[rauchster]

Originally Posted by EgomaniaCircus

The major issue with vista is framerate is severely cut down (think 15 fps) which results in arrows coming about 0.5 seconds earlier than they should.

So, you're wrong about there being absolutely no problems with vista and flash. Seriously, try it yourself.

Now, flash 10 helps the problem but doesn't completely remove it.

Also, if you were playing 8 bit mario on your wii and it started lagging ridiculously, would you think it were the technical limitations of the wii, or something just plain ****ed up instead.

30 FPS arrow game =/= Crysis.

I have tried it myself. I've run fraps in combo with Vista/FFR, and I get 90FPS. So, not sure where you're getting that information about max framerates.

True, Crysis doesn't equal FFR, but it IS the same general concept. If youor game isn't playing right, obviously something needs to be fixed. If other systems with Vista can handle FFR fine (like mine and several others), then that would seem to indicate that it's not really Vista that is taking the blame.

Yes, booting into a free Linux version is a great cheap way to bypass the problem, but that's just it, you're bypassing, not fixing it.

The most comprehensive solutions are rarely cheap, and even more rarely free. 'Tis a life lesson to be learned.

So while I enjoy my Vista features, like animated backgrounds, DirectX10, and all the games I feel like with crazy high framerate, you guys can shift the misdirected blame onto an OS that is already a scapegoat.

Just remember this. XP caught massive amounts of flak when it first came out, but then people realized that the change from 2000/9x to XP wasn't bad. And, later on stiil, they loved it. XP became the dominant OS. When Vista came out, it WAS horrible. Note the past tense. SP1 has come out for it, and fixed a large majority of the OS flaws that previously existed. My Vista system probably runs far better and smoother than 99% of the XP systems out there.

So reject the wave of the future. After all, it's obvious that non-Windows/Mac OS are better, but unsupported. And Windows will seemingly always beat out Mac in terms of quantity. So, it's the only conclusion, that one day (2012 when XP support stops) Vista will be the premiere OS. And you'll all be stuck with it. :P