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  • ServerGenius
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2002
    • 9377
    #1

    I just installed Windows Vista on my laptop.....it r0cks

    Installed without any problems on an IBM Thinkpad X series laptop. No
    driver problems, no errors, runs smooth and it has some kickass features.
    Even though I'm not a big windows fan I must admit that so far I'm quite
    impressed.

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    • gangbangjoe
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      • May 2004
      • 17693
      #2
      you will change back soon

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        • mike217
          Confirmed User
          • Jul 2006
          • 448
          #3
          I have a copy of RC2 Vista on my comp. I haven't installed it yet. What is the consensus on it as of yet. I don't want any problems, LOL, the usual MS stuff.
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            • Jensen
              Confirmed User
              • Apr 2001
              • 3790
              #4
              hope you don't plan to upgrade the laptop...

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                • madawgz
                  8.8.8.8
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 30509
                  #5
                  i cant wait to try it myself
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                    • pornpf69
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 15782
                      #6
                      good luck with it!! but I am not going to use that OS!!

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                        • boldy
                          Macdaddy coder
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 2806
                          #7
                          Originally posted by ServerGenius
                          Installed without any problems on an IBM Thinkpad X series laptop. No
                          driver problems, no errors, runs smooth and it has some kickass features.
                          Even though I'm not a big windows fan I must admit that so far I'm quite
                          impressed.


                          I think i'm going to spill me beer on you on the 3rd ...
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                            • ServerGenius
                              Confirmed User
                              • Feb 2002
                              • 9377
                              #8
                              You can laugh all you want. 95% of the windows problems most people have is
                              not because of windows but because of the people who use it. I need windows
                              coz I have too many clients that send me stuff that I can't watch/use on
                              unix. Yeah I know of vmware and shit....anyway so far I'm very happy with it.
                              I don't install tons of software so for as long as I have ran any windows version
                              I never had many problems with it. All my old software works fine without a
                              single issue, all the stuff in laptop works fine aswell.

                              I've got to see if it remains stable as I just installed it today but so far it looks
                              ok and i see what I like so I guess time will tell, I'll keep you guys posted if it
                              fucks up....coz I'd be the first to admit that it sucks if it does

                              Boldy voor 2007 heb jij het ook geinstalleerd hahaha
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                                • justsexxx
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Aug 2001
                                  • 13723
                                  #9
                                  I have XP, why should I upgrade?
                                  Questions?

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                                    • ServerGenius
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Feb 2002
                                      • 9377
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by gangbangjoe
                                      you will change back soon
                                      I doubt it coz I waited with installing it till my friend who also knows what he's
                                      doing tested it for 2 months before I tried it. He hasn't had any issue with it
                                      so far....except that FireFox seems to run 3x slower than MSIE but that they
                                      must have done on purpose. I'll find a workaround for that or just use MSIE
                                      I don't bother that much to be honest.

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                                        • ServerGenius
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Feb 2002
                                          • 9377
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by justsexxx
                                          I have XP, why should I upgrade?
                                          You can't really compare....it's quite different than XP. You can compare it
                                          with the step they made from 3.1 to 95. The user interface is different a lot
                                          of the stuff inside is different. It has a lot of new nifty features which simplify
                                          a lot of stuff, it's much more organised and files/software locations, registry
                                          has improved a LOT. It has cool usefull gadgets and it has a lot more networking
                                          stuff, like vpn, file sharing, connection stuff, encryption stuff for personal files
                                          and such.....it's quite different than XP.

                                          Till now I ran XP which worked fine....I just got a new laptop and decided to
                                          try and so far I'm not thinking of moving back to XP. I think they made a good
                                          improvement, it's too early to judge about performance and speed but it's not
                                          slower and I haven't run into any kind of problem or stupid stuff that limits what
                                          I want to do with it.

                                          I guess you just have to try to find out if you really like it or not. From what
                                          I can tell I like it and I haven't seen any issues why I would advise not to at
                                          least give it a try. No hardware problems, no driver issues, everything worked
                                          without touching any of the settings myself.

                                          Not sure if it would work that way on EVERY machine but I've got an IBM
                                          so all the shit inside is supported without any exceptions.

