KKOB Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Vista horror stories = mac propaganda No. All i was doing was fucking hoping that the unfortunate things that have befallen many people before did not befall you. Jesus. I'll watch my tongue next time i try to be nice. Vista is awesome, as long as you go by the instructions and what or what it is not compatible with it will be a pleasent experience. Anyone who cries over how bad Vista is probably has a Mac.... Vista is great I didn't try to make that statement, let alone actually type it out. I've said many times before that vista is better for some people than OS X. Now. Leave this god damn fucking impossible to end can of worms alone for the sake of this thread.
AeroScap Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 next time i try to be nice. "Try to stir something up." *huggles Takeo* Let's leave it at your post anyways.
fatnickc Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I do use my scanner quite a lot, but I suppose there are plenty of third party programs out there to take care of that. Home Premium it is then. I'll by 5000 penny sweets with the money saved!
motion Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 No. All i was doing was fucking hoping that the unfortunate things that have befallen many people before did not befall you. Jesus. I'll watch my tongue next time i try to be nice. Wasn't talking about you, I meant that most of the Vista problems that mac spout is propaganda.
AeroScap Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I do use my scanner quite a lot, but I suppose there are plenty of third party programs out there to take care of that. Home Premium it is then I'll by 5000 penny sweets with the money saved! Methinks you owe me 1 of those sweets XD I am getting Business with my new dell (it was the only one on offer) Planning to clean wipe it all and put on my ultimate but I dont think Dell send out window reinstall DVDs anymore. Anyone know?
Ant-Shimmin Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 No. All i was doing was fucking hoping that the unfortunate things that have befallen many people before did not befall you. Jesus. I'll watch my tongue next time i try to be nice. I didn't try to make that statement, let alone actually type it out. I've said many times before that vista is better for some people than OS X. Now. Leave this god damn fucking impossible to end can of worms alone for the sake of this thread. What I said wasn't aimed at you, It was just something I mean in general. Vista gets undeserved bad press my PC runs 10x faster on Vista then it did XP and continues to do so, it suits my needs, granted installation took me a few hours but I have rarely had problems with it that haven't been resolved with logical thinking. From Gaming to music, internet to doccum I think if Motion goes about it the right way then he will find Vista a piece of piss to install.
Wesley Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Sigh. http://digg.com/apple/Tell_Apple_to_Fix_MacBook_Pro_Problems http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/04/04/macbook.pro.issues.solved/ http://www.macintouch.com/reliability/macbooks.html http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/113/macbook-pro-the-whining-user Erm... what has Mac got anything to do with what I was talking about? I asked for some links about Vista being so hard to install...
Ant-Shimmin Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Some of them are on a wind up, Man if you like Vista you like Vista don't let anyone change your mind...
That Guy Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 My moms getting a laptop with Vista on this week. I'll probably have to show her how to do everything so I'll get a good idea of how stuff works in it. Looking forward to having a play around with it actually.
fatnickc Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 My moms getting a laptop with Vista on this week. I'll probably have to show her how to do everything so I'll get a good idea of how stuff works in it. Looking forward to having a play around with it actually. I've only seen Vista on 3 laptops, but I was disappointed with the speed on those.
AeroScap Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Erm... what has Mac got anything to do with what I was talking about? I asked for some links about Vista being so hard to install... Quoted the wrong person but there point was "macs arent without problems if not bigger problems" I've only seen Vista on 3 laptops, but I was disappointed with the speed on those. I have ultimate on a mobility radeon x600 with 60gb HD and 1GB with (2gb of readyboost) and it runs dandy Full effects, flip 3D, Sidebar, Shadows etc etc Good speed and I run media player, opera and wow at the same time
fatnickc Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I have ultimate on a mobility radeon x600 with 60gb HD and 1GB with (2gb of readyboost) and it runs dandy Does ReadyBoost really help much? Is there a noticeable difference between having it and not?
Charlie Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Is ReadyBoost just a fancy name for pagefile memory?
