Another suggestion is that it may be possible to buy a laptop without Vista and install XP from a disc you already own. Gotta be worth a look, could save you some cash too. Just a thought Joe Austen 9934 in the good old land of OZ, where BASTARD is a term of endearment. Look out England I`ll be there in 13 days. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROGER RUSHTON" <rogerofgoostrey@btinternet.com> To: <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 6:08 PM Subject: [SFHG] Vista >I think that the best advice for ordinary users is never to buy any new >platform (XP, Vista etc) from Microsoft until at least a year after its >launch in order to allow time for the major bugs to be ironed out. Also >remember to ensure that any computer that you buy has the latest version of >the platform installed > > This advice is less applicable to computer experts who will love all the > new facilities that each new Microsoft platform brings and will often know > how to overcome any difficulties that they come across. > > Kind regards > > > > Roger > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: TERENCE MORLEY <t.roym@btinternet.com> > To: SFHG-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, 25 April, 2008 8:07:35 AM > Subject: Re: [SFHG] Reply : Vista > > Hi Judy > I think that's very poor advice, if people was to stop and think when XP > first come out > The amount of problems was far superior to problems on the vista,( when > first coming out) > As for sleep mode on vista you just simply switch sleep mode off how easy > is that, > > Terry > > Judy Excell <JudyW.Excell@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > I was advised to steer away from Vista Home and make sure it is Vista > Professional if I have to have a new computer. Possibly most troubles are > for those who upgrade their 98 or XP to Vista rather than having a PC with > Vista in the first place. > > Judy Excell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael J Snatt" > To: "JENNIFER FORD" ; "Graham.Noyce" > ; ; > ; > ; > > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:52 PM > Subject: Re: [SFHG] Marriage Index CD and Vista > > > Jennifer - > > Vista has its faults, but not enough to worry about. Youy do need loads of > memory (RAM), however, and I would recommend that you also buy a memory > Stick, which can act as supplementary RAM as well as being a convenient > backup medium. I got mine from Amazon at less than £20 for 8GB. > > The most annoying feature of Vista, in my experience, is the tendency to > switch itself off when you use the 'Sleep' command, which means you lose > anything you haven't remembered to save. As I had Windows 98 before I > upgraded, it took a time to get used to, but now I wouldn't want anything > else. > > Best wishes - > > Mike Snatt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JENNIFER FORD > To: Graham.Noyce ; JeanAUK@aol.com ; austengenealogy@iprimus.com.au ; > bridgetmeads@btinternet.com ; SFHG-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:41 PM > Subject: Re: [SFHG] Marriage Index CD and Vista > > > Oh dear - I'm on the verge of buying a new laptop and all those I've seen > so > far have Vista on them. What do other listers advise? Jenny 11474 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > __________________________________________________________ > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. > A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1396 - Release Date: 24/04/2008 6:32 PM