Vista : Yes or No
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i remeber when XP came out and everybody is treating like vista is being treated now. just wait like 2 years or so and vista will be a decent OS. about vista using 1 gb, face it 1 gb is becoming low by todays standard. i remember when 1 gb was ALOT of memory but nowadays its just average even 2 gb is pretty common now days but a few years back it was almost unheard of. times are changing and you have to change your computer once in a while to keep up with the times
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Heck, I remember when 512MB was almost absurd. Almost like 16GB is now.darknight788 wrote:i remeber when XP came out and everybody is treating like vista is being treated now. just wait like 2 years or so and vista will be a decent OS. about vista using 1 gb, face it 1 gb is becoming low by todays standard. i remember when 1 gb was ALOT of memory but nowadays its just average even 2 gb is pretty common now days but a few years back it was almost unheard of. times are changing and you have to change your computer once in a while to keep up with the times
I was installing an TV Tuner on a Vista laptop at work today and absolutely nothing was working ... The customer called just as I was about to give up on it and she said she was just going to get a different TV tuner that was made for Vista. After I got off the phone with her, I tried one last crazy idea: Installing the XP Media Center Edition driver instead of the Vista driver ... VOILA ! Success !
GJ by the manufacturer ... Vista driver doesn't work but the XP driver does ...
GJ by the manufacturer ... Vista driver doesn't work but the XP driver does ...
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Windows ME anyone?ahmad0410 wrote: Its technological advancement. You need to go on with the flow of today's technology.
Yes it will use 1GB of RAM, Vista's got so many background processes running, it'll simply have a heart attack on 512mb of RAM. Besides, 1GB is becoming industry standard, so really there isn't much to argue about here.ahmad0410 wrote:It will use 1GB of RAM? I don't think so. That's a requirement. And security, Vista has one of the best security features EVER.
And don't talk to me about security, you won't believe the amount of trouble people are having with their Vista laptops. Most of the problems here consist of connecting to the net via the uni proxy, and man, Vista just doesn't want to connect. "Are you sure you want to change your I.P address..Are you sure you want to change your subnet mask...Are you sure.." Gahhhhh It drove me insane just trying to help people.
I believe other people have already made their point with this (:ahmad0410 wrote:What stuff won't work? All my stuff worked. Huh? WTF? it work? Coz there's this "Compability Mode" feature in Vista. Stuff won't work still? Vista's fault? Nah!! Go and tell the software's manufacturer to make their "stuff" compatible with Vista.
And sorry, but I personally think you're rooting too hard for MS, but then again there are people that believe Jesus did appear on that piece of toast.
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Alternatively, I might just wait until "Vienna" is launched in 2009, since they didn't even bother putting WinFS into Vista, which was supposed to be one of the new OS's major selling points.
Then again, there is talk of WinFS being made available to XP users - I may stick with the stonking performance advantage gained from running a less resource hungry OS...
Then again, there is talk of WinFS being made available to XP users - I may stick with the stonking performance advantage gained from running a less resource hungry OS...
It's monopoly now, products get more expencive and worse, since they don't have to worry about other companies.ahmad0410 wrote:If Microsoft didnt continue making new OS, you will still be using Windows 3.0 now. Would you complain if a car company keep making new cars? I don't think so.
Its technological advancement. You need to go on with the flow of today's technology.
It will use 1GB of RAM? I don't think so. That's a requirement. And security, Vista has one of the best security features EVER.
And for sure, Microsoft won't make new OS just because seeing many people buying Vista. Even before Vista's launch, Microsoft has planned to make another OS, Windows Vienna, that will happen about 5 years from now.
What stuff won't work? All my stuff worked. Huh? WTF? it work? Coz there's this "Compability Mode" feature in Vista. Stuff won't work still? Vista's fault? Nah!! Go and tell the software's manufacturer to make their "stuff" compatible with Vista.
Apple? I don't know about Linux since there's no company behind it, still it's an OS...I don't knowxHaZxMaTx wrote:Except it's not. Microsoft is not the only company that makes OSs. Besides, monopolies are illegal in the U.S.; if it were, it would be split up into several smaller companies.
But Apple makes OSs too. I know monopolies are illegal, but I don't see M$ being split apart, they might put money in that too.
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Monopolies may be illegal, but it takes anyone helluva long time to do anything about them. AT&T's latest mergers have made it the largest and almost sole provider of land lines in the continental US. Back in the 1970s, AT&T was ordered by the Supreme Court to break up, but did it? It's back again to trying monopolize.xHaZxMaTx wrote:Except it's not. Microsoft is not the only company that makes OSs. Besides, monopolies are illegal in the U.S.; if it were, it would be split up into several smaller companies.
Anyways, didn't Microsoft lose a court case to Apple over a monopoly?
Curiousity, does anyone here use Vista on a tablet PC? If so, what version of Vista, and how is it on a Tablet?
I admit, vista looks nice. But it's not very useful. Like DRM is built in all sections of vista.
Read more: http://badvista.fsf.org/what-s-wrong-wi ... dows-vista
Read more: http://badvista.fsf.org/what-s-wrong-wi ... dows-vista
I am currently running Xp.
And I want to system restore my PC so I have a clean slate on which to upgrade.
Now I also want vista, so will installig vista system restore my PC and solve both of my problems?
One problem is I'm a little worried about this "spying" thing does this mean it will alert the police if I downloadl music and stuff?
And I want to system restore my PC so I have a clean slate on which to upgrade.
Now I also want vista, so will installig vista system restore my PC and solve both of my problems?
One problem is I'm a little worried about this "spying" thing does this mean it will alert the police if I downloadl music and stuff?