Vista System Checklist

elmarcorulz · 05-19-2006, 01:58 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4996998.stm

Not as bad as everyone originally thought. 15GB for the install though, lol. Glad i bought a new hard drive.

Flipper · 05-19-2006, 03:44 PM

Vista isn't worth it...they're all about design. I really hate one of the latest builds...I'm sticking with XP.

sam123 · 05-19-2006, 04:13 PM

Same here there isn't much difference anyway except as Flipper said the design, yes it may look good but is it really worth the money for the Operating System itslef, plus any costs of upgrade neccessary, which from what i have seen, are likely to be needed.
I'm with XP!!!

cell4me · 05-19-2006, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flipper

Vista isn't worth it...they're all about design. I really hate one of the latest builds...I'm sticking with XP.

I second that opinion!

elmarcorulz · 05-19-2006, 06:07 PM

Well, a couple of months ago, they scrapped like 60% of the system to completely re-do it, and not just the GUI, the whole kernel too.

Flipper · 05-19-2006, 06:13 PM

Yeah, to do what? Make it more like linux by planning on doing all this root password crap? Vista is just a money maker...now people who don't know what they're doing with computers are going to be running Vista! They have enough trouble with XP! Not to mention they'll end up having 1gb ram which they don't need at ALL!

lee101 · 05-19-2006, 06:50 PM

it really doesn't sound worth it, and my school seems to be classified in the category flipper mentioned, people who don't know what they're doing, my IT teacher said to me today that he was getting all new computers for one of the IT rooms, that would be ready for vista, when everything runs fine with XP, and would be better if these computers were higher specced and ran xp, they would be pretty good, there would be no need to upgrade them, but i aint ocmplaining, it means i'll be able to try vista a lot, before i even consider getting it

Lee

[-0MEGA-] · 05-19-2006, 09:52 PM

It does seem like it's not worth it, but for the gamers out there, your going to have to upgrade sometime if you want to play the latest games, since almost all new games will only be compatible with Vista.

youtin · 05-20-2006, 12:57 PM

The specs are crazy! If I remember right, XP's minimum RAM was 128mb and recommended was 256mb. I had 256mb and it sucked. So if the same holds true for Vista, I'll need 2gigs of ram for it to run decently

And 15gigs to install Vista is shocking. I've only got 40gigs and it's cramped now as it is. I'll have to spend $$$$ on a new computer with all the bells and whistles to run Vista.

Shouldn't the trend be "smaller,lighter, simpler"?

And if anybody wants the transparent windows stuff, I'd say just get WindowBlinds

Mac OS X · 05-20-2006, 01:00 PM

Who cares, you can get 2 gigs for $140

05-19-2006, 01:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 6,033	Vista System Checklist http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4996998.stm Not as bad as everyone originally thought. 15GB for the install though, lol. Glad i bought a new hard drive. __________________ C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2GB DDR2 667 1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD) BFG 8800GTS 320MB PFC Til I Die

05-19-2006, 03:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Flipper Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 121	Vista isn't worth it...they're all about design. I really hate one of the latest builds...I'm sticking with XP. __________________ dotOmega Forum System - It's whats for cool people. Too bad it's still in development :). 98% of the teenage population will try, does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this into your signature

05-19-2006, 06:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 6,033	Well, a couple of months ago, they scrapped like 60% of the system to completely re-do it, and not just the GUI, the whole kernel too. __________________ C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2GB DDR2 667 1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD) BFG 8800GTS 320MB PFC Til I Die

05-19-2006, 06:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
Flipper Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 121	Yeah, to do what? Make it more like linux by planning on doing all this root password crap? Vista is just a money maker...now people who don't know what they're doing with computers are going to be running Vista! They have enough trouble with XP! Not to mention they'll end up having 1gb ram which they don't need at ALL! __________________ dotOmega Forum System - It's whats for cool people. Too bad it's still in development :). 98% of the teenage population will try, does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this into your signature

05-19-2006, 06:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	it really doesn't sound worth it, and my school seems to be classified in the category flipper mentioned, people who don't know what they're doing, my IT teacher said to me today that he was getting all new computers for one of the IT rooms, that would be ready for vista, when everything runs fine with XP, and would be better if these computers were higher specced and ran xp, they would be pretty good, there would be no need to upgrade them, but i aint ocmplaining, it means i'll be able to try vista a lot, before i even consider getting it Lee __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10

05-19-2006, 04:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
sam123 Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Eastbourne, UK Age: 19 Posts: 115	Same here there isn't much difference anyway except as Flipper said the design, yes it may look good but is it really worth the money for the Operating System itslef, plus any costs of upgrade neccessary, which from what i have seen, are likely to be needed. I'm with XP!!!

05-19-2006, 09:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 27,046	It does seem like it's not worth it, but for the gamers out there, your going to have to upgrade sometime if you want to play the latest games, since almost all new games will only be compatible with Vista. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

05-20-2006, 12:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
youtin Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: somewhere in Asia... Posts: 257	The specs are crazy! If I remember right, XP's minimum RAM was 128mb and recommended was 256mb. I had 256mb and it sucked. So if the same holds true for Vista, I'll need 2gigs of ram for it to run decently And 15gigs to install Vista is shocking. I've only got 40gigs and it's cramped now as it is. I'll have to spend $$$$ on a new computer with all the bells and whistles to run Vista. Shouldn't the trend be "smaller,lighter, simpler"? And if anybody wants the transparent windows stuff, I'd say just get WindowBlinds __________________ My Laptop's name is AKIRA　＝アキラ＝ Sony VAIO VGN-K30B Intel Celeron 2.50 GHz / 704 MB of RAM 40 Gig Hard Drive / 8x DVD±RW Drive ♥♥♥　with a PURIKURA of Yosuke and me ♥♥♥ Last edited by youtin; 05-20-2006 at 01:00 PM.

05-20-2006, 01:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mac OS X Silver Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 100	Who cares, you can get 2 gigs for $140

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