikely Safety: Its a win 7 disk. If its microsoft, its safe Working Garantee: pretty likely -search the internet for a disk Risk: likely Safety: if finding a safe iso file, you good to go Working garentee: likely. Not every iso tho. Some "windows 7" isos i found were actually xp isos. Where to find them: You can find Windows 7 disks at places like market places, or ebay You can find win7 Iso's at websites like internet archive. Its probably the best site you can get those. Your unlikely to get viruses at internet archive (no promises tho). You can also find a lot of other windows os'es like xp, 2000, vista, etc. Hope this helps!
Well I used to own an hp pavilion dv 6000 with vista installed, no xp before, it wouldn’t turn on months ago. Better for me I just get a vm and install vista, to regain that nice experience
The secret of Vista is "V is T.A". Windows Long Horn explained everything. Someone said try to stop the timer to freeze and make it permanent. The design all based on T.A. and security. Chat-GPT also derive from there.
Hello Sir, Can you please share me the link of the archive where you find the drivers for your Intel HD Graphics 2500 as I am also having problems finding the iGPU drivers for my Intel HD Graphics 2500 which both of those processors i3-3220 (yours) and i5-3570 (mine) have ? 😢😢😢😢😊😊😊😊
That's what i've just asked, if anyone does know then please share. Has anyone got a copy of the intel display driver (vista 64bit) ? I cannot access the intel website via the wayback machine, the discord is invalid, so I cannot join that to see if the file is still posted somewhere within it.
People hated it because people just like to jump on band wagons Windows Vista wasn't thatttttttt fucking bad. 7 is still my favorite though, then 2000 professional
How did you get it to prompt you with a product key during setup? I installed it on a computer that was from around it's time, and it didn't ask me for the product key. I had to check under "system" in control just to find out that it was active for a limited time and that i needed to enter the key THERE instead of during setup.
for context I recently got a Dell XPS m1730 gaming laptop designed for vista, and I would like to know how to get it to ask me for the product key during setup so that I can activate it then, instead of after setup is completed.
Sir, could you plz share the actual site from which you got the vista iso? Im also trying to get a reliable vista installation in an old laptop restoration project of mine.
