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MasterSchwag
Reply #22 Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:23 PM
Reply #22 Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:23 PM
There are quite a few great games that I own that they dont make for a Mac, but every game they make for a Mac, you can play on a PC. That's the soul reason I have'nt switched to a Mac. I'll stick with Vista, considering it was free. My PC is almost 4 years old, and it runs Vista with no problems at all. As for "Vienna" I'm not sure im gonna pay for an update package, or service pack for Vista..
Gideon MacLeish
Reply #23 Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:57 PM
Funny. My Ubuntu machine is running and surfing the Internet and I didn't have to deal with command prompt any more than I do on Windows.
Linux may have a past reputation, but they seem to be changing that.
I won't touch Macs because I like to build my own machine, thank you very much. If Mac put out an O/S for a PC platform, I'd give it a go, but as long as they control the hardware end, I don't plan on using them.
Reply #23 Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:57 PM
as far as linux.......ugh.what is root? ....again .....ugh.linux may be stable but it sure sucks butt
Funny. My Ubuntu machine is running and surfing the Internet and I didn't have to deal with command prompt any more than I do on Windows.
Linux may have a past reputation, but they seem to be changing that.
I won't touch Macs because I like to build my own machine, thank you very much. If Mac put out an O/S for a PC platform, I'd give it a go, but as long as they control the hardware end, I don't plan on using them.
XX
Reply #24 Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:23 PM
Reply #24 Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:23 PM
"Funny. My Ubuntu machine is running and surfing the Internet and I didn't have to deal with command prompt any more than I do on Windows."
As long as you don't use too new wireless cards. I have two Pre-N cards I cannot use on my homework laptop.
Otherwise it's a great experence.
As long as you don't use too new wireless cards. I have two Pre-N cards I cannot use on my homework laptop.
Otherwise it's a great experence.
Insidian
Reply #25 Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:47 PM
Reply #25 Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:47 PM
I dont have much experience with Macs, so I wont comment there. But I am currently running Vista Home Premium, and I have another computer I use for a server, which is currently running Slackware, and has in the past ran Red Hat and Debian. Linux machines are very, and I mean very reliable. Mine ran for many months without ever being rebooted or powered down, and it only went down then because I shut it down to upgrade hardware. It takes some getting used to, but most versions of linux have very nice GUI interfaces - Blackbox, Fluxbox, Gnome, KDE, etc, so you dont have to stare at black screen and white letters and do everything with shell commands.
Vista seems to run quite good for me. It does have it quirks, and yes it's still somewhat buggy, but alot of the ideas implemented are things that needed to be done. It runs very fast for most things I do, the major problems arent with the OS itself, but other companies getting up to speed with their programs and drivers. I'm having to run nvidia beta drivers just to get my SLI working, and it doesnt work great. The soundcard drivers are lacking as well(creative). I've not had any program or hardware NOT work with it as of yet, though some dont work that as well as they should.
Vista seems to run quite good for me. It does have it quirks, and yes it's still somewhat buggy, but alot of the ideas implemented are things that needed to be done. It runs very fast for most things I do, the major problems arent with the OS itself, but other companies getting up to speed with their programs and drivers. I'm having to run nvidia beta drivers just to get my SLI working, and it doesnt work great. The soundcard drivers are lacking as well(creative). I've not had any program or hardware NOT work with it as of yet, though some dont work that as well as they should.
whatwhere
Reply #26 Monday, April 23, 2007 8:36 PM
Reply #26 Monday, April 23, 2007 8:36 PM
hopefully they will use the same taskbar as vista ultimate
whatwhere
Reply #27 Monday, April 23, 2007 8:38 PM
Vienna
Give Microsoft time to get the
kinks out, perfect the system and of course allows me time to save up for the 6 or 8 Gbs of Ram that the newest OS will likely need 
I know that there are a thousand good reasons to switch to Vista now...this putter is quite capable but there are a million more not to at this time
Driver & program updates being the main ones.
It's My Secret
knowing microsoft, you'll probably need 32 GB's of ram when they release the new OS..especially with all the crap they have running in the back ground
Reply #27 Monday, April 23, 2007 8:38 PM
Vienna
Give Microsoft time to get the
kinks out, perfect the system and of course allows me time to save up for the 6 or 8 Gbs of Ram that the newest OS will likely need 
I know that there are a thousand good reasons to switch to Vista now...this putter is quite capable but there are a million more not to at this time
Driver & program updates being the main ones. It's My Secret
knowing microsoft, you'll probably need 32 GB's of ram when they release the new OS..especially with all the crap they have running in the back ground
Tominated
Reply #28 Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:51 AM
I believe it is 100% of mac fanatics.
I'm one of those mac fanatics I got my first mac back in 06 and I will never turn back to winblows! BTW: it's true how vista copied OS X, see david pougue's vid on it
Reply #28 Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:51 AM
3% of the market and Mac fanatics are always claiming that the Mac has this or that before Windows
I believe it is 100% of mac fanatics.
