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Well they're gona be buggered if M$ change their prices.
How many of you will be getting Vista when it comes out?
not me.......... i'll let all the tech monkeys who buy it first find all the bugs :) At the moment i'm happy with XP so unless all new software can only be run on Vista i'll not bother for ages
Not me. I'll upgrade to Windows XP x64 probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koolpc
I'm running it on my X2 now and if I had wifi drivers for my crappy Safecom pci card I'd switch in the blink of an eye. It is amazingly fast, especially Photoshop and the general OS. 3ds seems ultra fast even though it is a 32bit app, it must be because the OS is just so fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by XA04
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wind...066416?ie=UTF8
:rolleyes:
Look at the geeky MS vs Apple tripe that's starting to appear on the comments already ;)
I'm going to upgrade - the latest builds are really quick and the accelerated desktop makes even horrible .NET apps feel zippy..
Lots to like, despite the fashionable POV of slamming MS ;)
i've already got beta 2 - i'll probably upgrade when the licence to that perishes.
£210 for the top version isnt much for something that'll keep going for 5 years tbh
i won't buy it for the time being. when i'm next buying a PC for myself (which is a few years off) i'll get a vista license to go with it, but i shan't upgrade my current system, as i use windows so rarely.
which one is the media centre type one, or are they all having that kind of thing?
I refuse to touch Vista until SP1 is released at least.
XP x64 ftw :cool:
i wouldn't recommend xp x64 to people, given the issues with games on it. also worth noting is that "windows xp x64 edition with service pack 1" is the first, raw, buggy release (no SP0 version exists)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sumanji
What issues? All my games run flawlessly :cool: only ones I can't run are old skool games with 16-bit installers (only Grim Fandango from my collection).Quote:
Originally Posted by directhex
It's not raw or buggy, since it's based on the SP1 release of Windows Server 2003 ;)
Does it use an Atheros chipset? I think that chipset has generic 64-bit drivers available. If not, defo look into buying a new wireless NIC, they're only like a tenner now :DQuote:
Originally Posted by pr0p4g4nd4
random problems, glitches, bugs, etc, as well as the reasonably large number of games that won't install. take civ4's exponential slowdown on nvidia hardware or random garbage sound on HL2 on Audigy 2 ZS as an example.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sumanji
I'll probably stick with Linux & XP (32bit). At least till I upgrade my hardware & sp1's been released.
I am going to try Vista. Might aswell seeing i will be getting it for free!! My mates daughters boyfriend works for Microsoft and has promised us a Vista each when they come out!
Most of which will be present on Windows x32 as well :)Quote:
Originally Posted by directhex
As I said, games with 16-bit installers are the only ones I can think of... and no one plays those nowadays anyway :p even Starforce have released 64-bit drivers now, so all their games are playable. Which other games do you know of?Quote:
the reasonably large number of games that won't install.
Had Source Engine sound problems with my old Audigy and old onboard before that too... on XP Pro 32-bit. Like I said before, of course there will be bugs, but not considerably more than on 32-bit counter-parts :)Quote:
random garbage sound on HL2 on Audigy 2 ZS as an example.
I have played the following games extensively on XP x64, and all work flawlessly (or with minor bugs which would be present on 32-bit systems too):
All Source-based games*
Battlefield 2
F.E.A.R.
UT2004*
Far Cry*
CMR 2005
Pariah
Freelancer
Quake 4
NFSU2
Dawn Of War
*Native x64 versions availble for free!
And probably a whole load more ;) so gaming compatiblity is certainly not a point to use to put people off XP x64. If anything, I find the lacklustre driver support for peripherals the most problematic issue with this OS... but even this can be avoided if you take time to research and chose your peripherals :)
several games (e.g. doom3, vampire bloodlines) do a simple naive check for which OS you're installing on, and bail out on xp x64. you can get around it, sure, but it's a pain.
as for your list, the common feature seems to be that you don't play anything even vaguely old - some of us occasionally re-play the classics, and xp x64 fails at this.
as you state, driver support is a bigger issue (trying to get a bluetooth headset going gave me a migrane), but saying that there are no gaming issues is simply false
So Amazon are setting Vista pricing? Perhaps someone should tell MS.
Want to know what it'll really cost in the UK? Then wait and few months :)
:stop: I didn't say that...Quote:
Originally Posted by directhex
:oQuote:
Originally Posted by Sumanji
A lot of old 16-bit games don't work on XP either. "To embrace the future we must sometimes sacrifice the past" or something like that :p if you are really into retro gaming you should have an old system that boots Windows 95 or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by directhex
Back OT, just don't expect Vista to support your vast library of retro games ;)
MS sets Vista pricing, and allows retailers very thin margins. Amazon isn't exactly a cowboy outfit, they're specifying the price that MS has told them.Quote:
Originally Posted by dangel
If you think that it won't be $1=£1 for the price here you're obviously an incurable optimist.
nar i will stick with XP for another year or two, hopefully the price will have dropped by then....
i tried the beta when it came out, i liked the chess game :)
ill get it, but i won't pay for it. MS have gotta be on drugs if they think thats a fair price.
Meh.. i'll wait till, as people have said, techies figure out the main bugs and when SP1 comes out, i'll consider it.
Optimism has nothing to do with it - it's as simple as MS not being able to sell a product at 400quid in the UK. Prices are market led and I think _you're_ being very optimistic ;) about 400quid flying well with _any_ OS buyer.Quote:
Originally Posted by charleski