Vista?

[whiplash]

Anybody anxious to migrate?

[IanDC]

The asking price here is going to be the same in £ as the US price in $ which considering Microsoft's attitude to piracy is somewhat ironic. I can't see anyone rushing to get it over here at an equivalent price of $ 480 odd.

[Soccermaster06]

We are getting it on our new computer... but i am not to anxious to try it out:(

XP was finally starting to work decently enough

[CanuckSoldier]

Yes considering the overhead I'm going to wait until I buy a new comp that can handle it, and then it's "free" anyway.

CS

[BoNeHeD]

...heard in GameSpy chat room "buy a new Dell for $400 bucks, Rip the Vista and keep the authentication ID and sell the comp for 350 bucks...

[bantams]

I beta tested it for while recommend getting the premium version if you are getting It

Oh and go 64BIT too triple move bonus I got with the Beta version rocked

Please note though you cant Format the Hard Drive after installing the Beta Version you need to buy a new one to reinstall XP at least I couldnt anyways

Oh and mines in the post

[sdn26]

but will work civ3 with VISTA??'


if yes l think for sure will give another 10000000 bug

[jack]

bantams said:

I beta tested it for while recommend getting the premium version if you are getting It

Oh and go 64BIT too triple move bonus I got with the Beta version rocked

Please note though you cant Format the Hard Drive after installing the Beta Version you need to buy a new one to reinstall XP at least I couldnt anyways

Oh and mines in the post

just do a low format

about vista: just another operative system..

nothing new over the hill.. and it takes (itself) 612 mb of our ram to work properly.. so 1 giga is not enough anymore.
Moreover to see this fantastic "aero" (just few windows scrolling in 3d and mediaplayer preview) you need a video card with dedicated 128 mb..

just "500" euros or so to have the business version and like 700 to have the ultimate.. these are the less worse versions..

enjoy ^__^

[bantams]

Buy the OEM version on ebay much cheaper

[jack]

OEM version is meaningless.. and illegal too.. cause it is sold by your pc/notebook manufacturer for your hardware (and just for it).

if you assemble the pc by yourself you cant buy the oem version, cause it cant be bought on normal stores

[CanuckSoldier]

That's not necessarily true, large companies may make only "restore" versions of Vista for there hardware configurations. But many small stores will sell a "real" OEM version that will work with any system just like the "box" version at the computer store, just without the fancy box and manual, and ofcourse you get no support either.

CS

[bantams]

Yes CS is correct

OEM versions are meant for system Builders but if you buy the OEM version for £70:00 uk pounds for premium edition like me and install onto a nice new harddrive youre a system Builder and a very happy one too

[jack]

happy? i prefer linux way too much..

[CanuckSoldier]

I have linux too(dual boot) but windows still has nothing to worry about for ease of use. I spent a full day with top notch tutorials trying to get my linux box to become part of my windows peer to peer network, and act as a internet router/proxy. I never succeeded after doing everything(Samaba, IP table routing etc) after a day. This same thing in XP takes 10min with two wizards

CS

[jack]

I second that canuck. But.. maybe u didnt want at all to have a linux server?

i can disagree with "easy to use" windows cause, yes, it is true.. but i dont need all that chit (outlook, internet explorer, windows media player, etc) to work..

linux needs his time.. iptable aint so difficult to configure and samba too.. maybe u just went for the wrong "distro", try opensuse 10.2 or even better ubuntu.. just dont stay there and say:"crap, with windows i click just here and there.."

windows as a server is like having a megaphone ;D "hey people, im here.. with my new fresh windows server.."

and not.. im not a 24h linux user.. not even a very big fan.. thats why i can say: linux is better.