PC hardware: Are we ready for Vista :-)(-:
Are we ready for Vista :-)(-:
by moonuser - 3/21/06 9:04 PMFrom what i've read, the video card is going to be the biggie......... so what would one need to be ready for a Vista install late this year?? @@
Is Microsoft ready?
by linkit - 3/21/06 9:46 PM In reply to: Are we ready for Vista :-)(-: by moonuser"Yesterday, Microsoft said Vista would be ready for large business customers, who typically buy the company's software in multiyear licenses, in November. But the consumer rollout will be pushed back to January 2007."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/technology/22soft.html
From what I read
by dpcrawford - 3/21/06 10:58 PM In reply to: Is Microsoft ready? by linkiton the site it said that you don't hva eto use all of the features if your video card doesn't support it... Which I guess kinda takes away the point of getting it.lol.
I think the biggest thing will be...
by MartyLK - 3/22/06 4:55 AM In reply to: From what I read by dpcrawfordsystem memory. From what I've read Vista will be a memory hog. I think any of the latest video cards will do sufficiently but a minimum of 1 Gig of system memory will be required to make Vista function acceptably.
Fortunately system memory will fall in cost more and more before and after Vista arrives. I predict 2 GB of memory will be comparable in cost to what 512 MB memory cost a year ago making upgrading PC memory feasible for everyone. That isn't to say 2 GB of performance memory will be low cost, though.
Don't Start Worrying Yet
by Scott Simontis - 3/22/06 6:42 PM In reply to: Are we ready for Vista :-)(-: by moonuserUntil Microsoft has some final specs published, I wouldn't start worrying about upgrading. If Vista is delayed, they might take advantage of more processing power and beef up the requirements, and being Microsoft, I wouldn't be surprised if they suddenly changed everything on us.
Personally, I'm not going to get Vista when it comes out. My laptop cannot run Vista, and I wouldn't want to bother with it on my desktop, it isn't worth it. I plan on switching to Linux or Mac when the time comes, or installing it on my brother's desktop if I am curious.
You can't install OSX on a PC...
by nathanpsz2 - 3/22/06 6:55 PM In reply to: Don't Start Worrying Yet by Scott Simontis...yet. But you can install Windows on a Mac.
I know
by Scott Simontis - 3/22/06 7:12 PM In reply to: You can't install OSX on a PC... by nathanpsz2I know I can't get OS X on a PC, but I would prefer to buy a Mac rather than a new PC. I would like to try something different, and am looking at the new Mac Minis right now.
ms will release a "vista-ready" tool
by ramarc - 3/22/06 7:36 PM In reply to: You can't install OSX on a PC... by nathanpsz2supposedly they already have it but won't release it since it could possibly hurt hardware sales.
if you've got a pc that runs xp now, has a decent video card (radeon x800 or geforce 6600gt or better), and 1gb of ram, you'll be more/less vista ready. the 'upscale' video card will be necessary to get the eye-candy user interface, but that UI can be disabled. in general if you pc was made in 2005 or later, it's vista ready. (now whether or not it runs it smoothly is another matter 
windows going down
by Robert L Masters - 3/23/06 3:30 PM In reply to: ms will release a "vista-ready" tool by ramarcits windows it cant run smooth right away. yeah it will look pretty but with all of the code that just keeps pileing up it will never be as efficiant as a mac or linux system. those two will be gaining a bigger and bigger following here in the next few years because they run so much smoother than windows. microsoft is just going to have to watch how they try and screw the customers this time around.
Windows Going Down... maybe in the future
by KML- - 4/1/06 8:18 PM In reply to: windows going down by Robert L MastersI agree that MS's delay of Vista isn't going well with Windows Users. But I think it'll be a while until Microsoft does go down and a while I mean Years even decades. Sorry Mac-Zealots but your fantasys will have to wait. But don't worry if MS continues with this pattern of hyping consumers and then dealying products then i wouldn't be surprised if more people simply just switch to MAC or wait till Google makes a OS.
