Originally Posted by BrandonC Their software is not bad and it works fine granted you're not an idiot.
A little bit late in the day, but you do realise this is a pretty moronic thing to say and sorta counters everything positive you're saying about Vista? An OS is designed to be usable by anyone, be they idiot (or just computer illiterate) or other. It's the whole point is usability.
Originally Posted by SilverNova / Tim
having decent hardware is probably the main thing here - otherwise weird stuff is granted to happen. As it is really, with any piece of software. You need to meet (and preferably, often exceed) the requirements.
Intel C2D @ 2.13 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Geforce 8600GTS. Should I need anything better than that to run frickin ModPlug, when my old XP machine (Athlon 1.8 GHz something, with 512 MB RAM and some shitty Radeon card) could do it without problems? <_<
Originally Posted by Dr. James I'm sorry Shab, I frequent Mac forums and I've never heard of that.
I've never heard of my error happening either, but that doesn't mean it's not happening. It was meant as more of a random windows error thing anyway. And yeah, having to manually connect bluetooth is a pain.
Originally Posted by SilverNova / Tim
having decent hardware is probably the main thing here - otherwise weird stuff is granted to happen. As it is really, with any piece of software. You need to meet (and preferably, often exceed) the requirements.
Intel C2D @ 2.13 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Geforce 8600GTS. Should I need anything better than that to run frickin ModPlug, when my old XP machine (Athlon 1.8 GHz something, with 512 MB RAM and some shitty Radeon card) could do it without problems? <_<
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lol that sucks. I currently cant have any sound at all on my computer
Vista on 1GB Ram is Kind of Like XP on 128Mb. Never buy an OS until the hardware can support it good (usually takes a year). I'm waiting until 4gb is standard in most midrange computers before I buy a new one with Vista.
Yeah it's not too bad performance-wise, for what it does, and you can always turn off some features if you're having problems. I can live with the ridiculous security features and the heavy RAM-consumption and that, but I'm really annoyed by the fact that I won't be able to use ModPlug/Inkscape/Cave Story/any GM games/Dev-C++/etcetera the same way as before. Meh =P
Vista as an operating system runs perfectly fine with 1GB of ram, the problem I've had was with losing performance in games, even Unreal Tournament 2004.
As someone that used many Windows OS (Dos based Windows 3.11-ME and NT based NT4-XP) I've never seen such a bad Windows OS. It's crashy, it's slow, and it's incompatible while it should be compatible (It's not like XP and DOS based OSes, as they weren't the same kernel while XP and Vista are about the same thing under the hoods) with most of programs.
And don't start crying about ME, as it wasn't THAT bad relative to other versions.
Vista is just a trick from Microsoft to get more money (DirectX 10 for Windows XP doesn't exist for a reason ya' know) by just adding more fancy effects and having 24 versions of a softwares (Home, Premium, Super Mega, Ultimate, Unlimited, Business, Not-so-busy-ness....). Other then that, NOTHING is new in Vista, or atleast something good.
Oh, it's also a marketing trick for their non-OS products by keeping bundling newer versions with Windows making them uninstallable for the average home user. (IE7, Media Player, Windows Dead Messenger etc.)
Anyway, don't touch Vista with a stick. It's a trap.
So it's playing up for me now. Games have become interactive slideshows and iexplorer takes seconds to switch between tabs. Doesn't work with my webcam, scanner or tablet. Doesn't automatically connect to my wireless network or keyboard. Not keen on the popups. They've grown into a lovely source of frustration.
I'll be back on XP in a couple of days. Shame too as it's the closest way of getting OSX design outside of said system.
I don't get why they've released so many versions of the same OS either. Why can't 1 version contain everything? Everyone else seems to manage this, and charge less than half the price.
After the initial bit it did run quite well. It just fell apart (an update broke something maybe?). It's as if there is a virus scanner or something abusing the HDD whilst I'm running beefy apps and games.
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