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About to get Vista
Any tips or general stuff?
I'm backing all up photos and stuff onto CD's to put back on... I heard gaming takes a performance hit, does it? Bioshock, not running, it'd kill me 
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09-13-2007, 12:42 AM
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go with basic, you don't need anything more
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09-13-2007, 12:48 AM
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Home Premium is awesome, you won't have any problem with the visual themes....
No, Gaming does not take a performance hit, it does better... Games like BF2142(when it lets me login, EA's Account Server's fault), B&W2, CoH, TDU, and Steam games, just seem to work smoother. Vista boots faster than old crappy XP too. I love Vista!! Just some printer driver problems, but that's expected and not MS's fault. |
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09-13-2007, 12:55 AM
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Excellent!
 It looks better too! I've seen a lot of people saying it's bad, but then people I speek to who, have it are loving it. Will 2GB of RAM be enough? I may get 4GB some time...
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09-13-2007, 12:57 AM
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2 gb is plenty fine
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09-13-2007, 12:57 AM
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Can 32bit Vista see 4GB of RAM?
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09-13-2007, 01:01 AM
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not fully, if you want to run 4 gb get x64 version
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09-13-2007, 01:11 AM
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Alright sure, so it'd see like 3.25 or whatever it is, I can't remember
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But it still flies in games, thanks to the desktop window manager thing, from what I've heard.
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09-13-2007, 02:07 AM
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64bit Home Premium OEM
You get nothing with basic, its not transparent, no media center, or side bar.
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