I got Vista! Well... kinda...

Falci · April 2nd, 2007, 05:20 PM

MSDN Academic Alliance just granted me a serial key to Win Vista Bussiness edition.

The bad thing is that I must go to my old college (in another town) to get it. It's 4 cds big.

And I'm full of DVD-Rs here... why can't they just buy a DVD burner themselves?

Anyway... I won't install it so soon. My Rig can't take it just yet. But it's good to have it for when I need it. :P

Raptor Jesus · April 2nd, 2007, 05:52 PM

I'm still going to wait at least a year before I consider upgrading. I don't want something so new. Get all the bugs worked out first.

Doom_Dude · April 2nd, 2007, 06:23 PM

I'm going to wait as well. Hell, I'm still using Win2K and will be putting XP pro on the new game machine. Speaking of Vista ------->Penny Arcade Link<----------

Aliotroph? · April 2nd, 2007, 08:16 PM

Just built my new comp on Friday and put Vista Ultimate (from MSDN) on it. It works pretty well, except that some of my more eccentric olde software won't run on it (no XG MIDI

). Only bad thing is I'm getting the odd random BSOD. I can't figure these out. I know Asus hasn't released a proper driver for my mobo but I can't tell if it's just the drivers that are toast or the hardware is borked. The stop code is 0x00000101. I can't even find that one on the MS site!

So yeah, if you don't like fiddling with your comp a bit to make crap work then hold off on Vista until all your hardware has real drivers. I don't think this nForce package is quite doing it.

Boingo the Clown · April 2nd, 2007, 08:22 PM

Maybe I will just switch to Linux.

Pieter Enis · April 3rd, 2007, 01:49 AM

I'm just going to keep using XP untill the day I die.
Which I hope isn't going to be soon

Aliotroph? · April 3rd, 2007, 10:07 AM

Good luck with that. XP won't properly support anything new after a few years.

xbolt · April 4th, 2007, 12:38 PM

Yep, XP will soon go the way of Windows 9x.

I'll be getting Vista whenever I get a new computer.

Doom_Dude · April 4th, 2007, 02:09 PM

I'll get Vista when I think I want Vista. Maybe a Vista / XP dual boot system?

Pieter Enis · April 4th, 2007, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliotroph?

Good luck with that. XP won't properly support anything new after a few years.

Nay! Ah refuuuse to accept it! Ne'er will XP be abandoned! NEVER I TELLS YOU!

[compactSprue] · April 4th, 2007, 09:57 PM

Going to use XP until it's no longer supported, then will probably switch to linux.

I'm never getting vista. Ever.

Nomad · April 4th, 2007, 10:04 PM

Incredibly off topic, but this is something I've kind of thought about. With how computing power increases over the years, i wonder if some day, BIOSes will get more advanced and perhaps be as powerful as, say, modern operating systems. It would be weird in 50 years booting up to XP to troubleshoot the current Windows OS.

Aliotroph? · April 4th, 2007, 11:41 PM

You can already do that. You just need to put in the Vista CD and boot the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). BIOSes are simple for the reason that they absolutely have to be stable. No version of Windows can guarantee that yet.

FATAL · April 5th, 2007, 01:13 PM

I always admire how fancy BIOSes truly are. Every time I work with them, they work with me.

Aliotroph? · April 5th, 2007, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [compactSprue]

Going to use XP until it's no longer supported, then will probably switch to linux.

I'm never getting vista. Ever.

Were you one of the guys who said that when XP came out? They all got XP by now.

Erpster · April 15th, 2007, 11:17 AM

I recently bought a new HP pc with Vista on it. I played with it for 3 days then repartitioned and formatted, then installed XP Pro SP2. XP is good enough and it took me at least 3 years to master it. I'm too lazy to learn a new OS. Plus I have 16 bit apps and games I like and don't want to mess with emulation, Vista has no 16 bit support, couple that with very poor OpenGL performance and you have a crapware OS. Plus HP put a lot of trialware crud preloaded and after I spent hours uninstalling all of it, the pc became very unstable. I am not upgrading and if there is software I can't run, I can do without it.

rustyslacker · April 15th, 2007, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nomad

It would be weird in 50 years booting up to XP to troubleshoot the current Windows OS.

If Windows is still on top in 50 years I'm going to have to choke some bitches.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erpster

I am not upgrading and if there is software I can't run, I can do without it.

Good luck with that plan.

