Author Topic: Vista Ultimate (Read 4582 times)

Skuzzy · « **Reply #60 on:** January 30, 2007, 05:08:17 PM »

The future? LOL! ROFLMBO!!!!!!!! Good one there brendo. I needed the laugh.

Wes14 · « **Reply #61 on:** January 30, 2007, 05:14:53 PM »

Brenjen · « **Reply #62 on:** January 30, 2007, 05:48:04 PM »

Sure Skuzzy, didn't you know? The future is a total lack of user control over any of their everyday devices. We will have Windows 2010 installed on our cars in 2013 & then you will get to be insured against crashes caused by crashes....don't even get me started on the Windows W.I.O.S. (water initiated operating system)...they're going to install that on our electric shavers in 2009 & it will hold us hostage & threaten to slit our throat if we don't let Wife 3.0 install Vista on our dusty XP machines.

tedrbr · « **Reply #63 on:** January 30, 2007, 05:57:55 PM »

So, how is AH running for anyone on MAC or LINUX? Looking like the better option for me these days.....

tedrbr · « **Reply #64 on:** January 30, 2007, 06:00:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
MS has stated XP Pro will be supported for 7 more years.

Heh... I'm running 64-bit XP Pro on my game system ...... "Supported" is not a word I'd use for it, by MS a little, by everyone else even less.

At least my network between the gamer and the DSL is pretty tight.

Meatwad · « **Reply #65 on:** January 30, 2007, 06:01:19 PM »

Windows Vista blows more then Monica in the Oval Office

Habu · « **Reply #66 on:** January 30, 2007, 06:04:54 PM »

If you really want to see what a absolute microsoft money grabbing scam is read this article.

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html

What microsoft is trying to do is prevent you from using your computer and your accessories as you see fit. This OS will actually prevent you from displaying HD content from a HD source unless it verifies that all the components and the source material have the MS stamp of approval.

If there is a spike in your voltage or some other anomaly this OS thinks you are trying to hack it and reboots the HD display software. Heaven forbid that you actually see HD content on a Vista machine without the approval of at least 3 Hollywood studios.

This POS operating system is not about opening up your computer but about closing it off to all but select MS approved hardware suppliers. If you want to read a HD disk or see some HD content then this OS is all about preventing you from doing so unless you got the content from a MS approved source.

Maverick · « **Reply #67 on:** January 30, 2007, 06:32:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Airscrew
I'm guessing you got about 4-5 years for XP. If you build a really good system now with all the bells and whistles. The only problem I can see is getting drivers for XP in a few years. Games will probably still be created for XP for the next couple of years. There are some things I see that still have driver support for Win2k so I would figure about 5 years, just in time for the next POS MS OS to be released

At which point the replacement for vista will likely be in the works or ready to be released. Remember xp's predecessor? (no I don't mean SE either)

Sandman · « **Reply #68 on:** January 30, 2007, 06:39:31 PM »

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Originally posted by tedrbr
So, how is AH running for anyone on MAC or LINUX? Looking like the better option for me these days.....

You're in the wrong forum if you're looking for people that still actually fly.

LePaul · « **Reply #69 on:** January 30, 2007, 06:49:33 PM »

I love it when so-called techs post technical comments like "Works fine for me" LOL

The Tomshardware side-by-side with XP and Vista was a good read. The only thing Vista did better was load up time for applications.

Meanwhile, OpenGL isnt supported.

So far, from all the cNet blogs ive read, the only thing Vista has is a pretty desktop. That's it. DRM galore with interlaced video playback, if it will even READ the video you play (i.e. duped DVDs)

Toad · « **Reply #70 on:** January 30, 2007, 06:58:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman
You're in the wrong forum if you're looking for people that still actually fly.

I guess I better leave then; I still actually fly.

Sandman · « **Reply #71 on:** January 30, 2007, 07:06:04 PM »

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Originally posted by Toad
I guess I better leave then; I still actually fly.

Well... I'm sure there are a couple.

Toad · « **Reply #72 on:** January 30, 2007, 07:08:46 PM »

Hey, when the fights are good, it's still an amazingly cheap thrill. They're just few and far between now.

Eagler · « **Reply #73 on:** January 30, 2007, 07:13:22 PM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
MS has stated XP Pro will be supported for 7 more years.

by then Bill will be the Borg and you won't even realize you have been assimilated

(I remember that issue

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Helrazr1 · « **Reply #74 on:** January 30, 2007, 07:40:35 PM »

It's a lost cause Skuzzy. You're always gonna have the folks who will fight you till the end saying it's great. In my experience, it's because these people were the first ones to go get it, and they'd rather argue about it's merits, than admit that they made a mistake in buying it.

You've got a long road to hoe my friend. Might as well start a sticky thread under tech support and just post, "Vista's crap, AH won't work as well, don't ask again".

Good luck, and God speed!