Orion Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 sucks. :gtfo: reformatted and raided some hard drives together, figured id go ahead and toss vista on here and have a go at it, and i freaking cant stand it. anyone else have a similar opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I have an opposite-opinion. What exactly is it that you "can't stand"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 DJ it fucking blows, I even have SP1 loaded, it crashes everytime I go to load Office 2007 Standard. I have a ATI Radeon 9700 in my machine and well Apparently Vista hates that card. It's like Microsoft has gone back to the old days of windows 98 and it's video card driver problems.... I'm buying a mac soon, after I do, I'm going to go "office space" on my vista machine in a vacant lot somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I've had just the opposite reaction. Vista SP1 is faster than XP SP2 in most every game atm. System is rock solid with no application bugs or issues and it seems to multi-task better imo. I will say, if you are not running very recent hardwarde, it may not be the best of experiences, IE: a radeon 9700........but those who are not using dinosaurs will thoroughly enjoy the experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 No one that I interact with on a regular basis, who uses Vista, likes it. All PCs are new, and came pre-loaded. There IS a reason Microsoft extended the life of XP. KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I had Vista on my laptop. It crashed using pretty much every program that I wanted to use from XP. Compatability mode wasnt worth a shit either. In addition, it used 1 gig of ram at IDLE. IDLE for christ sake! Fuck that noise, I formatted it and put XP on. 413 mb / 2 gb at idle with a bunch of shit running in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrhobbz Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I don't understand how some of you people have so many problems with vista, hell I've used it on outdated hardware* and never had any problems.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 The only Vista problems I have are a few JAVA issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I'm on the fence with vista. There are somet hings i really like but there are others that piss me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCarGuy2021 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I just installed vista on my macbook as I need a windows operating system so I can run my AEM tuning software. I've never been so lost and confused before (being a mac user for many years doesn't help). A family member had a vista basic CD sitting around so I just used it. It sucks having a 2nd operating system on a computer just for tuning. Space Ghost, you'll be very happy with a mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrhobbz Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I just installed vista on my macbook as I need a windows operating system so I can run my AEM tuning software. I've never been so lost and confused before (being a mac user for many years doesn't help). A family member had a vista basic CD sitting around so I just used it. It sucks having a 2nd operating system on a computer just for tuning. Virtual machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCarGuy2021 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Macs come preloaded with boot camp now, so you just throw in a windows operating system cd and go. It's very simple. I just hate having to format 30gigs of my hd for an operating system just to run 1 program on. I also run parallels so I can be running both operating systems at the same time in different windows. IMO nothing compares to OS X Leopard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrhobbz Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Macs come preloaded with boot camp now, so you just throw in a windows operating system cd and go. It's very simple. I just hate having to format 30gigs of my hd for an operating system just to run 1 program on. I also run parallels so I can be running both operating systems at the same time in different windows. IMO nothing compares to OS X Leopard. Ah didn't know it was coming standard now, haven't touched much on any mac shit since pre-osx really I would however highly disagree on nothing comparing to OS X Think about what its based off of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Have Vista. Love it. Works great. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCarGuy2021 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Ah didn't know it was coming standard now, haven't touched much on any mac shit since pre-osx really I would however highly disagree on nothing comparing to OS X Think about what its based off of What is it based off? Never, in my 5 years of owning macs have I ever had even a minor problem with an operating system. The simplicity and capabilities of OS X Leopard are incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 simplicity . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCarGuy2021 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I'm not going to get into a mac vs. pc argument so I'll refrain from posing anymore. Those whom use macs, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 me owning a mac fits right in with this place. I don't own an LSX so I guess I don't need to own a PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Drives and card working well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin R. Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 me owning a mac fits right in with this place. I don't own an LSX so I guess I don't need to own a PC. Does that mean I have to go buy a Mac? Or should I go buy an older DOS Apple since I have a Mustang and the owners don't usually have computers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I've got a Mac at work 8xWay Xeon (Suck it) I love OSX I still have to run vmware with a windows install to meet the requirements of my job. But I do love Mac and Linux. At Home I run XP and Vista depending on the machine. I also run windows 2003 and 2 linux servers. Each has there place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 drives working just fine, thank you chris. here my specs, (jones would know, he pretty much built it for me) pentium d805 dual core, 3.4 ghz 2 gigs of ram nvidia 8800gtx three 250gb hdd's striped together everything about my system seems slower than before. even my web surfing has gotten slower. i will say this, my desktop is a lot prettier () Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciongirl Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 i have vista on my home desktop, a "legal" copy. i love it.... i have had a couple old programs crash but i just reverted back to older versions and they worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 My preference in order of best to worst Unix (any flavor) OS X Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Vista is not on my list for the simple fact that I bought a Microsoft Zune and plugging it in with the USB wire does not read the device. I've heard on my friend's machine the same problem but his said it was not a microsoft device (makes no sense). I don't know maybe my USB controller on my motherboard is on crack. It is a VIA chipset... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 My preference in order of best to worst Unix (any flavor) OS X Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Vista is not on my list for the simple fact that I bought a Microsoft Zune and plugging it in with the USB wire does not read the device. I've heard on my friend's machine the same problem but his said it was not a microsoft device (makes no sense). I don't know maybe my USB controller on my motherboard is on crack. It is a VIA chipset... I use a Zune on my Vista pc, and it recognizes it perfectly. BTW, my pc now boots from a dead start to idle in under 30 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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