# So, do I still want to avoid Vista like the bubonic plague? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-i-still-want-to-avoid-vista-like-the-bubonic-plague/453972 "2008-06-23T21:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-i-still-want-to-avoid-vista-like-the-bubonic-plague/453972/41 "2008-06-25T07:35:07Z")
I’m an average guy doing average computer stuff (bit of internet, bit of this, bit of that), and I’m not a diehard IT dude or anything… Vista is fine. I was very anti, based on what I’d heard, but it came with my new laptop, and whilst I didn’t like it at first, that was just because I wasn’t used to it. I like it about the same as I liked XP. It’s not better though. Both systems have been pretty robust for me. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-i-still-want-to-avoid-vista-like-the-bubonic-plague/453972/42 "2008-06-25T09:01:50Z")
I’m an IT dude and there are three key things with Vista: 1 - Memory: 2 GB, please. If you’ve 4 GB or more, Vista 64 is the way to go. 2 - Apply SP1 3 - Turn indexing off. And you don’t need a decent graphics card, but it sure helps. On the downside, the only problems I’ve had with Vista since applying SP1 have been to do with copy-protection schemes like Starforce not working with Vista. Fortunately I have more than one machine. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-i-still-want-to-avoid-vista-like-the-bubonic-plague/453972/43 "2008-06-25T09:10:01Z")
Vista (I’m using Ultimate x64) is fine, the only issues I’ve have to date is: 1. A small update not applying correctly, fixed by just installing SP1. 2. My computer BSoD’d three times while playing through Half-Life 1 in steam, no clue why. It’s not an avoid like the plague thing, I can’t say I prefer it to XP, but I also can’t say I’d go through the trouble of rolling back to XP, or that I’d really care if a new machine came with Vista. It’s an okay OS, better if you have a DX10 capable card and you’re a gamer (though the support for DX10 is a bit thin now). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-i-still-want-to-avoid-vista-like-the-bubonic-plague/453972.md?page=2)