If you would rather keep XP...
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Doing so is far from a trivial task. Just look at the Wine Project. They've been doing a zenos paradox in versioning for several years as they run out of space between the current number and the mythical 1.0 where everything works. :doh:
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always get punched out when I reach 4.... -- El Corazon
dan neely wrote:
Doing so is far from a trivial task. Just look at the Wine Project. They've been doing a zenos paradox in versioning for several years as they run out of space between the current number and the mythical 1.0 where everything works.
I'm not holding my breath. :laugh:
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Hmm, am I the only one who's had absolutely no problems with Vista? I was very suprised when even games performed perfectly on a 64-bit install of Vista Ultimate. The only issue so far has had nothing to do with Vista but Abit not producing a reliable driver for my wireless card (doesn't really matter since it's a desktop). Will have to see how games perform on my new laptop which has a 32 bit install. Wasn't intended as a gaming laptop though, just something portable for train journeys and uni.
It works great for me! I have a DELL XPS 410 and a XPS M1530, both with Vista Home Premium. They both run all the games I've tried perfectly...and I'm quite happy using Visual Studio 2008 on them as well.
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I have no problems either, some games and applications required a bit of thought to fix after install, but so far everything except my memory card reader is solvable. TI simply refuses to make 64bit drivers and I don't feel like writing my own, so I use a non TI solution. I also run ultimate.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
Plus I really like the new management interface for IIS 7.
Yes, it's sort of ironic that to get the really pretty stuff you have to work on a service.:)
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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HELP SAVE XP Petition [^] Not so much that someone would bother to do this (good luck to them) but that Microsloth is steadfastly ignoring the (apparent) 100,000 consumers who have already signed it. I'm not one as I have learnt to live with the wonderfully quirky Vista and can't be asked to go to all the trouble of backgrading to the livelier XP.
digital man wrote:
Microsloth is steadfastly ignoring the (apparent) 100,000 consumers who have already signed it
That cuts no ice. Microsoft sell 100s of millions of copies of Windows. The demand to keep XP going indefinitely is ridiculous. No-one does that kind of thing.
Kevin
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XP is nice, but I do enjoy my Vista. For development, it works great, even with the UAC on. For gaming, well, not so fine - but Dell + laptop hardware + vista != good gaming solution
Josh Christensen wrote:
Dell + laptop hardware + vista != good gaming solution
I think it works quite well for gaming.... I have a Dell laptop running Vista and I can run all current games on highest graphics @ 1920x1200... smoothly However, XP is still my favorite OS by a long shot
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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well, no EA games perform correctly. I have a Dell XPS M1710 with a Geforce 7900 GS and some games will completely crash my computer, other games don't render correctly. Dell has a driver that is 2 years old, where as Microsoft and Nvidia have released upgraded drives for the card, which neither seem to help. I can play guild wars at maximum graphic settings and it runs fine. Go figure.
Broken Bokken http://www.brokenbokken.com
Josh Christensen wrote:
Dell XPS M1710 with a Geforce 7900 GS
I think you may have a different issue then the dell drivers. I have the M1730 with 2x 7900's and it runs COD4, Colin Mcrae Dirt, Assasins Creed, etc all on highest without crashing. What games are crashing?
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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originSH wrote:
2003 is a delight to use, the majority of stuff is straight forward and easily accessed via the GUI. I've only had a dabble with 2008 but thankfully it seems to take this and just improve on it It was very easy to setup for my home network (very simple) and I've had no issues with it since,
Isn't a server license rather expensive for a home network.
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always get punched out when I reach 4.... -- El Corazon
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Josh Christensen wrote:
Dell XPS M1710 with a Geforce 7900 GS
I think you may have a different issue then the dell drivers. I have the M1730 with 2x 7900's and it runs COD4, Colin Mcrae Dirt, Assasins Creed, etc all on highest without crashing. What games are crashing?
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
Black and White 2 will BSOD my system. It is periodic. Sometimes I can play for several hours, other times just 10 minutes. Battlefield 1942 runs, but there is no aiming reticle and none of the menus have any controls. Star Craft has had some issues in the screens and menus where it renders as a negative. I ruled out a heat issue because I can play Guild Wars at the highest graphics setting for as long as I want. Other games, like Diablo 2, Star Wars BattleGrounds, Jedi Academy, Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 3 all work fine. I've tried a bunch of hotfixes that are supposed to be for my card, but all of them show a message saying they are not for my configuration and then close out. I have posted to the Nvidia forums at http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=52887[^] but nothing suggested works to fix the games. BF1942 and BW2 are both owned by EA so I'm beginning to wonder if their graphics engines don't play well with my configuration. Nvidia and Dell play the blame game rather than actually trying to help me fix my issue.
Broken Bokken http://www.brokenbokken.com
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XP is nice, but I do enjoy my Vista. For development, it works great, even with the UAC on. For gaming, well, not so fine - but Dell + laptop hardware + vista != good gaming solution
It's fine at home. At work it would probably be fine except that I need Microsoft's eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0 and 4.0 which flat-out do not work. It was possible to massage them into working (mostly) as a non-admin in XP, but no combination of compatibility settings or running as administrator can make them load a project. I was going to add, 'and compile it', but actually, they crash on trying to load or create a project.
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