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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Windows Vista
Does anyone have Windows Vista? If so, what do you like/dislike about it?
Here's the deal:
Darren is starting school in a week, and we were going to get a new laptop for me (Apple) because I wanted one. Well, I returned home from VA on Sunday and tried to insert a DVD into his Dell and it spontaneously shut down (and has continued to do so when touched or slightly bumped - this is a problem - finally acknowledged by Dell - that was the subject of a class action lawsuit that settled in 2006).
So - instead of buying ONE computer for ME, we have to buy TWO, which means I can't have my "baby" (it was about $2,000). The only problem is that everything has Vista and I've heard complaints about it. I can get used to a new OS, but Darren may have issues with it - he likes homeostasis.
What was hard/easy for you to get used to? Is it better to stick with XP (if we can find it)? Thoughts?
Here's the deal:
Darren is starting school in a week, and we were going to get a new laptop for me (Apple) because I wanted one. Well, I returned home from VA on Sunday and tried to insert a DVD into his Dell and it spontaneously shut down (and has continued to do so when touched or slightly bumped - this is a problem - finally acknowledged by Dell - that was the subject of a class action lawsuit that settled in 2006).
So - instead of buying ONE computer for ME, we have to buy TWO, which means I can't have my "baby" (it was about $2,000). The only problem is that everything has Vista and I've heard complaints about it. I can get used to a new OS, but Darren may have issues with it - he likes homeostasis.
What was hard/easy for you to get used to? Is it better to stick with XP (if we can find it)? Thoughts?
Re: Windows Vista
If I could have bought a new laptop with XP, I would have. Vista's habit of asking for permission to do just about anything is extremely annoying. And there's a bunch of other little details that make it a little hard to get used to. Vista really assumes the user is stupid - has never worked a computer before. As an experienced computer user (and a computer science major), this is really hard for me. I can't find how to do things because I'm not thinking stupidly enough.
But all of that is user experience stuff and you will get used to it over time. I haven't noticed any problems with the actual operating system part of it yet. I have had problems with my wireless router stop working, but I'm not sure if that is a Vista issue or an issue with using wireless more often than before.
I like - the look, the new internet explorer, the way it handles errors. (IF if freezes/has issues like any windows does sometimes, it restarts a whole lot faster IMO).
I dislike the security - it does ask a few to many questions about what it should allow, but such is life.
I would definately recommend it.
We upgraded to Vista at work for a short period of time--until they realized how incompatable it was with a lot of programs we needed. So check first for compatibility.
As a trainer, I was preparing to train people on Vista. Vista itself wasn't the problem, though, it's actually more about Office 2007. I still use Office 2007 and like it a lot now that I'm use to it, but it did take awhile to get used to the options being in ribbons and being organized differently than in previous versions of Office.
Just make sure whatever computer you get can support Vista. We're looking at new laptops now and will make sure we have at least 2 GB of RAM to support Vista well (they say you need a minimum of 1 GB of RAM).
Thanks, ladies! I'm looking at an HP Pavilion laptop. I think it has 2 GB and a pretty large hard drive (at least 10x what the current one is). It comes with a 60 day trial of Office 2007/2008 (I can't remember which), and we plan on purchasing the full version to extend the trial.
My next question: can we load the software (Office) onto more than one laptop? I remember having a burned copy of Office 97 that I used for my new computer (after purchasing and copying it myself), but I don't have the disk and doubt it would be compatible anyway.
I think I can help the ladies with the security feature that makes you accept all the changes. If you go into user accounts and change your user accoutn type to Administrator instead of standard user all those "acceptance windows" should stop. I did this with my Dell that has Vista and have not seen one since.
I always set my user to be an Administrator on my personal computers, and I still get a ton of Vista security verification questions. But, I probably do more OS & computer configuration than most people. It is so annoying.