Windows VISTA - Seriously Scary!

[madbunny]

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

[godix]

PS: godix, don't listen to them, u hating ur wife is hilarious. Too bad she's actully a nice person or it'd be funnier : /

Ya know, you being the only person to say something like this is probably a huge red warning flag that the others are right. Damn. There goes 'Dedicated to My Wife, Again'. Now what the hell am I gonna do for an Acen submission?

[Nessephanie]

I thought this was supposed to be a bitching about Vista thread.

This is the off topic forum...nothing is the way it's supposed to be (:

[Ayanefan]

... they talk about how and why Windows Vista has incorporated the most pervasive and invasive system for digital rights management ever created, AACS.
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I'm just peeved that I won't be able to install "offsite backups" to VISTA anytime soon until some brilliant, bordering on insane, person comes up with some way of "crackling" the Microsoft bank.

Am I clear enough on that one?

[madbunny]

I thought this was supposed to be a bitching about Vista thread.

This is the off topic forum...nothing is the way it's supposed to be (:

Crap, I totally forgot! You're right.

This topic is now about cardboard cutout characters!

[NeoQuixotic]

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 .

[Fall_Child42]

Ok, Question About Vista...

How large is default install projected to be?

I understood it to be insanely big.

[madbunny]

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.
http://www.journeyed.com/itemDetail.asp?ItmNo=99521723

[madbunny]

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]

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.