Windows Vista

[TOKEN-MAN]

Re: Windows Vista

DX10 is completely pointless right now. There are virtually 0 games that currently support it.

There is nothing wrong with XP's explorer nor searching.

I have a lappy with Vista, and I still like it. I'll wait until SP1 until it goes on my desktop.

TOKENS.

[cole92]

Re: Windows Vista

i have windows vista and its not worth it. to many bugs and half of my games wont play anymore due to lag.vista suxxx

[gurjeetn]

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i have windows vista and its not worth it. to many bugs and half of my games wont play anymore due to lag.vista suxxx

Wait 4-5 more months, there wont be any bugs.
I was going to get vista but then we asked one of the people working at the shop if there are still bugs in it and they said yeah, just wait a couple months.
thats why i dont have it.

[bcjuggler]

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Vista pwnz. Don't be fooled by common misconceptions like it's a memory hawg. It uses the RAM differently, but it still runs things well; just as smooth as XP. If you're saying that XP is better, then you're retarded. It's virtually the same thing. Gaming companies just got lazy and never bothered testing specifically for Vista. You're gonna get pwnd by linux or mac anyways so give it up and at least get the latest m$ product b4 you argue in favor of a m$ product...

Also, if you don't have enough HDD space for vista...get moar bytez f00l. HDDs are like 300GB standard now; delete some anime or some junk.

[rickz0rz]

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Vista pwnz. Don't be fooled by common misconceptions like it's a memory hawg. It uses the RAM differently, but it still runs things well; just as smooth as XP. If you're saying that XP is better, then you're retarded. It's virtually the same thing. Gaming companies just got lazy and never bothered testing specifically for Vista. You're gonna get pwnd by linux or mac anyways so give it up and at least get the latest m$ product b4 you argue in favor of a m$ product...

Also, if you don't have enough HDD space for vista...get moar bytez f00l. HDDs are like 300GB standard now; delete some anime or some junk.

This post makes no sense.

First off, if 'Vista and XP are virtually the same thing', why are there so many problems? Even more importantly, why should one upgrade? Also, it shouldn't be up to the game companies to test everything they made 10 years ago with Vista--that's in M$' bag.

Secondly, the 300GB 'standard' is wayyyyy off. Laptops don't have 300GB standard--you're lucky to get 100-120GB usually. Desktops are a different beast but then again, my brother just got a PC with an 80GB HDD.

To end, both statements are completely invalid and often self-contradicting.

(P.S. It is a bad memory hog. And it has been, since Beta 1 when I first tried it.)

[bcjuggler]

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Vista IS the same as XP. That's what m$ does. They take their first OS and build on it (creating 'problems'). We saw the same with XP but it's still better than previous windows releases is it not? If you want 10 year old games to run, get a 10 year old OS. Vista is still an improvement.

300GB standard is not way off. Almost every new desktop has around there. Secondly, with 100-120 GB...can u store a 15GB vista? Durr...

[RandomPscho]

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First off, if 'Vista and XP are virtually the same thing', why are there so many problems?

What Problems? I haven't found any problems with Vista, no bug or crashes.

It is not Microsofts responsibility to make sure all the drivers work... I would also agree 300GB is pretty much standard on anything above a bargain computer...

[nforcer06164]

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It is not Microsofts responsibility to make sure all the drivers work... I would also agree 300GB is pretty much standard on anything above a bargain computer...

BAHAHAHA. Yeah, when a manufacturer makes a totally new operating system and makes so many integral "improvements" that so many system devices fail to work, it's not the OS manufacturer's fault at all. Nope. Basic stuff, like memory card readers, that worked just fine previously now fail, and the responsibility for those drivers ceasing to function... that problem does not lie with Microsoft at all.

Oh, and when an "express upgrade" causes the blue screen of death, it's probably not a good thing.

[g4z33b0]

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Why is this thread still alive? Vista is at the moment a bad OS.

[Afrobean]

Re: Windows Vista

Vista IS the same as XP. That's what m$ does. They take their first OS and build on it (creating 'problems'). We saw the same with XP but it's still better than previous windows releases is it not? If you want 10 year old games to run, get a 10 year old OS. Vista is still an improvement.

I thought this was hilarious.

So NT is the same as Windows 95, eh? I guess Windows XP is based on DOS too?

Get a 10 year old operating system to run 10 year old apps? You're suggesting we use Windows 95 to run Windows 95 applications instead of Vista. That's not what anyone is complaining about. People are complaining about apps for Windows XP which are quite new not running correctly on Vista. Yeah, Vista has computability mode to counteract compatibility issues, but there's no way in hell it works too great. It worked good enough for me to run MapleStory, I'll admit, but I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult for someone upgrading from XP to find apps that fail. My computer with Vista was brand new, so everything on it was downloaded or came on it.

[bcjuggler]

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NT was an anomaly. 98 = 95 w/ moar failbait IE integration. Vista is just a prettier XP that utilizes RAM better.

[AirForceBlue]

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BAHAHAHA. Yeah, when a manufacturer makes a totally new operating system and makes so many integral "improvements" that so many system devices fail to work, it's not the OS manufacturer's fault at all. Nope. Basic stuff, like memory card readers, that worked just fine previously now fail, and the responsibility for those drivers ceasing to function... that problem does not lie with Microsoft at all.

Oh, and when an "express upgrade" causes the blue screen of death, it's probably not a good thing.

No, it is not the OS manufacturer's fault at all... You don't make an operating system to be compatible with certain drivers, the drivers have to be made compatible with the operating system. Most of the current memory card readers were designed to be plug and play on Windows XP and possibly older versions of Windows..

As for the blue screen... No. That's not good. Wow, I haven't seen blue screenies since Windows ME/98ish. At what point during the upgrade did it happen? I've heard of it happening if you plug in a USB TV Adapter during the upgrade.

[nforcer06164]

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I haven't experienced it, but I've heard enough stories and seen enough videos to steer me clear of an upgrade. If I ever use Vista, I'll buy a new computer with a clean install.

I've blue-screened two XP units: one by trying to patch winlogon because some stupid kid at our school upgraded to a previously-registered XP from 2000 and downgrade is impossible. The patch just corrupted winlogon and the hard drive irreparably crashed. The second blue screen came when I used a pirated version of an AVI converter on a Gateway computer at school. It worked fine after I hard reset it. It's probably because it's a Gateway.

[AirForceBlue]

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Hah, that's cool. Years of working with XP and I've yet to be lucky enough to get a blue screen =p

Vista + Clean install = best way to go in my opinion. I hate buying computers retail mainly because of all the bundled crap they put on. I'm not sure about what's bundled with most Vista PCs, but if it's anything like they did in the past, there's probably 10-20 things running at startup, along with trial versions of numerous programs that you don't want.

And yeah, those school computers do weird stuff, especially Gateways/Pelicans and most OEM PCs. They make em even less stable by putting all those filter/block programs on half the time.

[nforcer06164]

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And yeah, those school computers do weird stuff, especially Gateways/Pelicans and most OEM PCs. They make em even less stable by putting all those filter/block programs on half the time.

Hahaha. Good thing that's my job.