AeroScap Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Pretty much but you are looking at a smaller seek time due to it being flash memory instead of a spinning drive. If you are like me and load the same programs a lot, then when you remove the pen you can definitely tell. (2~4 seconds maybe)
Charlie Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Pretty much but you are looking at a smaller seek time due to it being flash memory instead of a spinning drive. If you are like me and load the same programs a lot, then when you remove the pen you can definitely tell. (2~4 seconds maybe) Oh right, so it's a USB stick (does it have to be a special type?) which works as pagefile/RAM?
Shino Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Oh right, so it's a USB stick (does it have to be a special type?) which works as pagefile/RAM? Kind off, it's usefull only with smaller files.
AeroScap Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Flying around google there is a site which lists compatible USB flash drive. The feature also works with SD cards but only those fast enough works (in both respects). At least USB 2.0. The 2gb one I have is a buffalo make from amazon (it has a blue shell around it and looks compact (cant be arsed to link atm xD))
Guest Jordan Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I have a crappy 256mb memory stick and even that makes a difference. Vista Ultimate running on my laptop: 1.6ghz AMD Turion X2 64, 1GB ram, nVidia 6100 Go! (with a shitty 64mb dedicated RAM so it eats my normal ram like nuts). Runs with no problems, generally.
McPhee Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Ant, it's you're graphics card thats the problem. Which one do you have? It probably doesn't support the required resolution (1366x768). I've read on AVForums that there are programs to force such a resolution but i can't point you in the direction of one that works unfortunately. The TV isn't going to be any good as a PC monitor anyway, the resolution is too crappy for text on a 32". For a quick comparison, 30" Apple and Dell monitors use a resolution of 2560x1600. Thats almost 4 times the res on a screen thats 2" smaller. It'd be usefull as a cinema display though, i.e. for displaying movies, games, Windows Media Centre etc.
Ant-Shimmin Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Ant, it's you're graphics card thats the problem. Which one do you have? It probably doesn't support the required resolution (1366x768). I've read on AVForums that there are programs to force such a resolution but i can't point you in the direction of one that works unfortunately. The TV isn't going to be any good as a PC monitor anyway, the resolution is too crappy for text on a 32". For a quick comparison, 30" Apple and Dell monitors use a resolution of 2560x1600. Thats almost 4 times the res on a screen thats 2" smaller. It'd be usefull as a cinema display though, i.e. for displaying movies, games, Windows Media Centre etc. Cheers for getting back to me regarding the issue but I got it sorted. Logical thinking when exciteted is pretty much impossible! I put the TV into Cinema mode, and it worked in regards to getting it full screen, as for making the resolution better I installed the latest drivers, which upped the resolution a fair bit and the quality is exceptional. I can't remember the exact figure but it was 2560 x ??? something like that. Thanks for your advice and help any way
motion Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Did I hear correctly that Vista takes 3 hours to install?
Ant-Shimmin Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Did I hear correctly that Vista takes 3 hours to install? It depends, I got the Dell Driver's and Application Kit which I needed to run through... It took me from 4:00pm to 1:00am to install, from inital opening of packaging to finally having a Vista PC. I mean I needed to run alot of tests which took alot of time, and reccomended scans every stage which took alot of time. Installing the actual Vista software takes 45 Minutes including inital installation to downloading drivers and updates needed on the internet. It's relatively trouble free, it just requires alot of patience and to be on the safe side alot of scanning.
KKOB Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 It depends, I got the Dell Driver's and Application Kit which I needed to run through... It took me from 4:00pm to 1:00am to install, from inital opening of packaging to finally having a Vista PC. I mean I needed to run alot of tests which took alot of time, and reccomended scans every stage which took alot of time. Installing the actual Vista software takes 45 Minutes including inital installation to downloading drivers and updates needed on the internet. It's relatively trouble free, it just requires alot of patience and to be on the safe side alot of scanning. That sounds annoying.
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