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T5
It is growing on me, what do you all think?
Or os it too early to tell?
Or os it too early to tell?
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Colin Barnhorst
Too early for me. The screen dimming stuff with UAC irritates me beyond
words. It's too Halloweenish. It'll wind up being another joking point for
Mac and Linux users. I can see the "I'm a Mac...I'm a PC" commercial now
where the PC guy just goes dark for ten seconds.
words. It's too Halloweenish. It'll wind up being another joking point for
Mac and Linux users. I can see the "I'm a Mac...I'm a PC" commercial now
where the PC guy just goes dark for ten seconds.
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Guest
Agree with you Colin, but actually the 'protect you from yourself mode' with
Vista makes me think that the federal government wrote the code. When the
administrator has no administrator rights, its time to stand up and 'yell'.
On the whole Vista is pretty and has some neat maintenance features,
but I wonder how MS plans on selling this to all of us who do not go throwing
money around. (see, US gov't again). Am running Vista in dual boot with
XPx64, and XPx64 may not be pretty, but it hums along and is easily as quick
as Vista.
Vista makes me think that the federal government wrote the code. When the
administrator has no administrator rights, its time to stand up and 'yell'.
On the whole Vista is pretty and has some neat maintenance features,
but I wonder how MS plans on selling this to all of us who do not go throwing
money around. (see, US gov't again). Am running Vista in dual boot with
XPx64, and XPx64 may not be pretty, but it hums along and is easily as quick
as Vista.
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Alan Simpson
It's definitely an improvement and much better poised to take advantage of
current and future hardware. I'll be building a machine just for Vista to
use as my main work platform soon after the product releases.
I don't think they'll sell many upgrades on this one though (not that they
ever do). It'll become mainstream by being pre-installed on new machines.
current and future hardware. I'll be building a machine just for Vista to
use as my main work platform soon after the product releases.
I don't think they'll sell many upgrades on this one though (not that they
ever do). It'll become mainstream by being pre-installed on new machines.
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Colin Barnhorst
XP x64 is the solidest Windows yet. 95% of Vista installations will be
preinstalled on new computers as is the case with XP now. As for the other
5% (folks like us), we tend to buy the latest OS anyway.
preinstalled on new computers as is the case with XP now. As for the other
5% (folks like us), we tend to buy the latest OS anyway.
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T5
I love the slickness of movement between progs and windows, I also love the
new high def, easy view icons, texts etc (for someone with failing eyesight
, due to years of looking into a monitor)
Media player 11 is awesome, I positioned a 7.1 surround sound system and
then configured Nvidia mixer and then let rip with Freebird (full version)
at near on full volume and it was amazing, (even the folks round here
enjoyed it) ............... I am still waiting for the anti social behaviour
notice to arrive from the folks in the next village though
new high def, easy view icons, texts etc (for someone with failing eyesight
, due to years of looking into a monitor)
Media player 11 is awesome, I positioned a 7.1 surround sound system and
then configured Nvidia mixer and then let rip with Freebird (full version)
at near on full volume and it was amazing, (even the folks round here
enjoyed it) ............... I am still waiting for the anti social behaviour
notice to arrive from the folks in the next village though
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Homer J. Simpson
XP x64 is the solidest Windows yet.
Seeking an opinion on this...how would you compare it with Server 2003 x64?
Last time I rebuilt my dev machine I was hesitating between the two (I have
both through MSDN), and XP x64 won out, purely out of my familiarity with XP
x86 over 2003...
Seeking an opinion on this...how would you compare it with Server 2003 x64?
Last time I rebuilt my dev machine I was hesitating between the two (I have
both through MSDN), and XP x64 won out, purely out of my familiarity with XP
x86 over 2003...
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Colin Barnhorst
No difference. They are the very same codebase. XP Pro x64 is based on
Windows Server 2003 SP1 (not XP SP2).
Windows Server 2003 SP1 (not XP SP2).
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Travis King
The darking the screen also irritates me for UAC. Why don't just bring up
the UAC instead of darking the screen? It also slows the computer down (as
I see a delay before the UAC window appears) when it has to dark the screen.
I know it's doing that to probably get your attention, but it's overkill.
Why don't they just make the UAC window bright colors to get your attention
as opposed to darking out your screen?
the UAC instead of darking the screen? It also slows the computer down (as
I see a delay before the UAC window appears) when it has to dark the screen.
I know it's doing that to probably get your attention, but it's overkill.
Why don't they just make the UAC window bright colors to get your attention
as opposed to darking out your screen?
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wgd
Yeah, I agree with that. It's growing on me too. The more time I spendIt is growing on me, what do you all think?
Or os it too early to tell?
with Vista Beta 2 exploring the features, etc. the better I like it. Also,
contrary to what I expected it runs very well.
