Am I the only one who likes Windows Vista?
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I'm very fussy about my operating system. I hate things that suck, to quote Butthead. I read so many awful things about Windows Vista, people at work got PCs with it loaded and hated it, reverted back to XP, it was described by one blogger as the longest suicide note in history...
... but I love it. I've got a slow processor (1.67GHz) but loads of RAM (3Gb), and Vista is solid, it twinkles, it doesn't really do many annoying things (only one - every time I launch some progammes, it asks me if I'm sure, but it doesn't do this with most programes - apologies for poor grammar just now). Networking is much better than XP as well.
I reckon it would have run like a dog on my old laptop (which died) but I am very very happy.
That is all.
... but I love it. I've got a slow processor (1.67GHz) but loads of RAM (3Gb), and Vista is solid, it twinkles, it doesn't really do many annoying things (only one - every time I launch some progammes, it asks me if I'm sure, but it doesn't do this with most programes - apologies for poor grammar just now). Networking is much better than XP as well.
I reckon it would have run like a dog on my old laptop (which died) but I am very very happy.
That is all.
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Vista? Shmister!!!
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redddraggon wrote:I like Vista. But I've got 4GB of Ram, and Dual Core CPU and a 8800GTS.
People who have problems either haven't got it set up right, or haven't got sufficient hardware.
No driver problems with 64bit either.
You are running 64 bit vista? im tempted to try it out (get msdn universal through work so can run any os I want) but scared of the drivers.... are you running any exotic hardware? I think I would have problems with my wireless network adapter (although I guess they are so cheap I could just buy another one with 64 bit drivers...).... does it run better than 32 bit?0 -
turkeytickler wrote:redddraggon wrote:I like Vista. But I've got 4GB of Ram, and Dual Core CPU and a 8800GTS.
People who have problems either haven't got it set up right, or haven't got sufficient hardware.
No driver problems with 64bit either.
You are running 64 bit vista? im tempted to try it out (get msdn universal through work so can run any os I want) but scared of the drivers.... are you running any exotic hardware? I think I would have problems with my wireless network adapter (although I guess they are so cheap I could just buy another one with 64 bit drivers...).... does it run better than 32 bit?
Yeh I'm running Vista Home Premium 64bit. It's all pretty standard equipment. Nvidia Video, Nvidia Motherboard chipset/networking. Intel Core2Duo E6400. 4GB of PC6400 Mem.
Originally I had only 2GB, with the intention of going to 4GB mem eventually, so I compared XP 32bit to Vista 64bit (with 2gb mem) and I got better performance with Vista. Obviously XP 32bit could only take a max of 3gb of mem, and XP 64bit has dodgy drivers, so Vista 64bit won. No performance problems what so ever.
You should be able to get Vista 64bit drivers for your networking. If the adaptor is relatively new you shouldn't have any problems getting the drivers.
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I'm very happy with Linux thank you very much.
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Likewise.whyamihere wrote:I'm very happy with Linux thank you very much.
But we shouldn't mock the afflicted.
Even if the voices aren't real, they have some very good ideas.0 -
I've got linux running in VMWare but to be honest I can't see the benefit of it. I used to be a software engineer and so am very fond of seeing what's inside, but there isn't a killer app to motivate me to change to linux - whereas I have a few devices which are Windows-only. It's a shame Macs are so expensive.0
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redddraggon wrote:Yeh I'm running Vista Home Premium 64bit. It's all pretty standard equipment. Nvidia Video, Nvidia Motherboard chipset/networking. Intel Core2Duo E6400. 4GB of PC6400 Mem.
Originally I had only 2GB, with the intention of going to 4GB mem eventually, so I compared XP 32bit to Vista 64bit (with 2gb mem) and I got better performance with Vista. Obviously XP 32bit could only take a max of 3gb of mem, and XP 64bit has dodgy drivers, so Vista 64bit won. No performance problems what so ever.
You should be able to get Vista 64bit drivers for your networking. If the adaptor is relatively new you shouldn't have any problems getting the drivers.
64bit is the future, people will have to leave 32bit behind eventually.
Actually I just had a root around and hey presto there is now a 64 bit driver for my wireless card ... might give it a shot soon .... 0 -
The only problem I've encountered so far has been getting my Tacx turbo trainer to work. I spent most of Friday checking cables and so on, eventually one of the Tacx support peeps gave me some drivers which were still in beta but which finally did the trick. The only device left to try out is my Garmin Edge but I suspect that there won't be a problem with that - Garmin's a big company.
EDIT: yup the device works fine!0 -
Vitsa is by far more stable then XP if you have decent hardware. Pentium CPU's seem to be a bit more stable. I think the max uptime on this machine is 4weeks or so and XP I used to have to reboot every week or so . I am not sure if you guys have installed the Vista SP1 not the beta? It was RTM (release to Manufacturer) a month or so back and it cures a few little glitches here and there and I have not really noticed and change in the system.
I done really play any games as I don't really have the time but it does everything I need it to
Here is a screen shot of my system - If your wondering why the screen is so elongated its becasuse I have 2 monitors connected to one GFX card with twin view enabled. Notice the SP1 in system info.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/spythedude01/Screenie.jpg
I also have a Home server with Debian running on there and that has an uptime of nearly 2 years. Linux is an awesome O/S and I would use it all the time but there are applications that will not run on Linux that I need to use daily.
adios
doobz
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:roll: now that would be telling
- I will send you a pm
I just read up and it looks like you have a 64bit CPU. I don't think it will work but you can have the link anyways
adios
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I run Vista on a fairly monstrous gaming rig, and it's ok (a necessary evil for a gamer), not a patch on OS X though - it's a bit pathetic how MS try to copy Apple and still can't get close.
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Yes indeed, MS are always a few years behind Apple and often seem to miss the point. I'd love to get hold of an instance of OS X as a VM, just to see what it's like. (hint hint to anyone who knows where I can can get said image...!) Windows has one killer app for me: right and left clicks on the nouse. When I was a Mac-head I found it annoying that I had to raise my left hand to hold down the Control button to get a contextual menu. Is this still the case?jashburnham wrote:it's a bit pathetic how MS try to copy Apple and still can't get close.0 -
whyamihere wrote:I'm very happy with Linux thank you very much.
hobbyist alert!
I have a selection of OS's running in my home network. Linux File/Torrent/Print/FTP Box, XP on a Desktop, Vista on a media centre, a macbook (for the missus) and a tiny powerful eeePC which I have had as both linux and a stripped down xp build (which flys incidentally) and quite like them all. I have very few problems with any of them (OK when I had brainslayer running on a WRT slug that could be a nuisance, but as i say, linux is not an OS....its a hobby).....Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
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Meh, call it names if you like. It does eveything I need it to and costs me nothing. 8)cee wrote:linux is not an OS....its a hobbyEven if the voices aren't real, they have some very good ideas.0 -
I'm in the minority here
But as a convert I find MAC osx far superior to the old MS stuff - Plus none of those ffunny strange things that used to b*gger up my old pc - now what are they called 8)0 -
i am a card carrying mac-head. however, seeing as the new macs can run vista, i thought i'd give it a go. it seems ok, not as nice as os 10.5, but nice looking nonetheless. my main issue is that it can make you a bit paranoid - are you sure you want to open that app etc. itunes is not as good as on the mac, and the sound output is inferior (how it manages this with identical hardware i'm not sure).
think i'll stick with osx for, well, everything. apart from the kilotogo.com website anyway…riding on my bicycle, i saw a motorcrash…0 -
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