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I have been using the new windows media player 10 and am quite impressed. It is generally way less buggy and smoother. I believe it is the one that will come with the vista release and I can see many many many mac influences. It's a really nice change and far more visually appealing. I have seen beta releases of the os on isohunt.com but don't dare risk installing it. I was wondering if anyone has the beta version installed? What's it like? How much better is it than XP? And, is it basically a mac clone? |
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i mean "windows media player 11" |
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windows vista can eat a dick. |
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man all this tranceparency will eat memory |
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no doubt you will need a 64bit processor to handle the full visuals |
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'adjust for best performance' |
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I don't want an OS that tries to look 'pretty', with gaudy special effects. I couldn't give a shit how it looks. I want it to let me do stuff with the least intervention and without crashing most of the time. |
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there better be a win98 option |
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unfortunately you're not part of the mainstream. the shallow people of the world. i agree with you though. today i had to wipe my hard drive for the 4th time in 2 months thanks to shitty windows programming. |
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true, and imo it doesn't look pretty at all. it looks kinda cheesy. it's trying to emulate the mac design but did it in a cheap way. making everything glossy is the new lensflare. |
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i agree but the new windows media player does look sexy |
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The design of the new graphics I can cope with, but Microsoft seem to be steering Windows towards a design where the "non-work" areas (such as the taskbar, titlebars, scrollbars, menus, etc) are larger, and use up more space than is needed. I like the old win2000 look where everything uses a minimal amount of screen area giving a working area that's pretty efficient. |
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i miss windows 2000. that was probably my favourite os |
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Windows BOB is much cooler |
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i remember that! greatest |
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LOOK! |
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nostalgia *sighs* :') |
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i guess i don't post around here enough to be an ass and get noticed. "hey, guys! hey! lookatmeoverhere!" whatever. |
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i've had Windows Vista running for a few weeks and I love it. much more robust than sucky xp. the new aero glass interface is great... |
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however, i'm using Total Commander for "everything", so there's no big changes really.... |
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The only reason Microsoft is going down this route is because of all those designer cunts saying "OSX is so much nicer and better looking, it's truly better". They've been forced down this route. I'd rather have the stability ramped up further and better security but they've instead had to spend time on a new UI. I'll no doubt have it on full for a few weeks and then switch to classic once again. |
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I forgot to post this. |
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it's more then just a different interface i'd reckon |
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I use XP set to look like 98... not much interest in Vista's aesthetic shenanigans. |
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within a few months they will probably put out loads of patches for security problems and bugs and all. its still going to be shit |
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the security improvements in Vista is almost overwhelming and too much... |
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I personally like the idea of updating the ui. There will be themes, and probably classic modes too (for those who dont care about graphics). The graphics processing will use the graphics card too, I think directx will be an integral part of the OS and all graphics will be done on the GPU instead of the CPU, so no need to complain about the processing required for the UI. I have no idea why people are complaining about the size of scroll and title bars etc. You've always been able to change the size of these things, its one of the first things I do when I install windows. Personally I think the idea of an operating system that can logon to multiple wireless networks, and share processing between all processors (CPU, GPU, and probably PPU) is awesome. I drool at the idea of having a dual-core, dual-graphics card computer. 4 processors all utilized. Sounds awesome. |
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How are the system requirements? Someone told me that if a computer can hanle XP it can also handle Vista. I find it hard to believe. |
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i've read about them but haven't had a chance (read disc space ;) ) to actually install it. I've also read that in some cases it's actually a hindrance. I'll find out when I install. However, it does seems to be a lot of extra stuff I don't need on this version. |
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mortso: sort of.... vista ran faster than xp on my (nowadays somewhat mediocre) setup: p4 3ghz, 1gb ram, 9800xt just like tnavelerri said... Vista is using the GPU to handle the sleek Aero interface.... which speed up things... because you'll have plenty CPU-power for the native Vista-core. btw, you can turn Aero off, to save resources. |
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yes, the overkill security dialogue boxes are a bit annoying, but from what i've heard they will make it smoother in the final release. |
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Lets hope so. |
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I got it running aswell. It is pretty flashy... Should keep the hardware manufactures happy. This will mean more people will have a reason to accually buy faster CPU's and more RAM insted of just gamers. Alot of things seem to be hidden and changing your IP address is a good 6 clicks away.. argh!! But Microsoft Vista is all ready for IP version 6!! *shudder* Linux been ipv6 capable for along time though. |
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windows 95 meets osx, its fucking shit and its fucking late. get a mac. |
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IPv6 still isn't all that complete as a protocol itself though. But yes, it's good to see microsoft catching up.. |
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haha you guys prob dont even know what the word crash means! my computer seriously restarrs even when i'm on msn and listening to a song at the same time! |
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Vista seems a bit too bloated for me, XP works good enough here and it'll probably function perfectly for a long time unless you're into the latest 3d games |
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i'm waiting for Windows Pasta |
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JAMES WELCOME TO YOUR COMPUTER |
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OK, i'm going to clean my computer up and try out Vista. EAT THAT YOU CUNTS! |
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keep your old windows xp installation intact for gods sake! use the default multiboot feature. |
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I need to reinstall XP anyway. It's gone slightly graphics card loopy. |
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COMON YOU CUNT! LETS UPGRADE TO WINDOWS VISTA!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Yeh just make a 15-20gb free partition and slap Vista on it. It puts a bootloader on the MBR so you can still keep XP. |
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