Comments on: Upgraded to Windows Vista http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/ Tech News,Gadgets,Reviews,Eclipse and more Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:11:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Windows Vista SP1 released -- Online Diary http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-123431 Windows Vista SP1 released -- Online Diary Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:19:37 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-123431 [...] upgraded to Vista last year and there were a few issues bugging me including the file copy to external drives, WiFi [...] [...] upgraded to Vista last year and there were a few issues bugging me including the file copy to external drives, WiFi [...]

]]> By: Staples - Now In Bangalore - Online Diary http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-99442 Staples - Now In Bangalore - Online Diary Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:52:55 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-99442 [...] part completely filled with software and game CD’s/DVD’s. I checked on the price of Vista Ultimate and it was mentioned as 24K INR. I asked for more clarification on the price only to find that the [...] [...] part completely filled with software and game CD’s/DVD’s. I checked on the price of Vista Ultimate and it was mentioned as 24K INR. I asked for more clarification on the price only to find that the [...]

]]> By: venukb http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-69844 venukb Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:10:47 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-69844 Nirmal, You are right, the prices are inline with the overseas prices. But I guess the point raised was whether it was worth paying that amount for Vista :) Apurv, You might have made the right decision. One thing I have noted is for the vista to run smoothly, your laptop needs to have external graphics card (NVidia or ATI) and if you have to have this you have to shell out extra 300-400$ while buying the laptop :) Nirmal, You are right, the prices are inline with the overseas prices.
But I guess the point raised was whether it was worth paying that amount for Vista :)

Apurv,
You might have made the right decision. One thing I have noted is for the vista to run smoothly, your laptop needs to have external graphics card (NVidia or ATI) and if you have to have this you have to shell out extra 300-400$ while buying the laptop :)

]]> By: Apurv http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-69757 Apurv Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:47:22 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-69757 Venu, I infact paid more to stay with XP when I bought my Vostro! Venu, I infact paid more to stay with XP when I bought my Vostro!

]]> By: Nirmal http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-69471 Nirmal Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:30:48 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-69471 Venu, I dont think 9k is that expensive, I feel its a decent amount, although I have not done much research on Indian prices. Venu,
I dont think 9k is that expensive, I feel its a decent amount, although I have not done much research on Indian prices.

]]> By: venukb http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-69335 venukb Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:28:47 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-69335 Vasu/Harish Yeah even after using Beta Editions, I hadn't found anything great to upgrade to Vista. But now since I have upgraded to vista, I am in search of the goodies. Few of them would be the integrated search feature. I am so disorganized and this feature helps me to find stuff faster (I am sure i could have done the same with Google desktop search or live search, believe me, the integrated search is much more powerful and useful). The ultimate had other goodies like dvd maker (i recently burnt 5 dvd's into a nice dvd movie). I might have had to shell couple of $ buying a similar software from Nero. 9K is little expensive and might not be worth the money, only time will tell :) VVS, I am trying out kaspersky now, once the trial expires will definitely u try out avast. Thanks for the reco. Vasu/Harish
Yeah even after using Beta Editions, I hadn’t found anything great to upgrade to Vista.
But now since I have upgraded to vista, I am in search of the goodies. Few of them would be the integrated search feature. I am so disorganized and this feature helps me to find stuff faster (I am sure i could have done the same with Google desktop search or live search, believe me, the integrated search is much more powerful and useful).
The ultimate had other goodies like dvd maker (i recently burnt 5 dvd’s into a nice dvd movie). I might have had to shell couple of $ buying a similar software from Nero.
9K is little expensive and might not be worth the money, only time will tell :)

VVS,
I am trying out kaspersky now, once the trial expires will definitely u try out avast. Thanks for the reco.

]]> By: V V S Kumar http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-68759 V V S Kumar Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:49:55 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-68759 Hi Venu, I'm using a free anti-virus software from alwil Software called avast 4 Home edition. They have a feature of constantly upgrading the virus database for free and they run at the background to protect our pc from any attacks. I found it quite useful with the amount of usage that we do in our room. You may try this out if you like it to be better. You can get that from this link http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html So far my pc is safe without any viruses. Hope you will also be satisfied by its performance. Hi Venu,

I’m using a free anti-virus software from alwil Software called avast 4 Home edition. They have a feature of constantly upgrading the virus database for free and they run at the background to protect our pc from any attacks. I found it quite useful with the amount of usage that we do in our room. You may try this out if you like it to be better.

You can get that from this link
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

So far my pc is safe without any viruses. Hope you will also be satisfied by its performance.

]]> By: Harish http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-68651 Harish Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:32:35 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-68651 Is it even worth the effort and money to use Vista?? Is it even worth the effort and money to use Vista??

]]> By: Vasuki http://www.venukb.com/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-68598 Vasuki Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:49:36 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2007/10/20/upgraded-to-windows-vista/#comment-68598 Features like Aero and Flip 3-D tabbing all look cool for a week perhaps, but apart from that are there any really good useful things in Vista? Not jazzy, real useful. In the last year or so, I might have installed just one or two new softwares on my desktop. But, I have created my accounts in at least 50 web sites. So, the future is clear - the world is becoming too web centric! And Microsoft really needs to hire great sales guy to convince me why I should sell off my gold rings to go and buy Vista! ;) Features like Aero and Flip 3-D tabbing all look cool for a week perhaps, but apart from that are there any really good useful things in Vista? Not jazzy, real useful.

In the last year or so, I might have installed just one or two new softwares on my desktop. But, I have created my accounts in at least 50 web sites. So, the future is clear – the world is becoming too web centric! And Microsoft really needs to hire great sales guy to convince me why I should sell off my gold rings to go and buy Vista! ;)

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