Vista, Vista, Vista, Vista, Vista and Vista

tmileson · 27 Feb 2006 at 20:07

I dunno.... First people complain about bloated MS O/Ss and now they're complaining about cut down versions without the "bloat"

EVOII · 27 Feb 2006 at 20:15

Looking good here

drdimmer · 27 Feb 2006 at 20:46

EVOII - could you happen to tell us what spec machine that is running on?

EVOII · 27 Feb 2006 at 20:58

drdimmer said:
EVOII - could you happen to tell us what spec machine that is running on?

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Epox 9npa Ultra
2 Gig Corsair Value Select
7800 GTX

It's not perfect, but useable. Looking forward to the final release

and proper drivers.

Glaucus · 27 Feb 2006 at 21:36

Think its going to be the ultimate.. I Like all the options.

Pr0t0c0L · 27 Feb 2006 at 21:42

WinFS or no WinFS in these editions??

Otacon · 27 Feb 2006 at 21:44

No WinFS at all until the first service pack. When it's out I imagine you can use it on all editions (being that it will be rather useful to desktop search gubbins).

Kainz · 27 Feb 2006 at 21:46

Looks like Home Prem for me. Don't need the additional lark that Uber Super Dooper Ultimate gives me, but I am concerned about one thing, and its a stupid thing - Is there better performance using ultimate then the lower packs? Supersite seems to very roughly suggest that.

NathanE · 27 Feb 2006 at 21:51

Kainz said:
Looks like Home Prem for me. Don't need the additional lark that Uber Super Dooper Ultimate gives me, but I am concerned about one thing, and its a stupid thing - Is there better performance using ultimate then the lower packs? Supersite seems to very roughly suggest that.

No. Performance will be the same between all editions

Kainz · 27 Feb 2006 at 21:55

Sweet, thought as much. Can't wait to see the OS in action since I've been whinging about the dated gdi engine for years now. This os will rock, well once I upgrade this aging machine.

NathanE · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:01

Aye, I can't wait either

I think it will knock Windows 2000 off its pedestal as being "Microsoft's best OS."

drdimmer · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:03

EVOII said:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Epox 9npa Ultra
2 Gig Corsair Value Select
7800 GTX

It's not perfect, but useable. Looking forward to the final release and proper drivers.

Cheers, nice spec. Am i right in presuming this has the power to run the OS, just unfortunately not the driver support yet?

By the way, I presume you are you a beta tester? MDSN?

NathanE · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:13

That system is about 3-4x more powerful than what is required for Vista. The problem is driver support and the fact that pre-release Windows OSes have large amounts of debug code instilled into them.

drdimmer · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:18

Will Vista become mainstream with 64 bit users? Or do you think most users will remain using it with a 32 bit CPU.

MarcLister · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:18

NathanE said:
That system is about 3-4x more powerful than what is required for Vista. The problem is driver support and the fact that pre-release Windows OSes have large amounts of debug code instilled into them.

Ah exellent news. Wasn't sure about Vista's requirements for this. So my 3700, Epox 9NPA Ultra, 2Gb RAM, x1800 512Mb will be more than fast enough?

That pleases me no end, that does.

NathanE · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:50

MarcLister said:
Ah exellent news. Wasn't sure about Vista's requirements for this. So my 3700, Epox 9NPA Ultra, 2Gb RAM, x1800 512Mb will be more than fast enough?

That pleases me no end, that does.

If you've got a modern graphics card with at least 128MB graphics memory then that system is more than adequate for running Aero Glass.

MarcLister · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:52

NathanE said:
If you've got a modern graphics card with at least 128MB graphics memory then that system is more than adequate for running Aero Glass.

Cheers NathanE.

Domo · 27 Feb 2006 at 23:06

PinkPig said:
Why? In my opinion it's not an issue in the slightest, people buying a cheap PC to send email with don't care about a snazzy 3D interface, especially since it would push the price up all round.

lol - if the PC consumer market is anything like our end users, it's the snazzy gfx they're after! They see it, think it's all nice and pretty - and subsequently want it

Le Samourai · 27 Feb 2006 at 23:46

EVOII said:
Looking good here

They've pulled out all the stops on MS Paint there!

Like the glass effects though!

Caged · 28 Feb 2006 at 00:41

Is the old school "add font" dialog still there

Oh, also the desktop search will be there even though WinFS isn't.