Time to revert back to XP.
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*NOTE* This is NOT against you or anything, just thinking out loud. It'd be fun to see a real-life, commercialmaybe) application developed in Plain English. What would be even _more_ fun, is if someone made an extension for it to support WCF, WPF, etc. .... "transform the listbox by 31.415926 units to the right, set alpha-transparence to 42%, rotate it on X and Y axises by 2.71828 degrees. Then, for every item in the listbox, invoke the SaveData method of the http://sometime.net/blahblah.asmx webservice, passing it the name and id of the items casted to CSomeDataClass" *ahem* yeah.
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David Wulff wrote:
In Vista I can hit the start button on my keyboard and type what I want to do and it does it. It is the killer feature of Vista IMO, and I cannot go back from that.
On my Windows 2000 box at work, I can hit Win+SPACE and do the same thing - I use Launchy[^]. But the only reason I installed Launchy at work was because I'd used QuickSilver[^] and Spotlight on my iBook. It *is* a killer feature - but there are non-Vista alternatives...thankfully, 'cause I don't think we'll be using Vista at work in the next five years :rolleyes:
Stuart Dootson wrote:
thankfully, 'cause I don't think we'll be using Vista at work in the next five years
If what I read in a recent issue of InformationWeek holds true I think you're lining yourself up for a huge disappointment.
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Kevin McFarlane wrote:
Maybe Vista is just part of the ongoing trend within Microsoft towards breaking backwards compatibility.
Fire and motion :-)
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
A Microsoft blogger described this a while back.
Got a link?
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No. Problem is I can't remember the person's name, but I think it was one of the top techies.
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After using Vista for a while I have decided to go back to XP. I miss the pretty blue theme and well designed interface that I know so well. Oh and the rock solid drivers and great resource conservation. Perhaps I will go back to Vista when service pack one comes out. I am having numerouse problems with Vista, its just unacceptable. How has your Vista experience been for all you Vista users out here?
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I'm putting XP on my mom's computer soon (probably today, in fact). Vista itself runs fine, but she's getting back into gaming and it turns out that the games she likes just plain don't work. :|
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David Wulff wrote:
In Vista I can hit the start button on my keyboard and type what I want to do and it does it. It is the killer feature of Vista IMO, and I cannot go back from that.
On my Windows 2000 box at work, I can hit Win+SPACE and do the same thing - I use Launchy[^]. But the only reason I installed Launchy at work was because I'd used QuickSilver[^] and Spotlight on my iBook. It *is* a killer feature - but there are non-Vista alternatives...thankfully, 'cause I don't think we'll be using Vista at work in the next five years :rolleyes:
Stuart Dootson wrote:
David Wulff wrote: In Vista I can hit the start button on my keyboard and type what I want to do and it does it. It is the killer feature of Vista IMO, and I cannot go back from that.
Try using Run++ (http://puzzleware.net/runpp/). Its free and its my alternative to QuickSilver on Windows although its no where even close to it.
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After using Vista for a while I have decided to go back to XP. I miss the pretty blue theme and well designed interface that I know so well. Oh and the rock solid drivers and great resource conservation. Perhaps I will go back to Vista when service pack one comes out. I am having numerouse problems with Vista, its just unacceptable. How has your Vista experience been for all you Vista users out here?
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After using Vista for a while I have decided to go back to XP. I miss the pretty blue theme and well designed interface that I know so well. Oh and the rock solid drivers and great resource conservation. Perhaps I will go back to Vista when service pack one comes out. I am having numerouse problems with Vista, its just unacceptable. How has your Vista experience been for all you Vista users out here?
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I don't need a "Wow factor"; I need a bleeding word-processor. I think it's time to go back to the basics: What is the function of an operating system? They've lost the plot. An operating system that disables hardware, for reasons other than the security of the machine it is installed on, is not an operating system. It is a dis-operating system. An operating system that takes up more resources than real programs, that are needed to do work, is not a worthwhile operating system. It should let you open what you need, then get out of the way. And pre-fetch? Don't get me started on pre-fetch!
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At it again osmo! X|
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LOL - the post before this one was called 'Vista istallation' and I thought 'that was quick'.... Vista is OK, but I still use XP as my main software. I am setting up dual boot and using Vista mostly to test for Vista compatibility.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Vista is OK, but I still use XP as my main software. I am setting up dual boot and using Vista mostly to test for Vista compatibility.
same here, except vista's came with my laptop, and since my desktop's still faster I largely use the laptop as a second pseudo monitor.
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cmk wrote:
I'd like to try Vista, but i can't get it to install on my desktop. It seems the nForce drivers are still too buggy (RAID drivers). There is an x86 beta driver that is supposed to work, but no x64 one.
I installed Vista 64-bit in a RAID0 array, which uses the controller integrated in the nForce4 chipset (the motherboard is ASUS A8N-SLI Premium). It works just fine, and Vista used its own drivers without any problem.
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Yes, i've read others that have had some success as well - oh well. I'm not doing anything extreme on install: - boot from CD - it recognizes RAID1 volumes and installs first part fine (to JBOD or RAID1 volume) - on first reboot it continues to finish install - about 10min in it just reboots - on restart it boots but displays a message saying install was interupted, reinstall I've got: - Supermicro H8DCE motherboard w/ 2 dual core opterons - nForce Pro chipset - 4GB mem - ASUS 7800 GTX graphics card - 4x 250GB WD SATAII drives (setup as 2 RAID1 volumes) It could be something else, but i've read enough about problems with the nVidia RAID driver being buggy for some setups that i suspect it.
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Yes, i've read others that have had some success as well - oh well. I'm not doing anything extreme on install: - boot from CD - it recognizes RAID1 volumes and installs first part fine (to JBOD or RAID1 volume) - on first reboot it continues to finish install - about 10min in it just reboots - on restart it boots but displays a message saying install was interupted, reinstall I've got: - Supermicro H8DCE motherboard w/ 2 dual core opterons - nForce Pro chipset - 4GB mem - ASUS 7800 GTX graphics card - 4x 250GB WD SATAII drives (setup as 2 RAID1 volumes) It could be something else, but i've read enough about problems with the nVidia RAID driver being buggy for some setups that i suspect it.
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cmk wrote:
- 4GB mem
That's the problem. I can't find any link now (try googling), but I'm sure I've read that Vista does not install properly with 4 GB RAM. Just remove a couple of Gigs and see what happens.
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