Windows VISTA - Seriously Scary!

NeoQuixotic · Post by **NeoQuixotic** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:44 pm

madbunny wrote:I thought this was supposed to be a bitching about Vista thread.
Actually, has anybody else been, or used it other than me?

I've been messing with betas since February 2006. Is it better than XP? Oh yeah! Is it an absolutely necessary upgrade? HELL NO!

I haven't even tried to mess with AVIsynth or Vegas in Vista yet. Although I did install ffdshow ok as far as I can recall. And remember, this is the "off topic" forum, not the "let's be an ass" forum

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Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:04 pm

Ok, Question About Vista...

How large is default install projected to be?

I understood it to be insanely big.

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:06 pm

anubisx00 wrote:
madbunny wrote:I thought this was supposed to be a bitching about Vista thread.
Actually, has anybody else been, or used it other than me?
I've been messing with betas since February 2006. Is it better than XP? Oh yeah! Is it an absolutely necessary upgrade? HELL NO!

I haven't even tried to mess with AVIsynth or Vegas in Vista yet. Although I did install ffdshow ok as far as I can recall. And remember, this is the "off topic" forum, not the "let's be an ass" forum .

I've used avisynth, and virtualdub. It seems to work alright. I've had problems with adobe premiere 6.0, but premiere pro works just fine.
I've also noticed that most games seem to do alright in vista as well.

I have to say, one of the things that I *DO* like about vista is the performance and tools check, where you get a numerical rating of your components to compare them to each other. Sort of a quick way of seeing if you have an obvious bottleneck in your system.

As for being a mandatory upgrade... not at all, especially considering the high prices involved.
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madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:11 pm

Fall_Child42 wrote:Ok, Question About Vista...
How large is default install projected to be?
I understood it to be insanely big.

The iso for version 5600 is 2.52gig.

I don't remember how much space it took on the HD initially. Insanely big, really isn't if you consider the size of a typical hard drive. Boot time hasn't been an issue. Actually, I'm not sure where all the extra weight comes from.

godix · Post by **godix** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:10 pm

One thing I haven't bothered looking into, is it stable on SATA drives and does it require drivers or are they included on the vista install? I haven't had a working floppy for like four years and have refused to get one just so I can reinstall an OS on my SATA drive.

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:25 pm

godix wrote:One thing I haven't bothered looking into, is it stable on SATA drives and does it require drivers or are they included on the vista install? I haven't had a working floppy for like four years and have refused to get one just so I can reinstall an OS on my SATA drive.

I have been running it on two machines at work that are SATA
Haven't had any problems.

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NeoQuixotic · Post by **NeoQuixotic** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:14 pm

Well I have a successful dual boot with XP Home and Vista Ultimate now ^_^! I went dual boot since my 4+ year old computer doesn't run Vista as nice as I wish it could. However, now I get to experiment with Vista while I wait to get enough cash to build a new system.

May the new, crappy Vista Movie Maker videos begin

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JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:42 pm

It's windows, therefore it suxs .....

That is all .....

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:44 pm

JudgeHolden wrote:It's windows, therefore it suxs .....

That is all .....

Oh, I forgot ...

Discuss!

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:12 pm

Yes, Windows sucks.