Windows Vista

[Afrobean]

Re: Windows Vista

My school still uses Windows 2000 on a lot of the older units. Microsoft still supports 2000 SP4. What?

You think Microsoft still provides the same level of support for obsolete systems though?

[lord_carbo]

Re: Windows Vista

Haha, I hate the computers at my school that run on 2000 with a passion.

[jewpinthethird]

Re: Windows Vista

Relevant:

[fido123]

Re: Windows Vista

You're not good with computers, which is something I can tell straight from your first post in this thread; you're good with PCs, at the very most, but you're probably just overestimating your skills or your definition of "good" isn't really "good," just okay.

Well, anyway, to answer your questions and correct your statements:

-You can get Linux everywhere. Just find a distro on Wikipedia or something.
-Linux does NOT take 3 months to set up... who told you that?
-Linux's aren't the cross between a Windows and a Mac, what the heck? They run on Unix like Macs but they're aimed towards computer nerds.
-Pros and cons are up to the user's preferences. The biggie is that it's free.

Srry ment im good with windows...not computers in general. And yes i was thinking of Unix

[rickz0rz]

Re: Windows Vista

I remember when XP first came out. Everyone was against it. They hated the Play-Skool interface. The lack of support for drivers. Bugs here and there.

5-6 years later--wash, rinse, repeat. I have Vista installed. But I guess what it comes down to is I'm waiting for Service Pack 2.

[RandomPscho]

Re: Windows Vista

I remember when XP first came out. Everyone was against it. They hated the Play-Skool interface. The lack of support for drivers. Bugs here and there.

5-6 years later--wash, rinse, repeat. I have Vista installed. But I guess what it comes down to is I'm waiting for Service Pack 2.

This time around Vista is a **** load [for lack of a better word, that is] better than when Win XP came out.

[nottsutter]

Re: Windows Vista

hi oh god gotta type post before ban

Vista is awesome. The only problem I had with it originally was that my ATi drivers would cause me to BSOD every time I tried to install them. Nothing a system restore and waiting for the next upgrade didn't fix, however. The Vista default graphics driver's aren't too shabby anyway (it does some ****ED up things with OpenGL and I couldn't play 32bit on CS which made CAL matches kinda interesting), so I didn't have too big of a problem.

Most of my registry entries carried over as well, which was neat, as nearly all of my previously installed programs worked. I had to work a little bit to get some **** to work, but overall it didn't bother me at all.

uhh what else

oh

The memory management in Vista is way better. Assuming you don't have a computer from 1995, your computer actually makes a big performance BOOST, as opposed to a performance hit (on my side, anyway. I also upgraded some stuff but teehee shut up.)

overall i'd pretty much highly recommend it assuming you know your way around computers pretty well. if you're not very computer fluent it could be a nightmare though 8) (see: snowcrafta)

[shade11]

Re: Windows Vista

If you're asking these questions you're probably not suited for a Linux distro outside of Ubuntu.

I thought you were going to say Linspire.

[DiGiTaLSeraph]

Re: Windows Vista

Most things it tells you unknown if its not a popular program I am not sure if it installs it anyway though Besides, clean installs are always best.


Why would you need to downgrade? Most people don't use programs that aren't available on Vista.

Printers are notorious at the moment for being absolutely unrecognizable by Vista Operating Systems, for example.

And,
Afrobean, you missed the joke. Also for one everyone...Don't take anything I say seriously... :P

I work at Geek Squad... I know a 'bit' of what we're talking about here, I think. Vister's nothing more than just a graphical update IMO with yeah, less support (For Now), and it eats up more of your RAM and takes quite a bit more power to run than XP does. Stating the obvious here of course.

[lord_carbo]

Re: Windows Vista

I thought you were going to say Linspire.

Richard Stallman weeps at Linspire.

[g4z33b0]

Re: Windows Vista

Attempting to make post, Allow or Deny... Someone probably already made that joke, but ya...

And Digital, are you kidding? Vista takes around 2 gigs of RAM to effeciently run, so I doubt that ALL of the latest PC's being sold by the major companies will have Vista...

[DiGiTaLSeraph]

Re: Windows Vista

g4z33b0, of course I am not kidding...


The Best Buy I work at does NOT have a Computer on sale that has Windows XP pre-installed anymore.

This goes for all other Best Buys- and IIRC, Best Buy is a rather major retailer.

By the way, Minimum Requirements needed on the PC in order for it to be Vista capable:
A modern processor (at least 800MHz)
512 MB of system RAM memory
A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable

Windows Vista Premium Ready PC Specifications (Recommended Requirements):

1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 GB of system memory
A graphics processor that runs Windows Aero (DirectX 9 class graphics processor that supports WDDM Driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware and 32 bits per pixel with big enough graphics memory)
128 MB of graphics memory
40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space
DVD-ROM Drive
Audio output capability
Internet access capability


You need more than what it says of course on your PC, because the OS uses up a good chunk of that power to run...

[g4z33b0]

Re: Windows Vista

What is your best buy going to say to a single mom who needs a computer for her kids to do their homework, who doesn't have the $1000 dollars to waste on a Vista installed pc? Obviously just fuuck you, I guess

Vista is terrible. Even if your Best Buy does carry all Vista PC's, that is a terrible mistake. Still a buggy operating system, with so many useless features that just suck up ram and kill your processor. Please. You may want to use some terrible operating with almost no useful/good updates, but I'll just stick with my 95, 2000, and XP.

[DiGiTaLSeraph]

Re: Windows Vista

Fortunately I see you're only 15 and you obviously haven't done your research on the matter before you've attempted to argue with someone who knows that there are Vista-Installed PCs selling as low as 599$. ****, there are even PACKAGES with those said PCs that sell for 699$ and includes the whole ****ing shabang. (Monitor and Printer included.)

Vista is terrible. Even if your Best Buy does carry all Vista PC's, that is a terrible mistake. Still a buggy operating system, with so many useless features that just suck up ram and kill your processor. Please. You may want to use some terrible operating with almost no useful/good updates, but I'll just stick with my 95, 2000, and XP.

Whoa I thought you were starting an argument? Rofl, you preach the words that everyone in my team has been saying for the past year.


Also, I believe ALL retailers that sell new PCs, sell them with Vista Pre-installed. It was a move made by the manufacturers, not the vendor themselves. Such is the price one must pay for an user-friendly OS.

[Maid]

Re: Windows Vista

I have about 10 themes installed on XP including the Vista look, nothing special.