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| Thread ID: 81719 | 2007-08-05 00:49:00 | Is Vista Really Worth It All? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 576585 | 2007-08-05 00:49:00 | Ask yourself: Gamers . . . . do you need any more speed? Do you need any better graphics than what's currently available? (Not just asking about stuff yet to purchase) . E-mailers . . . . do you really need any more than Win95 or 98SE? Do you need a faster processor? Vidiots . . . do you need any more processing power for Vids and music? I think the current heaters are about as far as most people need to go for processing speed, RAM, storage and resolution by now . . and I also think Vista is just different LOOKING, but not any better than XP . It's not a technology issue . . it's now just a "looks" issue and keeping up with the neighbors . I honestly don't think there's any more need for speed or technology at this point . C'mon . . . 3 ghz, big ram, a monster vid and sound card are about all I can foresee any more . How do youse guys feel? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 576586 | 2007-08-05 01:32:00 | Vista may or may not be worth it depending on your point of view although that doesn't apply to all Operating Systems, but faster multi cored chips that run cooler and require less power to get more work done certainly are the way to go. Hope that makes sense. Wait till games start to fully utilize the multi cored chips and you will see the benefits that HD Video editors on dual quad cored machines are experiencing. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 576587 | 2007-08-05 01:39:00 | faster multi cored chips that run cooler and require less power to get more work done certainly are the way to go. sure they are but not for mrs/mr joe average......... faster pc's dont make any much difference at all if any for websurfing, emailing and writing the occasional letter in word. Personally even tho i'm a tech I still run my p4 2.4ghz with *only* 1gb ram and a nasty old fx5200 quite happily it'll do anything I want it to cause I'm not into games in any way at all. I can encode video etc quite happily it's not like I need to do that all the time and need every second of every day to do it...so duo/quad cores are a waste of time for me and as for vista - well it's really only eye candy and I dont need that either..... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 576588 | 2007-08-05 01:41:00 | Old-style programs that did not require huge processing resources to put a few frilly decorations around the place might be better. Vista requires monster systems to give a restricted, outdated, and primitive appearance. Pity it is incompatible with so many useful wares, both hard and soft. However, it is not entirely a flawed product, there is some clever marketing involved there just to get people buying such a valueless product. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 576589 | 2007-08-05 02:41:00 | DX10 gaming yes, the more realistic a game looks the more I like it (graphics wise), it has more depth, like Bioshock have you seen the water effects? they are the more realistic I have seen to date. Part of gaming for me is the graphics and the realism of them, and the more realistic the graphics are generally means you need more GPU power to get playable FPS... So yes, I do need more speed... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 576590 | 2007-08-05 02:50:00 | Game graphics and game play can always be improved by more powerful hardware, If your prepared to spend the money then why not? Video editing?..hell yes I would expect a new machine to perform this task better, and its definitely a main consideration when it comes time to upgrade. Can anything you currently own edit High definition footage in real time while concurrently rendering a project in the background? Didn't think so. As for people who only email, Thats what the Dells and HP of this world service,so thats a moot point, The comps run like pigs anyway. And I wouldn't upgrade my hardware to run an OS, especially an OS without a purpose. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 576591 | 2007-08-05 03:04:00 | Can anything you currently own edit High definition footage in real time while concurrently rendering a project in the background? FCP2 :) www.pcauthority.com.au PhotoshopCS3 www.pcauthority.com.au |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 576592 | 2007-08-05 03:11:00 | Game graphics and game play can always be improved by more powerful hardware, If your prepared to spend the money then why not? Video editing? . . hell yes I would expect a new machine to perform this task better, and its definitely a main consideration when it comes time to upgrade . Can anything you currently own edit High definition footage in real time while concurrently rendering a project in the background? Yep, totally . What Surferjoe seems to have done is confuse advances in hadware with Operating Systems . MS would like you to think their O/S is necessary for improved gaming and so on but it isn't . Well very small parts of it maybe, certainly not the entire package . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 576593 | 2007-08-05 03:13:00 | Look its called the endless upgrade cycle and it means Intel, AMD and Microsoft can continue income streams. Its called capitalism where the objective is to get all the money you can get out of people whether they need the item or not. Heard of upselling, well upgrading is a similar concept :p People who purchased one galvanised Nail also purchased 1 automatic opening garage door 50 litres of paint to paint their house 1 new kitchen 1 new bathroom |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 576594 | 2007-08-05 03:16:00 | I believe that there would be other more efficient OS's than Vista such as Linux, Apple and possibly Sun that would make better use of grunty hardware although their uses would probably more suited to specialised fields. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
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