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February 14, 2008 12:41 PM PST

Velocity Micro: First with Vista SP1

by Matthew Elliott
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Ah, Vista. It has forced many to return to the waiting arms of Windows XP, while sending others fleeing to the other camp. There are those who still remain in a holding pattern, waiting for Vista SP1 to be rolled out before plunking down for a new PC. If you're among this last group, Velocity Micro has a computer to sell you. It says it is the first system builder to begin selling systems preloaded with Vista SP1. A quick scan of its competitors' sites today--including those of Dell and HP--revealed nothing to contradict Velocity's claim. It's only a matter of time until every vendor has updated its lines with the latest version of Vista--Microsoft has previously stated that volume license customers would have the code by tomorrow--but we have to give Velocity credit for its hustle. At the very least, it could save you from a very looooooong download.

Velocity says it will begin shipping systems with SP1 on February 18. Celebrate Presidents' Day with a service pack!

Originally posted at Crave
Matt Elliott, a CNET editor since 2000, heads up coverage of computer hardware, from desktops and laptops to their assorted components and peripherals. Prior to joining CNET, he worked for PC Magazine. When not writing about computers and wrestling with their shipping boxes, he likes shooting with his Nikon D50 camera. Matt is also skilled with a tape gun. E-mail Matt.
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Why does everybody hate Vista?
by dlbc February 14, 2008 2:30 PM PST
I guess my experience with Vista is not as bad as most people's. I have been running Vista Business edition on a Lenovo N100 (that I bought for $700 in 2006) since it was released with no problems. All the drivers I needed were made available through Lenovocare. If anything, Vista is more stable than XP was on this machine. I did upgrade to an extra gb of RAM (now have 2 total) but the additional RAM was only about $30 through Newegg.

So if you are waiting to upgrade to Vista, just go buy a Lenovo 3000 N series. They're cheap and great quality machines for the money!
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Why does everybody hate Vista?
by dlbc February 14, 2008 2:30 PM PST
I guess my experience with Vista is not as bad as most people's. I have been running Vista Business edition on a Lenovo N100 (that I bought for $700 in 2006) since it was released with no problems. All the drivers I needed were made available through Lenovocare. If anything, Vista is more stable than XP was on this machine. I did upgrade to an extra gb of RAM (now have 2 total) but the additional RAM was only about $30 through Newegg.

So if you are waiting to upgrade to Vista, just go buy a Lenovo 3000 N series. They're cheap and great quality machines for the money!
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Same here - no problems with Vista
by kmjaber February 15, 2008 4:31 AM PST
I'v been one of the early adopters in our Hi-Ed institution and I've been seeing only some quirks typical with any new OS, otherwise, Vista has been running just fine for me. In fact, this is the first OS that I decided to use every day as a regular non admin user ... I do have an admin account that I interact with via UAC though.
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Same here - no problems with Vista
by kmjaber February 15, 2008 4:31 AM PST
I'v been one of the early adopters in our Hi-Ed institution and I've been seeing only some quirks typical with any new OS, otherwise, Vista has been running just fine for me. In fact, this is the first OS that I decided to use every day as a regular non admin user ... I do have an admin account that I interact with via UAC though.
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