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| Thread ID: 76393 | 2007-01-30 23:26:00 | Alternatives to Vista. | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 520921 | 2007-01-31 01:17:00 | Is it still 32bit? I would like a version to be 64bit esp when most CPUs these days incl the Sempron and Celeron (?) are that .. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 520922 | 2007-01-31 02:02:00 | Regarding alternative OSes and software availabilty, your main limitations when you step outside of Windows are in the gaming area. Nowdays being able to dual boot any two systems together means that generally one should be able to compensate for any application shortcomings that the other might have. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 520923 | 2007-01-31 02:12:00 | I don't like dual booting. I don't play games. But speaking of games, for the once in a while game, provided you got the hardware, say you go out and buy a game, you could still paly it in win2k or winxp right? Is this DX10 thing just a enhancement. For me, I just get a new OS each time I get a new PC. Had bad times when I tried to run win95 off a 386 :rolleyes: or a P1 for win2k :p and then loading up with all the softwares, like Norton Crashguard which still crashed :) |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 520924 | 2007-01-31 02:34:00 | I also don't play too many games. The highest requirement game I've ever played on a PC is Black and White 2. But for some reason I have a tendency to hunger for expensive hardware (eg. 7900GTX), and this time, software - Vista. I hate myself for that. :D :( |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 520925 | 2007-01-31 02:53:00 | I don't like dual booting. I don't play games. But speaking of games, for the once in a while game, provided you got the hardware, say you go out and buy a game, you could still paly it in win2k or winxp right? Is this DX10 thing just a enhancement. For me, I just get a new OS each time I get a new PC. Had bad times when I tried to run win95 off a 386 :rolleyes: or a P1 for win2k :p and then loading up with all the softwares, like Norton Crashguard which still crashed :) Well there is dual booting or there is parallels although games played on Windows under Parallels won't be able to take advantage of the OpenGL accelaration at this stage so they would effectively be handicapped. I am aware that there is a reasonable selection of titles of games for the Mac OS (Edit) just did a quick google and got this site www.softwarewarehouse.co.nz although no where near as extensive as the PC range. Your other suitable alternative would be a Windows Vista/Linux distro combo. I am curious to see what the Vista hardware requirement will do to the average price of a basic spec'd PC as I don't see the sub $1,000 PC lasting much longer. I am under the impression that PCs with a base price of $2000 might start to become the norm in the next 12 to 18 months or so as the newer Vista OEM capable machines start to come through. Just a thought. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 520926 | 2007-01-31 03:06:00 | And if you really want the security of Windows Vista. 1) Don't make all your users "administrators" 2) Install ProcessGuard (www.diamondcs.com.au) and control when every executable can run. It even has a learn option, which you can turn off once all your usual applications have run. |
KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 520927 | 2007-01-31 03:11:00 | But for some reason I have a tendency to hunger for expensive hardware (eg. 7900GTX), and this time, software - Vista. I hate myself for that. :D :( I'm struggling to think of a good reason to have a 512MB gfx card besides gaming? Or do you work with a lot of 3D apps or sumthing? Anyhoo... I have only one main reason for going out to buy vista and that is that the PC I predominantly use had a dodgy copy of XP on it. I grabbed the release candidate of Vista when I had a chance and am sold enough on it that I will buy it when the RC runs out. I figure why take a step backwards? A few years back I couldn't see many ppl upgrading to XP and now everyone around me seems to have. I'm also keen on using the Media Center element of Vista for recording/watching telly etc. And basically, with running my own business, I want to keep it legal and haven't had THAT much success with Linux on my machine. So it's a conscious choice, although perhaps not a very well founded one! |
IRMoon (11746) | ||
| 520928 | 2007-01-31 03:12:00 | Some more info and nuts and bolts on Vista Vista upgrade invalidates your XP key www.tomcoyote.org Vista "upgrade" drops compliance checking, requires old OS to install channel9.msdn.com |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 520929 | 2007-01-31 03:19:00 | NZ doesnt have ANY High Definition (HD) video at the moment anyway, so no one will be missing out on anything just yet. In order to play video contents in HD, you will need a HD capable video card, most current generation cards are capable of this and a HD capable LCD screen. I have seen few of those. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 520930 | 2007-01-31 04:18:00 | say you go out and buy a game, you could still paly it in win2k or winxp right? Is this DX10 thing just a enhancement. ) So far. But eventually, no. How many new games have you seen running DX6 or 7? |
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