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19th February 2008, 13:37
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Vista - With SP1... thoughts
Has anyone else tried Vista now that SP1 is out? I installed it last week with SP1 and all the updates and now it runs games no slower than xp does!
SP1 seems to have fixed all the problems on my machine, crysis, COD4 ect all work fine!
Vista Ultimate X64 FTW!!
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19th February 2008, 13:50
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Dont think my desktop has been updated.
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19th February 2008, 13:53
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......so now vista is amazing and people will stop slating it?
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19th February 2008, 14:03
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If it runs games no slower than xp why bother upgrading?
XP is still fine for me.
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19th February 2008, 15:03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex
If it runs games no slower than xp why bother upgrading?
XP is still fine for me.
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Agreed, xp does me just fine.
I think SP3 is coming out for xp this year.
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19th February 2008, 16:01
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there is a version of SP1 out but it requires a fresh install of Vista to be instaled, the official SP1 is out in march.
I personaly like vista alot, and cant wait to get my hands on SP1 in march, i aint gunna get the version now as i do not fancy starting from scratch again...
Last edited by Keefo; 19th February 2008 at 16:04.
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19th February 2008, 16:17
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Sorry Vista is that a microfosft product? *chuders*
*runs back and hugs macbook*
*thinks toself how it needs no updates to becaome shit hot*
serious not we upgraded on works test machine all seams like a pretty pointless service pack, its still shit!
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19th February 2008, 16:22
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never had a problem with it, not one virus, not one thing go wrong, been a perfect OS since day one.
Daryl for a pc tech you have a lot of problems.. lol
also got a bootable ubuntu cd today, not bad either
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19th February 2008, 16:26
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haha yeah same with me, i never have Anti Virus software just the odd spyware scanner, and iv never had any problems with Vista, always been smooth.
and yeah i agree ubuntu is not bad too, well it was when i last tryed it which was quite a while ago...
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19th February 2008, 16:42
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I think i may have got it on a pre-release then but it is good. I like the visuals and features in vista so its worth having if you dont pay loads for it
I think techy's have more problems than others as we always fiddle with stuff and break it lol. Still IMO i think its worth having now.
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19th February 2008, 16:48
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I bought a new PC and it cam with Vista as OEM . tbh ive loved it, widgets, drag and drop burn feature, the visuals, and hasnt taken much getting used to, what is annoying me though is its inability tp play MP4's, ive just downloaded RealPlayer, but thats having problems playing my MP4's recorded from a SE K850i too.
Anyone know any good programs to play MP4's with in Vista, or have i just gotta download a codec?
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19th February 2008, 16:55
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VLC player.... will probobly play anything you throw at it...
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19th February 2008, 17:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robb
......so now vista is amazing and people will stop slating it?
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No, I will consider to slate it.
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19th February 2008, 17:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saxodan
never had a problem with it, not one virus, not one thing go wrong, been a perfect OS since day one.
Daryl for a pc tech you have a lot of problems.. lol
also got a bootable ubuntu cd today, not bad either
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Check out Kubuntu, Ubuntus sister. runs KDE instead of Gnome Desktop Environment, I prefer it myself.
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19th February 2008, 17:31
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Vista rocks, never had a problem with it,
the only people that moan about it are the people trying too hard to be geeks. tbh.
Linux is effin' awful.
.........however it will probably be the future.
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19th February 2008, 17:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulless
Vista rocks, never had a problem with it,
the only people that moan about it are the people trying too hard to be geeks. tbh.
Linux is effin' awful.
.........however it will probably be the future.
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I can give you many reasons to why I do not agree/like Vista ranging from personal preference to in depth technical speak.
Also, you don't have to be a geek to use Linux or any other variation of the Unix kernel.
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19th February 2008, 17:49
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I like linux on the small ASUS PCEEE laptop.... mainly because of the penguin belly slide game, it rocks. However linux on a desktop in my opinion is pritty useless.
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19th February 2008, 17:51
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/agreed with Daryl.
<3 that penguin.
scrnix, you dont like Vista?
why?
it looks nice.
if you have a decent spec PC itll run smooth all day long.
All i care/look for in an OS.
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19th February 2008, 17:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DarylVTR
I like linux on the small ASUS PCEEE laptop.... mainly because of the penguin belly slide game, it rocks. However linux on a desktop in my opinion is pritty useless.
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Pretty useless? What's your argument against that.
Here is a typical argument:
- Linux distros can't play Windows games
That's because they've been developed for Windows and not for Linux. This is at fault of the developers of the game, not Linux. Also, many Windows games can now be played on Linux through Wine.
If Linux was useless, why do I currently have a box (Up and running for the past month) running Kubuntu 7.10 used every day for development work?
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19th February 2008, 17:52
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I wouldnt bother if you have xp and you are thinking of spending loads of vista mind you.
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