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Drem
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 Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:11 am Post subject: So so so Vista Vista Vista |
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So Vista is out! And it's pretty! Anyone have Vista? I will soon! Tomorrow! $15! Business Edition! Yay Academic Alliance!
But I'm not going to be installing it anytime soon. The largest problem at the moment is compatability, or the lack thereof. I think there aren't many Vista compatible drivers out yet for hardware like sounds cards and graphics cards. And I would like to be able to play my games! And some software too! So I'm holding off.
But you! Have you bought Vista? How is it? What do you think of Vista? How do you play wacky Japanese games on American Vista?
Let's talk about Vista!
P.S. I really haven't been keeping up on Vista's features and setbacks. But from $300 to $15? I can't pass that up. |
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Drem
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:27 pm |
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| skonrad wrote: |
| Can anybody confirm the miserable performance with ATi cards in 3D apps (max/maya)? Tom's Hardware did a review that showed its speed to be about 1/9th what it should be, but they made no indication they'd installed the OGL driver... |
I hear that current drivers aren't up to par, and that they're mostly out just so you can have some drivers that work for Vista. Performance seems to vary from computer to computer. Most people report a small drop in performance on most 3D software, and that OpenGL applications work horrendously. Some people seem to not have any difference from normal with their computer, however.
Now that they've released these first drivers to make things work, they can start making drivers that make things work well. |
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Drem
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:46 am |
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| Broco wrote: |
| Legal Step wrote: |
| This doesn't bode well for Longhorn, the other super secret OS |
Is this some kind of subtle joke or something? Longhorn was just the codename of Vista before its name was officially decided, much like say Nintendo Revolution. |
I think he's probably thinking of Vienna/Blackcomb.
My trouble when reading impressions on Vista is that I'm not sure whether people decry it based simply on it's abilities, or it's abilities compared to it's price. Because if they're saying it's not worth getting for $300, what about $15? Is it okay to install it now*, since I got it so cheap? I don't know.
*Once better graphics drivers are out, anyway. |
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