April 2nd, 2007, 05:20 PM	#1
Falci Commander Keen Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MG\|SP - Brasil Posts: 1,652	I got Vista! Well... kinda... MSDN Academic Alliance just granted me a serial key to Win Vista Bussiness edition. The bad thing is that I must go to my old college (in another town) to get it. It's 4 cds big. And I'm full of DVD-Rs here... why can't they just buy a DVD burner themselves? Anyway... I won't install it so soon. My Rig can't take it just yet. But it's good to have it for when I need it. :P

April 2nd, 2007, 06:23 PM	#3
Doom_Dude Spazztronik Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 10,520	I'm going to wait as well. Hell, I'm still using Win2K and will be putting XP pro on the new game machine. Speaking of Vista ------->Penny Arcade Link<---------- __________________ ► The Megawad Outpost ◄►Levels on WIP ◄►DeviantArt◄

April 2nd, 2007, 08:16 PM	#4
Aliotroph? Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The frozen wastes of Quan'ideery Posts: 9,097	Just built my new comp on Friday and put Vista Ultimate (from MSDN) on it. It works pretty well, except that some of my more eccentric olde software won't run on it (no XG MIDI ). Only bad thing is I'm getting the odd random BSOD. I can't figure these out. I know Asus hasn't released a proper driver for my mobo but I can't tell if it's just the drivers that are toast or the hardware is borked. The stop code is 0x00000101. I can't even find that one on the MS site! So yeah, if you don't like fiddling with your comp a bit to make crap work then hold off on Vista until all your hardware has real drivers. I don't think this nForce package is quite doing it. __________________ Aliotroph.post_count++;

April 2nd, 2007, 08:22 PM	#5
Boingo the Clown Lovable, but not too lovable Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: The true north, strong and free. Posts: 2,316	Maybe I will just switch to Linux. __________________ DeiMWolf doomlegends.com doomlegends fora

April 3rd, 2007, 10:07 AM	#7
Aliotroph? Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The frozen wastes of Quan'ideery Posts: 9,097	Good luck with that. XP won't properly support anything new after a few years. __________________ Aliotroph.post_count++;

April 2nd, 2007, 05:52 PM	#2
Raptor Jesus Join Date: May 2006 Location: Amerikhastan Posts: 2,756	I'm still going to wait at least a year before I consider upgrading. I don't want something so new. Get all the bugs worked out first.

April 3rd, 2007, 01:49 AM	#6
Pieter Enis Commander Keen Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Inside your head Posts: 2,825	I'm just going to keep using XP untill the day I die. Which I hope isn't going to be soon

April 4th, 2007, 12:38 PM	#8
xbolt Commander Keen Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elsweyr Posts: 621	Yep, XP will soon go the way of Windows 9x. I'll be getting Vista whenever I get a new computer.

April 4th, 2007, 02:09 PM	#9
Doom_Dude Spazztronik Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 10,520	I'll get Vista when I think I want Vista. Maybe a Vista / XP dual boot system? __________________ ► The Megawad Outpost ◄►Levels on WIP ◄►DeviantArt◄

April 4th, 2007, 09:57 PM	#11
[compactSprue] Commander Keen Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: spr0ks and sp00ns Posts: 96	Going to use XP until it's no longer supported, then will probably switch to linux. I'm never getting vista. Ever.

April 4th, 2007, 10:04 PM	#12
Nomad Keen For Life Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Clinton, UT Posts: 6,253	Incredibly off topic, but this is something I've kind of thought about. With how computing power increases over the years, i wonder if some day, BIOSes will get more advanced and perhaps be as powerful as, say, modern operating systems. It would be weird in 50 years booting up to XP to troubleshoot the current Windows OS.

April 4th, 2007, 11:41 PM	#13
Aliotroph? Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The frozen wastes of Quan'ideery Posts: 9,097	You can already do that. You just need to put in the Vista CD and boot the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). BIOSes are simple for the reason that they absolutely have to be stable. No version of Windows can guarantee that yet. __________________ Aliotroph.post_count++;

April 5th, 2007, 01:13 PM	#14
FATAL Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 7,429	I always admire how fancy BIOSes truly are. Every time I work with them, they work with me.

April 15th, 2007, 11:17 AM	#16
Erpster Commander Keen Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Stow, Ohio Posts: 78	I recently bought a new HP pc with Vista on it. I played with it for 3 days then repartitioned and formatted, then installed XP Pro SP2. XP is good enough and it took me at least 3 years to master it. I'm too lazy to learn a new OS. Plus I have 16 bit apps and games I like and don't want to mess with emulation, Vista has no 16 bit support, couple that with very poor OpenGL performance and you have a crapware OS. Plus HP put a lot of trialware crud preloaded and after I spent hours uninstalling all of it, the pc became very unstable. I am not upgrading and if there is software I can't run, I can do without it.

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