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Homer J. Simpson
No difference. They are the very same codebase. XP Pro x64 is based on
I'm well aware of this, I was just wondering if someone would have a
preference for Server x64 based on some criteria... The only thing I'm
thinking of is if you need something that only works on Server...
Windows Server 2003 SP1 (not XP SP2).
I'm well aware of this, I was just wondering if someone would have a
preference for Server x64 based on some criteria... The only thing I'm
thinking of is if you need something that only works on Server...
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Homer J. Simpson
The darking the screen also irritates me for UAC. Why don't just bring up
You haven't learned to hate that until you've used Remote Desktop to connect
to a Vista machine through a slow RAS or VPN connection...
the UAC instead of darking the screen? It also slows the computer down
(as I see a delay before the UAC window appears) when it has to dark the
screen. I know it's doing that to probably get your attention, but it's
overkill.
You haven't learned to hate that until you've used Remote Desktop to connect
to a Vista machine through a slow RAS or VPN connection...
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Colin Barnhorst
I wouldn't use Server 2003 x64 as a desktop. I would run XP Pro x64 with
Virtual Server 2005 R2 and then run 32bit server virtual machines for file
service or websites.
Virtual Server 2005 R2 and then run 32bit server virtual machines for file
service or websites.
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jonah
It is growing on me, what do you all think?
Or os it too early to tell?
I also hate the UAC and the Admin is not really Admin stuff. I also
think the new Network interface is the absolute pits, its gone from
straightforward in XP to a ridiculously complicated pain in the arse
just to get sharing on a local network sorted. Have not tried anything
actually complicated like VNC yet. Think Homer said it was fun, I'll
bet.
Looks very nice but thats all eye candy and not actually useful.
I have to have one copy for work purposes but I will not be replacing
XP with Vista on a production PC, forget it.
Jonah
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Chris Game
jonah said:I also hate the UAC and the Admin is not really Admin stuff. I
also think the new Network interface is the absolute pits, its
gone from straightforward in XP to a ridiculously complicated
pain in the arse just to get sharing on a local network sorted.
I agree, having four or so screens all describing the network and
various options doesn't help. The first problem I had, which didn't
bode well, was that the default workgroup name in vista was
'WORKGROUP' whilst the default in XP is 'MSHOME'. No hint of this in
the helpfile either.
The chess program is good.
Try switching video to 120 DPI resolution!
Otherwise it looks good at this stage.
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Don Short
It's pretty, I wish it were useful.
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Rockwell
jonah said:I also hate the UAC and the Admin is not really Admin stuff. I also
think the new Network interface is the absolute pits, its gone from
straightforward in XP to a ridiculously complicated pain in the arse
just to get sharing on a local network sorted. Have not tried anything
actually complicated like VNC yet. Think Homer said it was fun, I'll
bet.
Looks very nice but thats all eye candy and not actually useful.
I have to have one copy for work purposes but I will not be replacing
XP with Vista on a production PC, forget it.
Jonah
Seconded. I like some of what it has, but not enough to buy it.
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Bernie
Oh man... I haven't done it but I got the picture.
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Bernie
I think it looks pretty enough to be attractive to a lot of people. I
think the tech support side of my business will do very well out of it
because there are so many changes that aren't intuitive...like setting
up a lan.
I have to have it for development testing purposes and that part of it
I'm resignedly okay with. A lot of my code will be broken by the
security aspects but I'm okay with that... should have happened sooner.
think the tech support side of my business will do very well out of it
because there are so many changes that aren't intuitive...like setting
up a lan.
I have to have it for development testing purposes and that part of it
I'm resignedly okay with. A lot of my code will be broken by the
security aspects but I'm okay with that... should have happened sooner.
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T5
I am already becoming bugged with it, just to explain that I dual boot with
xp pro, xp pro picks up everything I install, it is quick on the uptake and
things fly, windows open fast and I hardly ever get errors. Vista wont even
install hardware that it lists in it's database, the (fade in semi
transparent windows seem to hang in the ether for a few seconds before they
appear) and it can be a nightmare to try and locate things that you have
downloaded or put somewhere, (even though the desktop search tool is slick),
I'm pressing on with it, it has a lot of nice touches but I'm still a long
way from the end of the Damascus road
xp pro, xp pro picks up everything I install, it is quick on the uptake and
things fly, windows open fast and I hardly ever get errors. Vista wont even
install hardware that it lists in it's database, the (fade in semi
transparent windows seem to hang in the ether for a few seconds before they
appear) and it can be a nightmare to try and locate things that you have
downloaded or put somewhere, (even though the desktop search tool is slick),
I'm pressing on with it, it has a lot of nice touches but I'm still a long
way from the end of the Damascus road