Vista and Dell

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Vista and Dell.....they suck. I spent an entire day with a computer consultant friend and over 3 hours on the phone with Dell just to get my new Dell computer with Vista to connect to the internet and to set up dual monitors. I almost returned the entire heap to Costco.

My last Dell was Windows XP and my triple monitors worked out of box plug and play. Vista sucks.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Shoulda waited- 7 is due in October.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

I have a Dell, Vista loaded on it, and have dual monitors. I didn't have any problem. However, I may not have it running as clean as it should or cheaped out on the graphics card.

I bought a new HP laptop over the weekend, also running vista. I hooked it up to my projector and had "Big Wall Movie Night". It worked really slick. The laptop setup questioned how I want to use the projector, dual monitor as extension, use as the main monitor and turn off the other monitor or two monitors with the same info on both monitors. I set it up as the main monitor and shut off the other monitor. First movie was on a DVD. The laptop comes with a remote, so I didn't need to get up to pause the movie. Second movie was a download from netflix and worked out great too.

With the laptop purchase, I get a free upgrade to 7. I have been told that 7 is basically a fine tuned, less memory requirements fix Vista, not much difference between the two as far as normal operation. But then, I haven't seen any professional reviews yet, so it could have other changes that no one has told me.

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

You should have purchased your Dell computer from the Dell Small Business division. Then you could have had XP Professional installed. I bought 2 Dell computers a few months ago with XP Professional. It is an option where they pre-install XP but you will also get the license and CD for Vista if you want to change it later. Anybody can buy from the Dell Small Business division.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

The new 7 professional will allow you to run XP programs. For that reason, I have thought about getting that version to use some of my old software that can not be upgraded to Vista. I realize it is not XP, but at least I can run the programs.

[grest Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close grest]

I also have the Dell/Vista deal...not happy with it at all.
Connie