I am For Sure
by shebz7 - 3/30/06 5:35 AM In reply to: Are we ready for Vista :-)(-: by moonuserWell The best strtegy i am using right now is not to upgrade till it arrives
i will wait for amonth after it arrives and see the benchmarkings and all that stuff that comes up on gaming and techy sites like gamespot and cnet itself
i held down my upgrade for a year as i am still using pentium 3 with 191 mghz ram and a 100 gb hard disk i got the minor upgrades done 4 myself and can adjust to it till vista arrives and then i will surely go for the monster pc and as i am frm india ,assembled pc's are dirt cheap here so i can make my self needed customised pc Around $1000 and i hope even amd dual core will drop rates by that time if not i will go for the best single core processor available at that time
Simple as that
No, thanks.
by doctorcrack - 3/31/06 10:25 AM In reply to: Are we ready for Vista :-)(-: by moonuserI would not use VISTA for the following reasons:
1. High cost ($600)
2. Vulnerabilities, viruses, spyware, worms, a-z every bad thing.
3. Need to upgrade hardware with each version of windows
I've been growing sick and tired of waiting for vista for over five years now. Yes, some of my friends did get the "leaked" version but I don't want to even try that.
In the meanwhile, I'm dual booting with windows XP and Linux, and I'm discovering that Linux is really answering all my needs. All I need is to browse the web, touch-up occasional photos taken by digicam, use word processor, and do some basic database stuff at Access (.mdb) files.
And regarding looks, I saw a demo of compiz on google videos, and man! It's something windows can never imagine of doing in the next 10 years.
In my opinion, Windows 95 was perhaps the best OS from MS I enjoyed. I really miss that command line in all the major versions after that. XP command line sucks big time. I can't even change directories properly due to spaces in filenames etc.
Who wants to pay up $600 when you can get everything for free?
Explain the benefits
by lorax1284 - 3/31/06 11:16 AM In reply to: No, thanks. by doctorcrackMy understanding is that Longhorn would have a new filesystem that was designed more like a database, so better searches could be performed... but that major component has been removed, and now, all I believe Windows Vista to be is a new layer of "chrome" and built-in searchability.
So: Windows XP that you already have PLUS StarDock WindowBlinds for $20 PLUS Google Desktop for free EQUALS Windows Vista?
Thoughts?
XP + New themes + google desktop = vista. Correct!
by doctorcrack - 4/10/06 12:12 PM In reply to: Explain the benefits by lorax1284To use the ''chrome layer'' and few functional enhancements, I'd never buy vista. Certainly not when I have used Linux over the last six months and I'm awed with it. If something doesn't work in Linux or is available for windows only, I'll boot in Windows XP.
The Wine project at sourceforge.net is doing great stuff for making windows app run on Linux. I'm looking forward to enhancements in Wine project.
Mr. Gates and Mr. Ballmer - You will not have my 600$ - I'll pay the house rent instead.
so what would one need to be ready for .....................
by logger99 - 3/31/06 12:50 PM In reply to: Are we ready for Vista :-)(-: by moonuserBig CPU, lotta fast memory, butt-kicking hard drives and a video card with 256MB memory for starters; then a large supply of headache medicine because even with the delay (which will probably be until late Spring/early Summer next year; approximately 60% has to be re-written)) of the release of Vista,headaches shall abound for months just as they have (and STILL do) with XP. Relax, wait for 9 months AFTER the release to the consumer and then research what's happenin' and go from there. Besides, the hardware technology is changing which is making present day technology obsolete even faster than in the past. The majority of the population still doesn't even need a system using more than an AMD 2500+ Barton cpu, over PC2700 speed RAM, harddrives over 8MB cache,videocards over 128MB. Yet these products are obsolete, discontinued, discounted and treated as unusable in todays market. A system with these components wouldn't even get a good workout from most people..............
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