Windows Vista

Windows Vista

worth it?

ive got a laptop with

AMD Turon 64 1.6
1gb Ram
60GB Hardriver

I only use it for

Ableton/Cubase/Reason
Football Manager
CSS/HTML etc

I dont have an internet connection and there are no 64 bit versions of the programmes I use

you'd probably get it installed but u need a decent graphics card to get full advantage - plus i'm not sure if any of the packages with be 100% compatible - plus sound card drivers may have issues

if you use your laptop seriously - i wouldn't bother. if you're a trendy - try install it yourself, fuck it, get you IT mate to fix it and revert back to XP

u also need 15gb minimum to install it and Microsoft recommends 40gb!!

Download and run the Upgrade Advisor, it checks disk space, recommends which version of vista to use and also highlights compatability issues with any software/devices u may have installed. (Tis pretty good like, I had to upgrade wireless adpater drivers that was all )

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx

think i'll stick to Windows 3.1

ahhhh the memeories of 'Program Manager' .......

mine says i can run it on that advisor thing, i thought vista was like uber cpu rapage, i only have a 2.4ghz, and 1 gig of ram.

But half the software i use it says it won't run because of problems so think i'll give it a miss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6286245.stm?ls

further proof microsoft are idiots ... just pushing people to applemac

but surely if you are using kosha software/cds/dvd's etc then youve got nothing to worry about?

No, they nack the quality unless the hi-def display is linked via a cable that supports HD protection to a graphics card that also supports it.

So your computer is perfectly capable of playing it, your screen can play it, you've bought an HD disc......and Vista won't let you because you've not got the 'right' graphics card.

Bag of shit

A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection

I am tempted by Fedora Core like..
Just need that extra push...

that is ridiculous

Apparently it's been cracked

I love it when this happens

am I right in thinking after reading dodgys post, that Vista is in effect a means of preventing any illegal activity involving the use of emerging content or any content such as HD etc on PCs?

It sounds like horribly what I imagine Norton would produce if they did OS's....

i know what they're trying to do - but it goes against what an OS is for - it's meant to allow u to use your computer how you want.

However, with everyone and their granny having computers nowadays they're having to compromise for non-IT literate people to be able to use them.

basically, Vista is for non-ITers - if u want to get the BEST from a computer and know what you're doing - there's better out there.

Surely it must be possible to make a linux type thing to read HD discs though - I mean, if you've got the hardware and windows can do it then it's just a case of software, surely?