VISTA on pre-order.. - Page 4

Mark · 01-02-2007, 15:18

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Originally Posted by Daz

and it seems to have affected my battery life a little. Could be my imagination but Aero will be using the GPU more so it's not beyond the realms of possibility.

Lots of reports of that, so doesn't surprise me.

I'm still not convinced though, even though I can get it for nowt.

Robert · 02-02-2007, 18:50

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Originally Posted by Daz

I've been running Vista Business and Office 2007 for a week or so now. User access control has been switched off already (though I'll put it back on at some point to see if it's annoying me just because I'm poking about everywhere), and it seems to have affected my battery life a little. Could be my imagination but Aero will be using the GPU more so it's not beyond the realms of possibility.

It's too wrapped in cotton wool from a remote support point of view. No useful imformation (to a support desk) is surfaced to the user when things go wrong (VPN and other network connections being the obvious examples), and interfaces like the event viewer have been changed from functional to, based on early impressions anyway, more confused and cluttered interfaces.

It is pretty though. Chugged a bit after the install while it built the search index (I imagine) but running quick enough now it seems (haven't noticed any slow downs), and I do like that unified start menu search thing a great deal (integrated desktop search basically).

I believe the aero interface is rendered entirely by the GPU.

Mark · 01-02-2007, 15:27

Does it also still have the OS/2 compatibility? Also limited to compatible (i.e. very old) CLI code?

Daz · 01-02-2007, 15:35

I've not seen it mentioned anywhere you know, so I would suggest probably not.

Daz · 01-02-2007, 16:33

No, there's no emulation, it natively executes the code. Though as I said, it's support will be limited to basic, older code rather than anything new. Certainly nothing that uses X anyway.

Will · 01-02-2007, 17:27

Wow the 64bit ultimate edition is only 129 quid.... still not tempted by it though.. I'm quite happy with my windows x64 edition - though it does have some incompatibility issues with some things

Daz · 01-02-2007, 17:29

And they'll be worse on Vista, at least for a time.

Will · 01-02-2007, 17:34

The only thing I have issues with is CD burning (nero - but I've fixed that now) and finding drivers for printers and web cams, also running XP type of programs that specifically require 32bit - it rejects the 64 bit side of things.

Other than that I love my x64 version of windows - never blue screened on me at all.

Daz · 01-02-2007, 17:36

Must say I've never had any trouble running 32bit apps - what's giving you grief?

The driver issue is part of the deal at the moment really :/

Stan_Lite · 01-02-2007, 20:57

I'm running X64 on one rig at the moment. Never had any problems except a few driver issues to start with. Doesn't really do much now though, it's basically a Folding rig only (running the SMP client on Ubuntu on a virtual machine in VMware with no issues).

Stan

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Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	No, there's no emulation, it natively executes the code. Though as I said, it's support will be limited to basic, older code rather than anything new. Certainly nothing that uses X anyway. __________________ apt-get moo

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Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	Wow the 64bit ultimate edition is only 129 quid.... still not tempted by it though.. I'm quite happy with my windows x64 edition - though it does have some incompatibility issues with some things __________________ *No No!*

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Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	The only thing I have issues with is CD burning (nero - but I've fixed that now) and finding drivers for printers and web cams, also running XP type of programs that specifically require 32bit - it rejects the 64 bit side of things. Other than that I love my x64 version of windows - never blue screened on me at all. __________________ *No No!*

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Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Does it also still have the OS/2 compatibility? Also limited to compatible (i.e. very old) CLI code?

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Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Must say I've never had any trouble running 32bit apps - what's giving you grief? The driver issue is part of the deal at the moment really :/ __________________ apt-get moo

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Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	I'm running X64 on one rig at the moment. Never had any problems except a few driver issues to start with. Doesn't really do much now though, it's basically a Folding rig only (running the SMP client on Ubuntu on a virtual machine in VMware with no issues). Stan __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...