Author Topic: Anybody Using Vista? (Read 9670 times)

Brenjen · « **Reply #30 on:** January 25, 2007, 01:12:55 PM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
But Brenjen, think of all the excuses you just gave up on to buy new hardware so you could run the same programs 10 to 15 percent slower than before!!!!

And think of how funny it would be if you Wife could not do her editing and making of movies. Wouldn't that just be too funny?

No, not really. It might be to someone out in this big mean world, but I have to live with her.

Krusty · « **Reply #31 on:** January 25, 2007, 11:23:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Max
<--- Pictures Skuzzy buying and hording thousands of OEM boxes of XP for future Black Market get rich scheme

I'm seriously thinking of doing this myself. I just can't afford it. I have a copy of XP Pro that I've been using for a long long time. I'd like a copy of XP Pro Corporate (no checks every time you change hardware!), but I fear it's going to be yanked off the shelves the second Vista is out.

I wouldn't be surprised if MS "recalls it" or has employees go around and buy up all their own copies. With anything else around, NObody is going to use Vista. They know this, and will ensure NOTHING else is around, shortly after Vista comes out.

Brenjen · « **Reply #32 on:** January 26, 2007, 06:13:27 AM »

I'm just going to install my copy of xp home on the wife & kids pc. It might require me to call microslave but it'll be worth it. Both our pc's will be vista ready if vista gets restructured or if they come out with a version I can live with, but it doesn't seem likely.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #33 on:** January 26, 2007, 07:10:22 AM »

Here is something interesting. NVidia's new Vista driver only has support for the 6000 series and newer video cards. 5000 series and older NVidia cards are not supported in this next driver.

Rolex · « **Reply #34 on:** January 26, 2007, 07:26:33 AM »

I read about a small silver lining today. MS had announced that support for XP Home would end two years from now, but has relented and will continue support for as long as XP Pro, which I hear is seven years from now.

Bobby · « **Reply #35 on:** January 26, 2007, 07:44:54 AM »

2 simple questions
1. Will AH run on Vista (I have a new computer otw with it installed)

2. Will my file sharing downloads be in jepordy?

The new system is configured
Intel Core 2 Duo Quad processor Q6600 (2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB cache)
1024MB PC5300 dual-channel DDR2 667MHz SDRAM (2-512MB modules) 1
NVIDIA GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI - Dual Link w/HDCP & TV-Out

Now that you all have scared me, I'm wondering if I can unistall it and put XP pro on it It's hard enough to get to the hard dive with XP

Max · « **Reply #36 on:** January 26, 2007, 07:51:34 AM »

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Here is something interesting. NVidia's new Vista driver only has support for the 6000 series and newer video cards. 5000 series and older NVidia cards are not supported in this next driver.

And therein lies the problem. Let's just hope that M$ debuggs Vista before we're all forced off the edge of the cliff.

Mini D · « **Reply #37 on:** January 26, 2007, 07:56:02 AM »

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You're wrong. Vista takes DRM to a whole new level and it oppresses consumer rights.

Hehehe... this one makes me laugh.

Write a letter to the folks that created bittorent and say thanks. Maybe you could ask them to forward it to the 100 million people that use it to steal software/movies/songs every day.

Brenjen · « **Reply #38 on:** January 26, 2007, 08:02:40 AM »

That's just it. Those aren't bugs; that's intentional.

And yes, your file sharing will be in jeopardy with Vista unless the content is digitally signed & licensed. Anything ripped is not going to work from what I have read; windows media player will stop the content from playing & you'll get that licensing window pop-up. I don't know how that will effect third party programs like MusicMatch though. I suppose Vista will just insert itself into the picture & shut it down too.

I do not own Vista & I haven't beta tested it. I almost did when MS was offering free beta downloads but I heard it was causing problems when people tried to take it off & go back to XP, so pretty much everything I'm saying is just repeating what I have read elsewhere.

Bobby · « **Reply #39 on:** January 26, 2007, 08:27:29 AM »

I guess I best call them ASAP and switch the OS. So, if I have music I ripped from my own real CD's that I put on my IPOD, I can't use that music anymore with Vista since I didn't buy the music online? I'm talking I put most of my 90's CD's on my computer. Those can't digitally signed can they? I already refuse to use WMP cause it wants to do everything in WMA format.

Bobby · « **Reply #40 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:02:46 AM »

Wow, doing some research on Vista at PCmag. Skuzzy is 100% correct, I'm not touching Vista. When XP no longer works, I'll switch to Linux. It may look cool, but Microsoft is again positioning itself to control everything from Internet security to providing audio and video content. I smell more lawsuits coming. Microsoft doesn't have the right to own and control the world. Well, I guess I have 4 years of XP for I have to do something. Will AH work in a linux enviorment?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #41 on:** January 26, 2007, 09:45:57 AM »

Bobby, you have other reasons to not get Vista with that computer. NVidia has yet to release a non-beta driver for Vista and is not slated to until the end of January.

I can tell you right now, the current NVidia driver in Vista will not run Aces High II, nor many other games as well.
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MiniD, while I have never stolen or mis-appropriated any content, I would be suffering what MS has done in Vista. Example: Try making a copy of any HD content with Vista, even if you own it. You can't, if the manufacturer of the media decides they do not want you to be able to make a copy.

Even Bill Gates has gone on record that DRM has gotten way to entrenched in the operating system.

The sad thing is, all the things they are doing will not prevent piracy. It will stop the legitimate user from doing something as simply as making a backup. In short, the end user pays the price.

What is getting ready to happen to the consumer who knows nothing about computers is going to be agonizing to watch. And those who know how to run thier computer will find Vista to be excruciatingly painful to use.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #42 on:** January 26, 2007, 10:32:56 AM »

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Originally posted by Mini D
Hehehe... this one makes me laugh.

Write a letter to the folks that created bittorent and say thanks. Maybe you could ask them to forward it to the 100 million people that use it to steal software/movies/songs every day.

You must be joking. The media industry has brought this to themselves with price cartels and refusal to adopt modern distribution methods. Futhermore they constantly seek for ways to rip consumers off (such as limiting a purchased song to only one player, forcing you to purchase the same damn song again every time you want to change players).

Don't get me even started. Without bittorrent and the likes, we'd already see DRM locked players everywhere and cartel pricing $2 per downloaded song / for one machine / for one user / no option to backup.

republic · « **Reply #43 on:** January 26, 2007, 10:33:20 AM »

I'll have Vista in a few days to evaluate for work... I have high hopes...but also go in a veteran and unfortunate "technical supporter" of every Windows since 3.11...and the fuzzy glow of being a hardcore OSX user at work.

So my high hopes minus my practical knowledge...equals...uh oh...cannot divide by zero.

(Posted from my Macbook Pro)

Roscoroo · « **Reply #44 on:** January 26, 2007, 03:05:33 PM »

If you guys take the Vista plunge .... I suggest you get a second hard drive ,and use that as for its impossiable to go back without a full reformat ,,, also there isnt any ATI drivers out for the 64 bit that work correctly in most games . even my new x1950xtx doesnt have correct working drivers for vista.

we can still force the older drivers but even they dont work correctly.