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well, some of us aren't as computer advanced...What? From free? Thank god for the FCKGW disc.
Like I said, I have to upgrade to Pro before installing the latest upgrade of my accounting program.
benchmarks that show xp>vista
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/...sta/page4.html
well, some of us aren't as computer advanced...What? From free? Thank god for the FCKGW disc.
Like I said, I have to upgrade to Pro before installing the latest upgrade of my accounting program.
BTW, has anyone seen Apple's new Vista commercial? I usually hate those commercials, but that one about Windows going into surgery to have Vista installed was hilarious.
Damn.. on one of those games on those benchmarks, Vista has a very serious bug that cannot be missed when the game is run on it. I'm shocked it wasn't mentioned.
With what Vista costs (and you don't want just the "Basic" version if you're going to bother upgrading), it makes no sense to go buy memory, buy a video card, and buy the upgrade, then fight all the compatibility issues and so on. Just go buy a new machine that comes with the Home Premier (or whatever version). You can get a pretty decent new machine for the cost of the upgrade to 1GB/video card/Vista upgrade fee alone.
I just ordered a new laptop with Vista Home Premium ... the beauty is I have a corporate version of XP Pro (fully legal, <3 friends in TechNet) so if I have many problems I'll just drop in my XP cd. But eh, beta testing I never had a problem with Vista.
Nobody has seen it yet. People that know about IT security are saying, that they have yet to see a change in MS's approach to security. Many people do not realize that on XP there's a ton of processes and even servers running in the background and are totally hidden to the user and even when switched off are re-initialized by the famous MS update system. Vista is supposed to behave in a similar way, but with new "improved" services - so if we can say that most holes in XP have been discovered and taken care of (or at least there are solutions available to those who want them) Vista is a whole new can of worm.
The only real difference that has been built into Vista is security for copyrighted materials. It is now called "prime content" and Vista will be able to switch off certain features (like video and audio output) if it "detects" the presence of copyrighted prime content on your computer, in extreme cases it will actually slow down the operation of the computer.
So I guess when they are talking about security they mean the security that they'll make billions by forcing software (programmes, films, audio...) and hardware (CD roms, Motherboards....) manufacturer to buy expensive security certificates from MS.
The system is flawed and totally idiotic but advantageous to MS and its friends.
If you want to know more:
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
As a private user the best solution is to wait and see how quickly they start fixing stuff (and there's a lot of it!!!). As a corporate user? who cares its a problem for your IT guys
P.S. and the first Vistas exploits are also already on the net...
I know and congrats to who did it, but you know they're going to fix it and automatically "update" it.
Vista isn't that bad, I just wouldn't have gotten it if I had to pay for it, that's for sure. And you'll need 2GB of RAM to not experience any sluggishness, I only have 1GB at the moment.
too bad for people who bought sound cards
http://pc.ign.com/articles/759/759538p1.html
theres no hardware acceleration for audio in windows vista, lol
^ this person gets it.
I told many of you two years ago to be ready to sell your soul to the Government. After you buy Vista and your PC is loaded down with all kinds of Tracking software your ass will be monitored at every mouse click.
Forget downloading free and looking on Google on how to make a bomb. and say o to Big brother's Bigger brother.
They were saying that by 2011, there would still be over 25% of computer users still using XP - 10 yrs after it was released. I would wait as long as you could. I'm sure Ducks would say the same thing, if not...get a MAC.
As usual, what Intel provides, MS takes back. You'll need a lot more CPU and RAM for Vista. I'm already swapping badly with 512 MB on XP.
"Experts: Don't buy Vista for the security"
http://news.com.com/Experts+Dont+buy...3-6154448.html
Figure the Vista will be buggy and compromised many times during until this time 2008. And some XP apps won't run on Vista, so you have to buy upgrades to apps.
The upgrade treadmill, Just Say No.
Just got this email from my accounting software:
Here at Sage Software Customer Support, we provide you with up-to-date technical information. Because you subscribe to a Sage support plan, we are sending you the following support article:
Important Information regarding Sage MAS 90, 200, and 500 Compatibility with Microsoft® Windows Vista™
Effective January 30th, the Vista operating system is generally available to new and existing PC users. The currently shipping versions of Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 200, Sage MAS 500 ERP systems as well as Sage MAS 200 – SQL Server Edition are not fully compatible with the Vista operating system. It is important to note that the compatibility issues with Vista are not isolated to our accounting software, but Vista also impacts many of the third-party products that we leverage to deliver a best-in-class mid-market ERP solution including Crystal Reports® from Business Objects and Microsoft FRx.
The Sage MAS Product Team is currently evaluating our third party products and complementary Sage Software Solutions for a definitive timeline on full compatibility and certification on the Vista operating system. We will be posting a Vista Compatibility update on March 1, 2007 on http://www.sagesoftwareonline.com.
If I used Windows (I don't) I would wait until the first service pack is out before upgrading to Vista. New Windows versions always have broken/unfinished stuff when they are first released.
Saludos.
Heck, I'm still on ME.
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