Windows Vista is coming out soon and thus that age old question; should i buy and support Micro$oft or just keep using my XP. What's so good about Vista and why should i shell out a few hundred bucks to get it?
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Windows Vista is coming out soon and thus that age old question; should i buy and support Micro$oft or just keep using my XP. What's so good about Vista and why should i shell out a few hundred bucks to get it?
If you have 1Gb of ram to spare and really want to play Halo on your Pc, maybe you should. Otherwise, IMO, no.
Id say wait in any case. Compatibility is not perfect with old apps, and if you dont need Halo 2, you wont miss a lot.
Isn't it just tacky animation everywhere + extra DRM shit? Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but that's all I've heard...
The calculator has been rewritten too :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Ragnar
And then there's IE7 which also runs on XP (and sucks).
Outlook Express has been replaced etc. etc. Nothing major
in my opinion.
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.
They've did some junk to increase autonomy, power handling and crap.
They've reNAMED Outlook Express (didn't replace it, as was previously stated), there's a new security console thing, but it's annoying.
You can play Halo2 :shrug:
You have DirectX10
Built-in Media Center, but it's only very SLIGHTLY better than MCE.
You like the cawk.
It has a much more attractive interface than XP.
Flip3D is pretty dope, albeit unnecessary.
You can upgrade directly to it and keep all your shit.
It's up to you and whether you want to shell out the pesos for OSX-Lite.
Thats why I said nothing major :pepsi:Quote:
Originally Posted by brit
I've been using Vista myself for a week and then got rid of it.
Good entertainment there :P.Quote:
They've reNAMED Outlook Express (didn't replace it, as was previously)
DX10 is pretty much what many people look forward to in Vista, which is supposed to be the next generation of PC gaming, I think. You also should consider certain pieces of hardware if you'd like to run Vista at full capacity.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheStuntman
In short: No.
Srsly. Never buy it at all. Exception is when you need to play DX10 games, and even then, who pays for M$ software?
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.
Just download it if you're that desperate to try it.
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.
Since no one posted this article yet:
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...ista_cost.html
I'm pretty sure you're just dopped once again. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Vivi
It's responsive, but really not as much as a tweaked XP IMO.
if you really want it, then get it. Otherwise just get Windowblinds for your comp, you can get teh same look as Vista on XP.
Haha, yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by polobunny
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. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Vivi
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. >__>
What do you mean by more responsive? B/c my machine is a bit better than yours, so I'd like to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vivi
If your vid card is DX10 compat. and your on XP, couldn't I just install Dx10 and be all set?Quote:
Originally Posted by polobunny
"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."Quote:
Originally Posted by Ktiger41
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dak'kon
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?
What tablet features are on Vista that is different from Windows XP Professional Tablet PC Edition? I have a tablet, so I am curious.Quote:
Originally Posted by brit
theyre doing it to push vistaQuote:
Originally Posted by Dak'kon
if you wanna play a dx10 game bad enough you get vista
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? =(
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 :P)? 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*
Or games devs start using OpenGL.Quote:
Originally Posted by polobunny
Im with ya. I believe my card is DX10 compat and Halo 2 sounds uber nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by polobunny
Lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ktiger41
I'll assume you have a 8800GTS or 8800GTX, else no, your video card is not DX10 compatible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ktiger41
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.
Last I checked, Halo 2 will require Vista, but doesn't actually use any DX10 effects...
It is like $30 used around here at least. Also, it is a pretty fun multiplayer game, it's not just another quake or unreal. I may be an old game but it is recieving a graphics update.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetsetlemming
Still, you'd expect people to be getting giddy over something new, not something they've played before, touched up and exclusive to a brand new Operating System. >_>; You don't hear anyone wetting themselves over Symphony of the Night coming to Xbox live arcade. :P
I'm wet man, you just didn't know that's all. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Jetsetlemming
There, I fixed it just for you, Polo. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetsetlemming
ummm seems i was lied too at CompUSA...Quote:
Originally Posted by polobunny
/Leaves Thread :split:
you have to pay for windowblinds don't you?
if you want the look/feel you can download the vista transformation pack from the link below:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...ion-Pack.shtml
if the vista icons dont work, then get either a vista icon pack or apply crystal XP's vista skin, then the VTP though crystal XP's 1 has a handy dock menu at the top of the screen(the VTP is better, in my opinion anyway, though it doesnt re-skin everything, to my knowledge anyway)
to tune your desktop to perfection and give the vista look, just look round on google, i reccoment he yahoo widget engine and rocket dock (for a second dock menu if you need 1 or if you havnt bothered with crystal XP's pack)
Well, you don't NEED a stylus anymore (as if you NEEDED a stylus to begin with) so you can straight TYPE on your screen. It also has some things that you can do easier if you use your fingers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Autonomy has been bettered through power and handling and shit, but I don't know what they actually did. Probably the same shit. You know, CPU scaling, drive killing, screen dimming, etc.
This is true. Although, half-life 2 has been hyped up for every system that it is on. Not a bad game but how many releases does it need. It's coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 now I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetsetlemming
Windows Vista upgrade decision flowchart.
For anyone that might need more input still.
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2...ebigwe5.th.jpg