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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: IAF Lyrkiller on December 21, 2006, 05:47:19 pm

Title: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: IAF Lyrkiller on December 21, 2006, 05:47:19 pm
Go here to find out:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx

My system is Vista ready, but I may not buy Vista right away. :)
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Nemesis on December 21, 2006, 08:58:25 pm
My computer is Vista ready but I am not.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Commander Maxillius on December 21, 2006, 09:14:37 pm
My computer is not Vista ready, but it doesn't need to be since it already blows its doors off.


Long Live Macintosh!
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: jualdeaux on December 21, 2006, 09:29:02 pm
That is what the little metallic sticker on it says. But, even if I wanted to cough up that much dough I'd probably just get a new hard drive and install it on that. then, if I have major problems I could just swap it out for the old one again.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Soliton on December 22, 2006, 02:57:25 pm
Microsoft Vista sounds like the thing that finally pushes me to switch to Linux.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on December 22, 2006, 03:35:51 pm
My computer is vista ready. I've been playing around with the pre-release version on my laptop. Fairly nice OS.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Centurus on December 27, 2006, 03:53:25 pm
Windows Vista is an ok OS, but in the end, doesn't really offer much more than XP does.  Most of what I've seen is just flash and fancy, very little substance.  Some of the default security settings are a bit too much in my opinion, but that's just me.

It's not at all bad, but for the price, and the fact that, in my opinion, it doesn't offer much more than XP, it's not worth getting for a long while.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: The_Joker on December 27, 2006, 05:04:32 pm
If you want to play DX10 games or better someday, its the only game in town.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Nemesis on December 27, 2006, 08:17:17 pm
If you want to play DX10 games or better someday, its the only game in town.


You just might (http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163372292.0.html) end up with a choice.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on December 28, 2006, 07:04:44 pm
Windows Vista is an ok OS, but in the end, doesn't really offer much more than XP does.  Most of what I've seen is just flash and fancy, very little substance.  Some of the default security settings are a bit too much in my opinion, but that's just me.

It's not at all bad, but for the price, and the fact that, in my opinion, it doesn't offer much more than XP, it's not worth getting for a long while.

I agree. The security settings don't seem to have much inherent "Intelligence" to them. They just seem to ask you whether or not you want to run something.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: FCM_SFHQ_XC on December 30, 2006, 11:18:52 pm
Wonderful for those that dont know what they are doing on a computer, but for those that at least have the advanced skills to know whats going on without default protection its going to just be irritating for a security window every 10 seconds.. hopefully it will at least be easily disabled the way the XP security center is to disable..
My computer is Vista ready though.. I will however wait a bit after its release.. its probably going to be a buggy as ST Legacy is right now.. we shall see when it comes out
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Ferretlxix_XC on January 05, 2007, 11:06:59 am
My Lappy is ready but, I'm waiting on it. 
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Mr_Tricorder on January 05, 2007, 05:34:48 pm
The only way I would use Vista is if I got it for either free or dirt free, and even then it won't be my main OS.  I would probably only use it for games and other programs that will only run on Vista.  I just hope it doesn't put up too much of a fit if you want to set up a dual-boot system.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: Javora on January 06, 2007, 02:57:23 pm
The only way I would use Vista is if I got it for either free or dirt free, and even then it won't be my main OS.  I would probably only use it for games and other programs that will only run on Vista.  I just hope it doesn't put up too much of a fit if you want to set up a dual-boot system.

Even if it did you could always put the operating systems on different hard drives.  Then it would just be a matter of rebooting and going into Bios to change the boot order when you want switch operating systems.
Title: Re: Is your computer Vista ready?
Post by: IAF Lyrkiller on January 06, 2007, 05:23:31 pm
I will not bother to test my six year old laptop. :o