I'm one of those mac fanatics
I got my first mac back in 06 and I will never turn back to winblows! BTW: it's true how vista copied OS X, see david pougue's vid on it
Baconboy317
Reply #29 Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:19 PM
Reply #29 Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:19 PM
Allowing you to access your folders anywhere? Sounds like a lot could go wrong . I wonder if they'll be able to pull off a secure way to do it?
. I wonder if they'll be able to pull off a secure way to do it?
Qx9
Reply #30 Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:52 PM
Reply #30 Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:52 PM
A Vista SP1 would be nice about now, to correct driver issues among other bugs. I have a brand new Vista Home Premium set-up with a dead Hitachi 320gb SATA after using the system for 2 weeks. I'm back to my two IDE drives, which work fine. My 7950GX2 kicks butt, and the latest forceware drivers seem to work fine...SLI enabled. I've run into problems with selecting multiple files (Ctrl A) at times. I have to reset my folder options to their default settings to help with that problem. Overall, Vista is working pretty smooth for me and the Core 2 Duo E6800 is lightning fast. 2gb Corsair helps speed things up as well. Gaming: I don't play Quake 4 anymore, but I run UT 2004 with graphics cranked to "Holy S!$T" settings. The game is fluid...absolutely no issues with gaming graphics (5.9 rating)!
Bottom line: I say MS make a Vista SP1/SP2 patch, which will turn your Vista set-up into stable and reliable system MS had originally intended. Hmm, maybe they can call the next patch "Vienna", which changes your Vista computer into a new Vienna system, complete with new themes, colors, bootskins, wallpapers, logon screens, dreamscenes (even for Basic and Premium), etc, etc.
Bottom line: I say MS make a Vista SP1/SP2 patch, which will turn your Vista set-up into stable and reliable system MS had originally intended. Hmm, maybe they can call the next patch "Vienna", which changes your Vista computer into a new Vienna system, complete with new themes, colors, bootskins, wallpapers, logon screens, dreamscenes (even for Basic and Premium), etc, etc.
whatwhere
Reply #31 Monday, May 28, 2007 10:22 PM
Reply #31 Monday, May 28, 2007 10:22 PM
i pretty much like the vienna name better but i really don't care as long as it has the task bar,start menu and aero (glass) of vista ultimate i'm not really worried bout the name
Hippie
Reply #32 Monday, May 28, 2007 10:55 PM
Reply #32 Monday, May 28, 2007 10:55 PM
I said i wouldn't say anything else, but, jezz. Never heard anything like this. Mac, Linux, Vista, XP. My computer is 3 or 4 years old, running Vista Ultimate. No problems. Maybe you need to learn how to do it, before you do it. Everything is so easy. People make it as hard as they possibly can. Won't say anything else.
Hazel Target
Reply #33 Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:36 AM
Reply #33 Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:36 AM
I like it. I don't mind that they keep releasing new versions or that you need new hardware every year to keep up. I like it.
I may be alone, but I like it.
I may be alone, but I like it.
lilAlex
Reply #34 Saturday, June 9, 2007 7:59 PM
Microsoft ain't all that and a bag of chips, but then either is the Mac, which, in case you missed it, is now a PC.
HAHAHAHA! Good one
and i think they are like 100% not 3%
Reply #34 Saturday, June 9, 2007 7:59 PM
Microsoft ain't all that and a bag of chips, but then either is the Mac, which, in case you missed it, is now a PC.
HAHAHAHA! Good one
and i think they are like 100% not 3%
twizl
Reply #35 Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:55 AM
Reply #35 Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:55 AM
Vienna is used for running a basic HTTP server and MinWin is a stripped down version of the Windows kernel that will be used as the foundation for Windows Vienna.
Vampothika
Reply #36 Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:11 AM
Reply #36 Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:11 AM
Skinhit
my wallet will not allow me to keep up with the Jones'....
me too, i wont be buying another pc for 10 years at least.....id rather eat, guzzle cola and smoke then faulk out and suffer for 2 years to pay off another stinking pc......... when i do get another one, its cause i saved up for it and payed it outright with cash.
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Reply #21 Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:54 PM
XP Sp1 official genuine, (I know you can upgrade with Windows update, I'm talking here about the SETUP)
- Doesn't like SATA HDD's
- Hmmm dual core?!?! it sees my Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD Athlon 64 X2 as a single 800Mhz CPU
- PCI-Express Ethernet card: everything (including windows updates) are successful once every 5 times. The rest of the time, the file is corrupted, or clock at 99%.
Of course the millisecond you upgrade to SP2, everything works perfectly.
This can take up to a full day of work
Umm... why don't you just create a slipstreamed SP2 boot disc? That way you just lay down a new copy of XP that's already at SP2 and not have to worry about all that stuff.