Windows Vista - Page 3

BWX · Sep 22, 2006, 09:38 PM

Bleh, its a hog, but ill probably HAVE to move to it ............. EVENTUALLY

Cannyone · Sep 23, 2006, 02:15 AM

I say "give it a year..." - by then the price should have dropped, many of the bugs will have been squashed, and there will be better driver support. Then again it will take me at least that long to save up for the new system to run it on. (New Conroe proc, 4GB of DDR2, whatever the R600 turns out to be with the 1000W P/S to support it.... I think you get the picture.)

~~bobbytomorow~~ · Sep 23, 2006, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannyone

Then again it will take me at least that long to save up for the new system to run it on. (New Conroe proc, 4GB of DDR2, whatever the R600 turns out to be with the 1000W P/S to support it.... I think you get the picture.)

lol why do people say this? Its not exactly a system killer.

swimtech · Sep 24, 2006, 12:20 AM

It's different, and gorgeous...

I'm gonna jump on and ride it like a wild man from the get go with whatever time I can! It's the best way to learn I think...

Oh, wait, this thread was about Vista, sorry...

PangingJr · Sep 24, 2006, 12:33 AM

each to his/her own opinion. i personally think "Its shaping up well", and wouldn't disagree with any.

IamLakota · Sep 24, 2006, 05:21 AM

I'll wait for SP1 or 2,as it is now all I care about aregetting the rest of the piecies together to build my new C2D Machine.

FuNsTeR · Sep 24, 2006, 06:10 AM

like what is the point Windows Vista for someunknown reason will not install on my machine, even though the upgrade program said my machine was fine

Microsoft better get their fingers out their arse and fix the issues before i even consider buying windows Vista

Dyre Straits · Sep 24, 2006, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by FuNsTeR

like what is the point Windows Vista for someunknown reason will not install on my machine, even though the upgrade program said my machine was fine

Microsoft better get their fingers out their arse and fix the issues before i even consider buying windows Vista

Keep in mind that it's still in development.

But, more to the point: You haven't provided here anything that will help anyone help you. How did you go about attempting the installation? Are you positive that the ISO you burned to DVD isn't corrupted? Did you try installing on a different computer?

You need to provide a lot more information, please.

HawgsHead · Sep 24, 2006, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannyone

I say "give it a year..." - by then the price should have dropped, many of the bugs will have been squashed, and there will be better driver support. Then again it will take me at least that long to save up for the new system to run it on. (New Conroe proc, 4GB of DDR2, whatever the R600 turns out to be with the 1000W P/S to support it.... I think you get the picture.)

What in the world are U running that needs 4GB of DDR2?

cadaveca · Sep 24, 2006, 04:21 PM

Install tip:

Make sure any Floppy Disk controllers are disabled in bios if a drive is not connected.

took me a while to figure this one out...since 5600 i removed my floppy drive and could not even get the 5600 disk to boot.

swimtech · Sep 24, 2006, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by PangingJr

each to his/her own opinion. i personally think "Its shaping up well", and wouldn't disagree with any.

No really, that's what I meant too, but I am gonna dig in and am excited about the fact that Microsoft is letting us try it for free until June of next year - nice way to get word of mouth going too. Looks like it's coming along...

About the 4 gig post - I'll let you know it seemed, for the short time I was running it before I deleted it, that it looked to run about the same as XP on my machine in the specs I have posted. At work, we've "standardized" on 2Gig as the spec for new machine purchases keeping Vista in mind - should be enough to do business with email, several browser windows, Java app, and .Net stuff running all at once. Specialized machines that process media should be the only ones needing more - and even then only to increase speed to a degree - it will work anyhow...

PangingJr · Sep 24, 2006, 10:16 PM

my above post was not direct to you, AFAIR, Swimtech.
anyway, i did understand what you mean when i read your post yesterday.

ChosenCaleb · Sep 25, 2006, 02:59 PM

I like vista's design. Looks really impressive.
But I think I will move to Vista one year later after its official release

.. Remember, when XP came in.. practically all games and apps was working horrible, or just not working

GeneralClaymore · Sep 26, 2006, 08:17 AM

yes I'll be getting the 64bit ver of vista. I used the beta To me it doing well. Plus I be doing the normal OS pgrade.I did play a few games when i was using my 7800gt before it died and they ran good.

Jitter · Sep 29, 2006, 03:43 PM

I dont know why people are going upgrade crazy for Vista. I just got RC1 and it runs fine for me, and I only have a p4 1.8, 1GB 2100 RAM, 9700pro AIW. In the performance tests from the OS i got a 4+ / 5 on everything but the processor which was rated at 2.8 . I know I am probably missing a few "pretty" features, but it runs alot better than I expected. I have an Audigy 2 ZS and i think the sounds quality is better then in XP right now. I have not tried any games yet, but installation of Vista, vid drivers, and sound drivers all went smooth. I am also dual booting it w/ XP and have not experienced any problems yet.