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Windows Vista: Which one?
2005-09-13, 6:22 PM #1
Too many options are also a bad thing.
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2005-09-13, 6:29 PM #2
Right, looks like I'm saving for Ultimate edition
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2005-09-13, 7:04 PM #3
Yeah right, I'll believe it when I see it.
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2005-09-13, 7:19 PM #4
I'm sticking with XP. Works wonders. There's nothing I want to do, I can't.
So it says it speeds things up a bit.. Faster boot up. Woopdy do. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's it also stealing alot more ram than all these previous versions of windows?
2005-09-13, 7:33 PM #5
It is supposed to use less RAM, i recall
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2005-09-13, 7:49 PM #6
Well at least they actually geared the versions towards the supposed target audiences. I might actually buy windows.
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2005-09-13, 8:35 PM #7
I'll stick with what I've got thank ye very much. I'll also wait for a conviently "priced" version to become available to me. And even then... chances of me installing it on any machine I intend to use every day will be slim for quite awhile.
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2005-09-13, 8:42 PM #8
Originally posted by Genki:
It is supposed to use less RAM, i recall



Not from what TWiT told me a few days ago. Requirements for the regular version and 64-bit version are 1GB RAM and 2GB RAM, respectively.
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2005-09-13, 9:49 PM #9
Originally posted by phoenix_9286:
I'll stick with what I've got thank ye very much. I'll also wait for a conviently "priced" version to become available to me. And even then... chances of me installing it on any machine I intend to use every day will be slim for quite awhile.


Too bad the market's moving towards a mandatory update system. For you, that is.
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2005-09-13, 9:55 PM #10
[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]Too bad the market's moving towards a mandatory update system. For you, that is.[/QUOTE]
Key words. "Is Moving". It's not there yet, so I don't care. And even if/when it DOES reach that point, they STILL won't be getting my money.
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2005-09-14, 12:37 AM #11
I'll just keep using 98SE and 2K on my old boxes, and only when I have to. Linux has been much kinder to me than Windows ever was.
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2005-09-14, 5:07 AM #12
Originally posted by phoenix_9286:
Key words. "Is Moving". It's not there yet, so I don't care. And even if/when it DOES reach that point, they STILL won't be getting my money.


Meaning it will with Vista, probably within 6 months or so.
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2005-09-14, 10:42 AM #13
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1858101,00.asp

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2005-09-14, 11:07 AM #14
RIT offers liscenses of XP Pro for $5, hopefully they'll have a similar deal for Vista.
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2005-09-14, 1:11 PM #15
The requirements for Vista is horrendous.

Recommended hardware

2 gb of ddr 3
sata 2
256 mb or more of VIDEO memeory
dual CPUs
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2005-09-14, 1:29 PM #16
Originally posted by silent_killa:
The requirements for Vista is horrendous.

Recommended hardware

2 gb of ddr 3
sata 2
256 mb or more of VIDEO memeory
dual CPUs


I didn't think that sounded right when I read it, but after digging through google a little, it turns out you're right:

http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry360.html

Though the official Microsoft TechNet site is very muddy as to the nature of the requirements:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/vistarpc.mspx#EDAA

In any case, I know I won't be upgrading until I'm forced to. Hopefully I'll be able to get a copy through my school's MSDNAA. Or at least in the bookstore for a greatly reduced price.
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2005-09-14, 1:32 PM #17
So does Microsoft know that they're screwing themselves over by releasing an OS that 99% of people won't have the hardware to run? Even if it's not released for a couple of years, the majority of people still won't have the means to run it. Hell, I like to think that my computer's pretty good, and it doesn't have anywhere near the tech requirements.
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2005-09-14, 1:37 PM #18
This is why Jeff is stickin with OS X. It's Vista, but now!
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2005-09-14, 5:13 PM #19
Originally posted by Nubs:
This is why Jeff is stickin with OS X. It's Vista, but now!


And without 60-70% of the features and support! YEAH!
D E A T H
2005-09-14, 5:20 PM #20
Originally posted by silent_killa:
The requirements for Vista is horrendous.

