Should i buy Vista or not?

[Vivi]

I'm pretty sure you're just dopped once again.
It's responsive, but really not as much as a tweaked XP IMO.

Haha, yeah.
Im curious as of what you can do to Vista as far as tweaks/speed-ups go.

I may look into it.

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On a side note: what made stop using Windows Vista was that, sure the effects and features were cool. But to be honest, it all was a bit much.

[polobunny]

Haha, yeah.
Im curious as of what you can do to Vista as far as tweaks/speed-ups go.

I may look into it.

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On a side note: what made stop using Windows Vista was that, sure the effects and features were cool. But to be honest, it all was a bit much.

Heh yeah as I was saying "tweaked Win XP" I got tempted to search for Vista tweaks.
Too much for like... nothing. There's tons of functions in Windows XP people don't even use anyway.
And MS apps were never quite the thing anyway. There's always a little something that is not quite right about them. Take WMP11 for example, some might find the interface cool but on almost all machines I did it ended up fucking the codecs. >__>

[Ktiger41]

Being some one who has used Vista quite a bit, I can tell you that it actually seems to be more responsive than windows XP on my machine, atleast.

What do you mean by more responsive? B/c my machine is a bit better than yours, so I'd like to know.

No, unless you have a DX10 card. Else I say wait 6 months - 1 year to get most of the security issues out and then it should be alright. At least that's what i'm recommeding to all of my clients so far.

If your vid card is DX10 compat. and your on XP, couldn't I just install Dx10 and be all set?

[pkt-zer0]

If your vid card is DX10 compat. and your on XP, couldn't I just install Dx10 and be all set?

"DirectX 10 is available exclusively to Microsoft Vista, which means that computers that aren't running Vista will not be able to run later applications which require DirectX 10."

Haven't investigated this matter myself too deeply, so I don't know how or why they're doing this, but apparently they are. So no DX10 for non-Vista people.

[Ktiger41]

"DirectX 10 is available exclusively to Microsoft Vista, which means that computers that aren't running Vista will not be able to run later applications which require DirectX 10."

Haven't investigated this matter myself too deeply, so I don't know how or why they're doing this, but apparently they are. So no DX10 for non-Vista people.

Now I know why M$ keeps shooting themselves in the ass.

[TheStuntman]

Well i recently bought a whole new system in August and here's the specs.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
2GB DDR2 RAM @ 667MHz
200GB HDD
512MB GEFORCE 7300GS

Is that enough to run Vista? And why do i need Vista to run Halo 2 is there something i'm missing?? And is my video card DX10 compatible?

[Josh]

Read the reviews, guys. There's been a LOT of shit added, a lot of it being fucking useless, but a LOT of shit has been added. For instance, any of you with a TabletPC should want to try this for the touch-screen stuff. They made it so you can actually TYPE on on your screen for some reason.

What tablet features are on Vista that is different from Windows XP Professional Tablet PC Edition? I have a tablet, so I am curious.

[b1gwi11]

"DirectX 10 is available exclusively to Microsoft Vista, which means that computers that aren't running Vista will not be able to run later applications which require DirectX 10."

Haven't investigated this matter myself too deeply, so I don't know how or why they're doing this, but apparently they are. So no DX10 for non-Vista people.

theyre doing it to push vista

if you wanna play a dx10 game bad enough you get vista

[polobunny]

Yeah about DX10, they're pushing it for anyone wanting to play next gen games. =/
I sure hope someone is going to hack DX10 and fit it on XP. I mean... please? =(

[Jetsetlemming]

I hope so, too. DX10 is the one and only Vista feature I like the sound of (though, of course, I'm on a DX8 video card ; ).
Here's a breakdown of all the fancy shmancy new features of DX10:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/11/..._is_all_about/
Personally, I like the sound of "instancing 2.0" the best. Drawing a million unit army for the processing cost of one, each army unit individually animated and moving (though of course the individual animation and movement and AI doesn't take up the processing cost of one unit )? Sweet. Though it sounds like it could be better implimented for tree leaves and individual blades of grass and rain particles that individually splash on the ground and streak down windows and cars and stuff. *drool*

[Ahkei]

Yeah about DX10, they're pushing it for anyone wanting to play next gen games. =/
I sure hope someone is going to hack DX10 and fit it on XP. I mean... please? =(

Or games devs start using OpenGL.

[Ktiger41]

Yeah about DX10, they're pushing it for anyone wanting to play next gen games. =/
I sure hope someone is going to hack DX10 and fit it on XP. I mean... please? =(

Im with ya. I believe my card is DX10 compat and Halo 2 sounds uber nice.

[Ahkei]

I believe my card is DX10 compat

Lol.

[polobunny]

Im with ya. I believe my card is DX10 compat and Halo 2 sounds uber nice.

I'll assume you have a 8800GTS or 8800GTX, else no, your video card is not DX10 compatible.

[Jetsetlemming]

What's the big deal about Halo 2 port? An X-box game that's been out for a couple years that at this point won't run you more than $10 used? Is that REALLY worth getting giddy about for DX10? Halo 3, maybe. Halo 2? Nah.