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Feb 17^th, 2008 at 9:31pm

sonic Offline
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This is Like the chicken or the egg, but I've seen several things about vista I like namely DX10 but what do you use. Its getting time to Switch I think for me but I was waiting on a few more driver versions and SP1? I added Linux but I just cant use it much Although I do use Knoppix alot some of my software just isnt compatable.

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Reply #1 - Feb 17^th, 2008 at 9:52pm

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Vista on 1 comp, XP on 3 others.

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Reply #2 - Feb 18^th, 2008 at 1:36am

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i'm gonna hopefully ( if my parents are nice) get vista when i get my new RAM. and because i want to use direct X 10 Cool

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and my card has full vista and DX10 support Cool

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Reply #3 - Feb 18^th, 2008 at 1:52am

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I currently use XP on 3 computers and Windows 95 on one. I plan to use XP for my gaming needs but I am thinking of Dx10 and Dx10.1. I don't know if Vista should be a good choice for gaming. I trust and rely on XP. It's a good OS and I like it.

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Reply #4 - Feb 18^th, 2008 at 2:22am

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ON this computer i run Vista for all my documents and work and XP for all the games Wink

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Reply #5 - Feb 18^th, 2008 at 9:17am

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Vista 64bit..

I've got Linux on my backup machine.. I made an honest effort to adopt it as a primary O/S last year; it's just too much work.. Windows is too easy.

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Reply #6 - Feb 18^th, 2008 at 12:42pm

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Mazza wrote on Feb 18^th, 2008 at 1:36am:

i'm gonna hopefully ( if my parents are nice) get vista when i get my new RAM. and because i want to use direct X 10 Cool

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and my card has full vista and DX10 support Cool

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Vista will eat your system alive. I recomend nothing less than 2.5 gbs of RAM for vista.

Vista Home Premium 32-bit 3bgs DDR2 RAM

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Reply #7 - Feb 18^th, 2008 at 7:14pm

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XP here, and for a good while yet.

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Reply #8 - Feb 19^th, 2008 at 8:15am

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Iv got Vista Home Premium 63bit in retrospect I think i should have stayed with 36bit as thare are more drivers about but the 64bit stuff is coming through thick and fast now so every works as it should.

Keep looking at the prices of Vista tho and Retail prices are Huge for Vista, Im just glad I got my Vista OEM as it only Cost me £80.

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Reply #9 - Feb 19^th, 2008 at 8:10pm

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Well I have a copy of vista that came with my HP I actually really liked how it looked, and performance wasnt bad really But I just like the streamlined simplicity of XP but I remember saying the same thing going from 98 to xp LOL. There will be a day I say the same thing who would want to use XP instead of Vista.

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Reply #10 - Feb 20^th, 2008 at 1:54pm

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At first I dual booted XP and Vista on this acer but eventually realized XP was just taking up space so I got rid of it, I run vista for everything and haven't had a single problem. I don't know why people hate it so much.... sure more ram helps but I run 1gb fine and dandy..... Full specs in sig

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Reply #11 - Feb 20^th, 2008 at 2:13pm

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Gunny04 wrote on Feb 20^th, 2008 at 1:54pm:

At first I dual booted XP and Vista on this acer but eventually realized XP was just taking up space so I got rid of it, I run vista for everything and haven't had a single problem. I don't know why people hate it so much.... sure more ram helps but I run 1gb fine and dandy..... Full specs in sig

Gunny

PS: I am running Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit Grin

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I have vista and the performance was boosted by...a LOT when I got my 8800GT...I didn't know it would effect windows but....
Vista just got a whole lot better Cheesy

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Reply #12 - Feb 20^th, 2008 at 9:38pm

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Reply #13 - Feb 22^nd, 2008 at 6:48am

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Windows XP SP2 for simplicity, and effortless reliability, on my Main Hard Drive.

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What's "Vista"?... Roll Eyes

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...this is what Vista is... Wink

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Reply #14 - Feb 22^nd, 2008 at 7:20am

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If you have old hardawre, and old software, Vista is NOT for you..

If you have new hardware, and can upgrade or purchase new software, Vista-64 bit IS for you. The most imortant step up into XP, is that it was a TRUE 32-bit O/S. Uprading from XP to Vista 32-bit isn't going to do you much good.... and eventually, running a 32-bit O/S is going to be as pointless as running Windows98 is now.

No point in getting emotional about it.. and complaining that MS releases buggy software is like complaining about inefficiency in government. We're just along for the ride Roll Eyes

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Reply #15 - Feb 22^nd, 2008 at 7:26am

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I've got a computer more than capable for Vista, but my HD and LAN copying speeds are woeful compared to XP and Linux Roll Eyes

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Reply #16 - Feb 22^nd, 2008 at 7:37am

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I've got a computer more than capable for Vista, but my HD and LAN copying speeds are woeful compared to XP and Linux

Vista 64-bit ? And if so, where do you think data-speed problems would be caused ? Hardware ? Drivers ? Surely a brand new, 64-bit O/S itself isn't going to slow down data transfers.. if all its hardware and software are on the same page.

Let's see if Nick follows this post... get his input.

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Reply #17 - Feb 22^nd, 2008 at 7:57am

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32 and 64 bit. Vista is well known for these two bugs. Latest updates, drivers and disabling things like firewall, uac, defender, system restore etc (also something called remote differential something)

I also don't like the removal of EAX support in Windows Vista, you need to use Creative Alchemy. More fiddling around. My SCSI card is not supported either.

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Reply #18 - Feb 22^nd, 2008 at 8:03am

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Yeah.. I researched it... KB 931770 is supposed to fix it, but a lot depends on the hardware. Everyone from the motherboard makers on up are working to get on the same page.. it's still a 32-bit world Cheesy

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Reply #19 - Feb 22^nd, 2008 at 12:45pm

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Vista's UAC is so screwed up it's not even funny. Only downfall for vista.

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Reply #20 - Feb 24^th, 2008 at 10:26am

Ivan Offline
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Depends on the system specs and what i want to do with it

Gaming use: Vista 64 bit (single machine)
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Reply #21 - Feb 25^th, 2008 at 9:11am

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Dual boot.. XP-Ubuntu

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