Recommended hardware

2 gb of ddr 3
sata 2
256 mb or more of VIDEO memeory
dual CPUs

Windows 95 > all ( - linux)
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2005-09-14, 5:24 PM #21
It's 2 gigs of regular DDR, not DDR3, and I don't see dual CPUs anywhere in the requirements/reccommendations. You forget that they completely overhauled the GUI and it's supposed to be beastly with everything on highest. I can understand it if they actually pull off everything they're wanting to.
D E A T H
2005-09-14, 6:28 PM #22
given that beta 1 gives better performance than XP (running on the same machine) i'd assume the final release is going to be even more optimised.
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2005-09-14, 6:29 PM #23
Originally posted by Detty:
given that beta 1 gives better performance than XP (running on the same machine) i'd assume the final release is going to be even more optimised.


That's what I hear too. So I wouldn't hold up the "OMG STUPE REQUIREMENTS" card yet.
D E A T H
2005-09-14, 7:48 PM #24
Originally posted by Yosh:
Meaning it will with Vista, probably within 6 months or so.

You're forgetting that Windows is NOT the only OS out there. I don't have to use Vista for anything (God that's a stupid name). You're also forgetting that until a large percentage of software developers start making things that will ONLY run on Vista, I don't have a damned thing to worry about. And that is NOT going to happen quickly at ALL.
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2005-09-14, 8:09 PM #25
You've obviously not been following the developments. Want to watcha movie better than 320x270 or whatever? Gotta have vista. Want to play any games? Gotta have Vista. Want to--you get the point. MS is making a go for broke on this OS. Either they control all of the market with DRM, or it all falls out from under them. My money is on them controlling the market.
D E A T H
2005-09-14, 8:27 PM #26
People said all sorts of stuff about XP. A lot of it turned out to be not true or not the problem they made it out to be. I'll wait until I see the finished product to make any judgements.
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2005-09-14, 8:30 PM #27
Originally posted by silent_killa:
The requirements for Vista is horrendous.

Recommended hardware

2 gb of ddr 3
sata 2
256 mb or more of VIDEO memeory
dual CPUs


I knew a guy who ran XP on his 200mhz laptop with like 256mb ram. WITH THEMES (he had a bad LotR WindowBlinds theme).

2005-09-14, 9:11 PM #28
Originally posted by Yosh:
You've obviously not been following the developments. Want to watcha movie better than 320x270 or whatever? Gotta have vista. Want to play any games? Gotta have Vista. Want to--you get the point. MS is making a go for broke on this OS. Either they control all of the market with DRM, or it all falls out from under them. My money is on them controlling the market.

And you've obviously missed the part where I said Vista is NOT the only system available. And if it IS true, so long as there's a will to bypass such crap, there will be ways to do so.
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2005-09-14, 9:16 PM #29
Yeah...you've obviously got this so figured out.

Emon--true, but most of it was discounted as false from the beginning anyways. This DRM stuff they're looking at doing...it's mostly being announced right before it releases AND is being regarded with respect for its veracity by a lot of tech savvy fellows. I dunno, I wouldn't call this stuff pure conjecture.
D E A T H
2005-09-14, 9:32 PM #30
Originally posted by phoenix_9286:
And you've obviously missed the part where I said Vista is NOT the only system available. And if it IS true, so long as there's a will to bypass such crap, there will be ways to do so.

drmstrip-0.0.1-fc4-x86.tar.gz anyone?
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2005-09-15, 5:30 AM #31
[QUOTE=The Mega-ZZTer]I knew a guy who ran XP on his 200mhz laptop with like 256mb ram. WITH THEMES (he had a bad LotR WindowBlinds theme).[/QUOTE]

Haha that's like what I'm doing with my old laptop... except it's only 64 megs of RAM.
Stuff
2005-09-15, 8:27 AM #32
That's SO lame that they are releasing so many effing editions for it. They have to code it all, why don't they just release one edition?

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