Author Topic: And so it begins... Microsoft Vista released for sale (Read 1151 times)

dmf · « **Reply #30 on:** December 01, 2006, 02:48:21 PM »

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/Deployment/default.aspx

Read this before you waste the money on vista, I think the is just the start f a long process called "man I gotta go to that site again and buy this now"

Make a mac or learning Linux look pretty good right about now.

Westy · « **Reply #31 on:** December 01, 2006, 03:17:06 PM »

"the crystalxp vista looking shell"

Is crystalxp something that improves system performance by replacing bloatware from the MS XP os? Like 98-Lite did? Or is it just a different shade of lipstick on the same ole pig kind of a thing?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #32 on:** December 01, 2006, 03:25:28 PM »

I just ordered, what I figure to be, my last two copies of XP Pro. That should hold me for a bit.

Westy, I dunt think it is possible to avoid the ship known as M.S. Bloat. Much like an icebreaker, once she gets moving, she is hard to stop, and when she crashes into something she just keeps on going. Slowly, but moving nevertheless, in spite of what you want her to do.

dmf · « **Reply #33 on:** December 01, 2006, 04:21:22 PM »

I got my copy an Comp USA about a month ago just in case I ever have to reload this thing

Rolex · « **Reply #34 on:** December 01, 2006, 05:34:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
I just ordered, what I figure to be, my last two copies of XP Pro. That should hold me for a bit.

Could you burn a disk image and upload it to your server, then post the activation numbers here?

Thank you; your friend,
Rolex

dmf · « **Reply #35 on:** December 01, 2006, 09:02:36 PM »

NOT APPROPRIATE.

1K3 · « **Reply #36 on:** December 02, 2006, 12:55:52 AM »

What's the system requirements?

bozon · « **Reply #37 on:** December 02, 2006, 03:48:59 AM »

Now that OS X runs on PCs I see no reason in buying vista. My next computer will very likely be a mac. If only HTC release an OS X version I would dump XP as well...

Rolex · « **Reply #38 on:** December 02, 2006, 05:30:57 AM »

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Originally posted by bozon
Now that OS X runs on PCs I see no reason in buying vista. My next computer will very likely be a mac. If only HTC release an OS X version I would dump XP as well...

You mean XP runs on Macs (using Boot Camp), right? I've never read of anyone getting a fully functional OSX to run natively on a PC.

Nilsen · « **Reply #39 on:** December 02, 2006, 05:43:39 AM »

That is correct Rolex.

So buy a mac and run bootcamp withXP for the software and games you need.

Rolex · « **Reply #40 on:** December 02, 2006, 06:30:37 AM »

My laptop is a Mac, Nilsen. I know, but I'd want a 21" iMac and there are many people not able to get Boot Camp running on that model. Boot Camp is not yet stable and both cores are not working on many models.

If the OS-integrated version (in Panther) of Boot Camp has most of the issues fixed and runs on 21" iMacs, I'll do that for sure.

(BTW, congratulations on Norway being the number 1 rated country to live in again!)

Nilsen · « **Reply #41 on:** December 02, 2006, 06:51:13 AM »

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Originally posted by Rolex
My laptop is a Mac, Nilsen. I know, but I'd want a 21" iMac and there are many people not able to get Boot Camp running on that model. Boot Camp is not yet stable and both cores are not working on many models.

If the OS-integrated version (in Panther) of Boot Camp has most of the issues fixed and runs on 21" iMacs, I'll do that for sure.

(BTW, congratulations on Norway being the number 1 rated country to live in again!)

oh I see. I have never tried the bootcamp software because i have a Powerbook with the G4 cpu.

(thx... i think we "won" because as of yet we have not been exposed to PS3 and Vista

. I expect we will drop down after they are both on the market here )

Skuzzy · « **Reply #42 on:** December 02, 2006, 08:01:49 AM »

Uh, if you continue to run XP, there is no need to buy a Mac to do it. Just keep running it on your current computer. Seems a bit simpler to me.

System requirements vary based on which version of Vista you want to run. For the all out version of it, figure needing 3 to 4GB of system memory, an $800 video card, and a quadruple-triplematched-fortified CPU.

Then you can run the things your Pentium 3 with 256MB of RAM and a 16MB video card can run at the same speed. Woot!

Of course, I am exaggerating a bit. In a few years, the hardware will be available to allow Vista based computers to perform at the same speed as current XP based computers do. but with a truckload of restrictions.

I can hardly wait to hear the screaming when someone tries to make a copy of thier just purchased HD movie and Vista says, sorry, you cannot do that. Between DRM and HDCP, you will be lucky to be able to burn anything on a CD/DVD.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #43 on:** December 02, 2006, 08:29:56 AM »

As a related note I've been visiting [H]ard forums lately and people are reporting identical gaming performance with Vista compared to XP. Sounds a bit weird to me though.

Rolex · « **Reply #44 on:** December 02, 2006, 09:11:10 AM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Uh, if you continue to run XP, there is no need to buy a Mac to do it. Just keep running it on your current computer. Seems a bit simpler to me.

Hehe... of course you're right.

I'm just itching for an upgrade since I have a processor inferiority complex - I only have one. I'll either put together a new Conroe box, or do the iMac next year, depending on what happens with boot camp.