stupid vista
07-31-2008, 02:07 PM
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Re: stupid vista
i love xp. my mom uses vista on her laptop and i do not know how the ---- she uses it...i cant for the life of me figure out how it works. more or so over, im more of a linux fan myself. doesnt do much for gaming wise, but works **** for other audio and video things i do.
07-31-2008, 06:40 PM
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Re: stupid vista
yeah vista is smarter than that, cant do the safe mode think like in xp, it still asks you for your password. 
i got it all worked out.
im just used to xp, thats why i personally dont like vista, and everything is just off, and it asks permission and warns you about every damn thing. i guess that isnt always bad but its annoying. whatever, average user might not mind i suppose.
i got it all worked out.
im just used to xp, thats why i personally dont like vista, and everything is just off, and it asks permission and warns you about every damn thing. i guess that isnt always bad but its annoying. whatever, average user might not mind i suppose.
08-01-2008, 04:54 AM
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Re: stupid vista
Vista NEEDS RAM and with it being so cheap right now, why not?
My sons machine, 64 bit Vista only had 1 GB (2x512mb) and was SLOW. Just bringing up the task manager took 15 seconds, system was running at about 60% at idle.
For his birthday I bought him 4 GB (2x2 GB) of Cosair ram from Newegg. ------- Vista FLYS now.
Oh yeah, $67 after $20 rebate.
My sons machine, 64 bit Vista only had 1 GB (2x512mb) and was SLOW. Just bringing up the task manager took 15 seconds, system was running at about 60% at idle.
For his birthday I bought him 4 GB (2x2 GB) of Cosair ram from Newegg. ------- Vista FLYS now.
Oh yeah, $67 after $20 rebate.
08-01-2008, 05:59 AM
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Re: stupid vista
Originally Posted by Jorsher
Yeah, I'm with you on that. I think I used Windows 98 until around 2003-2004, when I felt XP was stable enough for a permanent spot on my harddrive.
XP also used to be called bloated, but once PC specs caught up, it didn't seem bloated anymore. I run WinXP Pro SP3 on my antiquated AMD 2400 and 1gb of ram, and it runs smooth as better. LOADS better than my mother's "new" computer with a 2.66ghz celeron (yes, I know celeron is the ---- of the crop) and 512mb of ram running XP Home.
I'm sure Vista is bloated, but not sure it's bloated to the degree it's made out to be. Most people experience it on storebought computers that come pre-loaded with soooooooooo much garbage, it's ridiculous. I've tried talking my mother into letting me format and install a fresh copy of XP without the Dell Garbage Pack 2.0, but she adamantly believes it's slow because of the software I put on it (uTorrent and FireFox).
XP also used to be called bloated, but once PC specs caught up, it didn't seem bloated anymore. I run WinXP Pro SP3 on my antiquated AMD 2400 and 1gb of ram, and it runs smooth as better. LOADS better than my mother's "new" computer with a 2.66ghz celeron (yes, I know celeron is the ---- of the crop) and 512mb of ram running XP Home.
I'm sure Vista is bloated, but not sure it's bloated to the degree it's made out to be. Most people experience it on storebought computers that come pre-loaded with soooooooooo much garbage, it's ridiculous. I've tried talking my mother into letting me format and install a fresh copy of XP without the Dell Garbage Pack 2.0, but she adamantly believes it's slow because of the software I put on it (uTorrent and FireFox).
i have had my computer since january and althought it's only got a amd x2 5600+ processor and 3gb ddr2 800mhz ram and a nvidia gforce 9600gt 512mb video card it runs just fine it's not uber fast but it gets the job done
and on cod4 i get 55-60fps and 63-70fps on oblivian (and when my friend plays wow on it he gets like 160fps on maxed out settings)
08-01-2008, 10:21 AM
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Re: stupid vista
Originally Posted by cornfuzed
ur right vist gets ---- it dosen't diserve because people buy $400 computers at circuit city and they are shitty but instead of blaming the computer they blame vista
i have had my computer since january and althought it's only got a amd x2 5600+ processor and 3gb ddr2 800mhz ram and a nvidia gforce 9600gt 512mb video card it runs just fine it's not uber fast but it gets the job done
and on cod4 i get 55-60fps and 63-70fps on oblivian (and when my friend plays wow on it he gets like 160fps on maxed out settings)
i have had my computer since january and althought it's only got a amd x2 5600+ processor and 3gb ddr2 800mhz ram and a nvidia gforce 9600gt 512mb video card it runs just fine it's not uber fast but it gets the job done
and on cod4 i get 55-60fps and 63-70fps on oblivian (and when my friend plays wow on it he gets like 160fps on maxed out settings)
08-04-2008, 03:08 PM
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Re: stupid vista
I love how they push it out and then go Ok no more XP for Corp. and thus begins the chain. Once business buys in then Home will soon follow, most folks are gonna want what they know and if they work with it for 8 hours a day they are gonna know Vista.
Cant wait till it finaly happens and folks wise up and start considering Ubunto and other freesource ---- as a viable option.
Cant wait till it finaly happens and folks wise up and start considering Ubunto and other freesource ---- as a viable option.
08-04-2008, 03:11 PM
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Re: stupid vista
Originally Posted by 97EconoBox
I love how they push it out and then go Ok no more XP for Corp. and thus begins the chain. Once business buys in then Home will soon follow, most folks are gonna want what they know and if they work with it for 8 hours a day they are gonna know Vista.
Cant wait till it finaly happens and folks wise up and start considering Ubunto and other freesource ---- as a viable option.
Cant wait till it finaly happens and folks wise up and start considering Ubunto and other freesource ---- as a viable option.
08-04-2008, 03:14 PM
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Re: stupid vista
Originally Posted by 97EconoBox
I love how they push it out and then go Ok no more XP for Corp. and thus begins the chain. Once business buys in then Home will soon follow, most folks are gonna want what they know and if they work with it for 8 hours a day they are gonna know Vista.
Cant wait till it finaly happens and folks wise up and start considering Ubunto and other freesource ---- as a viable option.
Cant wait till it finaly happens and folks wise up and start considering Ubunto and other freesource ---- as a viable option.
