I wouldn't go that far Phil. The TCP/IP stack in Windows XP because it was using a tried and tested stack from Unix / Linux. One of the hold ups with Vista (and still an ongoing issue) is the TCP/IP. MS went back and rebuilt the stack on Vista. The stack quite often 'breaks' which you are forced to run the repair (I think that's what it is called). At times you can be working ok and then all of a sudden the link to the network may drop or the connection from the network to the Internet may drop or it all may drop all together. We've been testing this within the business and have been forced to finding either XP systems or downgradable systems. There are other issues for business users / networks that cannot be resolved at this point.
SP1 is suppose to fix these problems as well as giving the OS a performance boost - which is what users have been complaining about for some time....... Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Thompson Sent: 27 September 2007 12:14 To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Vista popularity HP have £100 cashback on one laptop with Vista Business pre-installed but only £50 on the same model with XP. They won't sell me one with no MS OS installed. To be fair, Vista on a laptop seems fine to me. Issues about older peripherals etc can of course arise but I've set a couple up including with 3G data and they work fine. The Vista TCP/IP stack seems a lot better than the XP one, FWIW. Phil _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
