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Originally posted by Abercrombie Pixar and its movies have been entirely on Compaqs.

most proliants have been solid for years... most else has been watery shit (exception: some professional workstations, and some deskpros did their jobs but very basic rigs)

/dunno what HPAQ has kept from the old lineups though, admittedly
//still lovin' the ol' P110 AG monitor

took a couple hours but i got her up and running real smooth. Installation was a little shaky and had to reinstall a couple programs, but its def worth it, this os is slick.

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Originally posted by Pett took a couple hours but i got her up and running real smooth. Installation was a little shaky and had to reinstall a couple programs, but its def worth it, this os is slick.

I concur.
For me, it's running as smoothly as XP did.

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Originally posted by Jer. I concur. For me, it's running as smoothly as XP did.

I am assuming you guys are using the 32 bit version.......Right? Theres NO WAY all your apps will be running if you had installed the 64 bit version. Ive seen it first hand, its a night mare.

If that is the case, that you are running the 32 bit, of course it will run without the major headaches. The whole POINT of Vista, is 64 bit, and if your not up to speed with knowing how to get your PC and other apps, and hadware to work with it, i suggest to others to install the 32 bit if you want a preveiw of vista. But its still 32 bit, so whats the point?

XP's latest maintenence packages are fool proof and work mint. Not worth the upgrade in my opinion unless you want 64 bit. Even with that being said, Id expect a MAJOR performance difference, which Im NOT seeing in the reveiws right now.

Fact is, most hardware, and software out there are still 32 bit, and for the hard core that want the 64 bit performance, its just not going to happen untill:

1- all the bugs are worked out
2- software companys make their products 64 bit
3- hardware manufactures make 64 bit componants or drivers for the ones that are compatible with 64 bit
4- PC manufactures start putting 2 gig of ram and a 2.8 or higher dual core processor in everything they sell that will run vista or dissapoinment is an understatement for what you will feel from the performance.

Im still gonna try it, but like I said, Im gonna make sure its on a second hdd, just for fucking around on. Im not gonna bother with the 32 bit, my 32 bit xp works just fine

Yup, I am running it on 32Bit.

I still have to put it through its paces in a few areas, but aesthetically and functionality wise, I'm impressed.

I'm giving it its first drunk test right now. whooo

best of luck to ya with the 64 bit, im running the 32 bit because my processor isnt even capable of 64. Let us know how it goes thou.

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Originally posted by Jer. Yup, I am running it on 32Bit. I still have to put it through its paces in a few areas, but aesthetically and functionality wise, I'm impressed. I'm giving it its first drunk test right now. whooo

I know when I install the 64 bit, Reason, Cubase, Albeton, and all the other apps I love so much plus more are gonna be gone. But Its all for the sake of testing purposes I send MS beta notifications all the time about IE7, media player 11, office 2007.......cant wait for the essays Im going to type about vista 64

Fuck, I dont even know if my 500 dollar sound card is gonna work :@

Meh, like I said, its just to play with, and if I can get it to work half decent, that would be a big accomplishment on my part.

I must also add you guys have big balls to install it on a machine you rely on I just dont think I could do that. Esspecially you Jer with that laptop and all your music. Crazyness.

just fix it with duct tape

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Originally posted by RobSt*r I must also add you guys have big balls to install it on a machine you rely on I just dont think I could do that. Esspecially you Jer with that laptop and all your music. Crazyness.

Cheers, hahaha

Frankly, I didn't really have a choice.. There was a Hard Drive error a few weeks back and I lost alot of that music, sample kits, VSTs, some important photographs.. Basically I was a dumbass for not properly backing up. So one 250 Gig external HD later, everything is now backed up (from what I could recover that is) and I figured I might as well give it a whirl. I have my Windows XP Disc at the ready if things really go to hell.. Just in case.

EDIT: One minor pain in my arse is that I can't seem to find a driver for the ALPS Touchpad. My Notebook's touchpad *works*, but the vertical scrollbar however, doesn't ATM. Small gripe as I rarely EVER use it. Meh.

I'll be setting up a test lab for Vista at work within the next few months. I gotta get a working RIS image that I can push out into production, but judging by most initial reactions, it looks like it will be fun to develop that

Someone complete this sentence for me:

"I switched from XP to Vista because _______________________ "

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Someone complete this sentence for me: "I switched from XP to Vista because _______________________ "

honestly, i dont know if i can answer that after using vista..... but switching to xp from 98 early ended up being a good decision. Ive put my faith in microsoft for some unapparent reason.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Someone complete this sentence for me: "I switched from XP to Vista because _______________________ "

Curriosity I guess. Maybe Im too much geek for my own good.

Its kind of like being drunk at the bar, and grinding with the fat girl. You know people are talking about you, and you know you wouldnt if you were in your right mind, but deep down inside, you wanna bang her

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Originally posted by RobSt*r Curriosity I guess. Maybe Im too much geek for my own good. Its kind of like being drunk at the bar, and grinding with the fat girl. You know people are talking about you, and you know you wouldnt if you were in your right mind, but deep down inside, you wanna bang her

I was howling for a solid five minutes after reading that

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Someone complete this sentence for me: "I switched from XP to Vista because _______________________ "

"...I got a copy of Vista Ultimate for free, legally, so why the fuck not?"

So I was a complete dumbass and left my notebook unplugged while I loaded a ghost image of my VSTs onto Vista..

Well, I came back and my power had run out. Great.

HOWEVER - There's a new little feature called 'Resume Loader', which seems to work like Hibernation (but I'm pretty sure I have hibernation turned off.. Wierd), but brought me *right* back to where I was almost instantly.

Fuckin' cool.

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Originally posted by Jer. (but I'm pretty sure I have hibernation turned off.. Wierd)

I had it off too, installation of vista re-enables it.

how do you download?

apart from the whole 3d look to it....what changes has vista brough to windows??

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Originally posted by Misanthrope how do you download?

u sound like my mom.... try the link on the first post that says "download page"

your gonna have to burn an image onto a dvd after that.

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Originally posted by adi26 apart from the whole 3d look to it....what changes has vista brough to windows??

sadly the best stuff has been dropped/postponed... most of what i can see is cosmetics and more burial of functions of external software into the o/s

im mostly just interested in seeing the maturity of the 32-bit execution layer for the 64-bit version

For those interested in the new look of Vista but not willing to sacrifice the reliability and support of XP just yet, you can try this new vista transformation pack. Its like a theme I suppose, but alot more

http://www.windowsxlive.net/?page_id=15

Its freeware and from the screen shots, looks pretty authentic.

3 day in review:

Day 1: computer became unresponsive, yet it looked cool.
Day 2: more of the same.
Day 3: Windows has seemed to figure itself out if that makes any sense, computer is running extremely well, the sidebar is fantastic, the windows switcher 3D is really cool although it only seems to work for a few times and then reverts to an 2D alt-tab looking thing after a while.
Startup is much faster than xp especially after log on and connecting the wireless is instantaneous.

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I can NOT for the life of me find a way to sync my BlackBerry to Outlook in Vista. It's just not happening.

Waves doesn't seem to be working either, but I suppose I can overlook that for now..

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