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                                            • stev0
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Aug 2003
                                              • 6801
                                              #12
                                              Where did you get your copy? Is it the beta 30 day trial or whatever?

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                                                • _Lush_
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jul 2005
                                                  • 536
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by stev0
                                                  Where did you get your copy? Is it the beta 30 day trial or whatever?
                                                  He got it off a warez site where do you think he got it!

                                                  doubt he paid the $2500 for the msdn developers pack which is the only legal way too get that program this early.
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                                                    • stev0
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Aug 2003
                                                      • 6801
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by lushy
                                                      He got it off a warez site where do you think he got it!

                                                      doubt he paid the $2500 for the msdn developers pack which is the only legal way too get that program this early.
                                                      MS was giving away free beta copies before, they had a download link to the dvd iso file, thought maybe that was the one.

                                                      I found it on torrentspy, might give it a shot.

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                                                        • Masterchief
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jun 2006
                                                          • 530
                                                          #15
                                                          I'm probably one of the biggest Microsoft fanbois you'll find, but really, there is no reason to upgrade to Vista from XP unless the extra eye candy is a huge factor for you. Many of the showstopper featuers in Vista have been delayed or canceled, it's probably best to wait until SP1 or so until upgrading for "normal" users.

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                                                            • letsmakemoney
                                                              Registered User
                                                              • Oct 2006
                                                              • 60
                                                              #16
                                                              I have vista beta 2, and there are alot of missing drivers! I dunno what your talking about.

                                                              -Steve

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                                                                • VegasLarry
                                                                  Registered User
                                                                  • Jul 2006
                                                                  • 16
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by lushy
                                                                  He got it off a warez site where do you think he got it!

                                                                  doubt he paid the $2500 for the msdn developers pack which is the only legal way too get that program this early.
                                                                  google windowsvista/getready/
                                                                  click the first link.

                                                                  vista has been in public beta for a bit of time.

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                                                                    • woj
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                                                                      • Jul 2002
                                                                      • 47880
                                                                      #18
                                                                      hmm, tempting, but I'm not sure I want to bother with it for a little extra eye candy....
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                                                                        • squishypimp
                                                                          PostMaster General
                                                                          • Aug 2006
                                                                          • 10781
                                                                          #19
                                                                          im still waiting to get my copy, i heard it was great

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                                                                            • free4porn
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Jun 2005
                                                                              • 4654
                                                                              #20
                                                                              will eventually upgrade once the non beta copy is out
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                                                                                • ServerGenius
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Feb 2002
                                                                                  • 9377
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by lushy
                                                                                  He got it off a warez site where do you think he got it!

                                                                                  doubt he paid the $2500 for the msdn developers pack which is the only legal way too get that program this early.
                                                                                  Not everybody is a broke ass wannabe webmaster that gets his shit from
                                                                                  w4r3z sites and hangs out on message boards pretending to be a big player

                                                                                  But to answer the question.

                                                                                  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/default.mspx

                                                                                  you can download it for free and you can upgrade when the official version
                                                                                  is released. If I still like it by then I'll buy a license as I use software
                                                                                  professionaly and make money with it....so I don't mind spending a few bucks.
                                                                                  It's called investment, it's tax deductable.....ask your mummy to look up that
                                                                                  word for you and explain what it means.
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                                                                                    • V_RocKs
                                                                                      Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                                                                                      • Nov 2003
                                                                                      • 32450
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      1st, Linux vs Windows... Linux is like driving a stick. Sure I enjoy 0 to 60 is 5.8 seconds here and there but when I am looking to chill or drive my parents to the airport, automatic is just fine.

                                                                                      2nd, I did the whole move into XP thing back in the day about a year and a half before it was released... It was OK but I kept hitting into errors. Vista is not as buggy from what I have heard but, like someone said, it doesn't have any of the useful features in it and so it is all just looks... Not sure I'd want to spend time fucking with something based on looks...

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                                                                                        • NinjaSteve
                                                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                          • Dec 2003
                                                                                          • 11089
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          can't wait to upgrade my OS to vista
                                                                                          ...

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                                                                                            • ServerGenius
                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                              • Feb 2002
                                                                                              • 9377
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by Masterchief
                                                                                              I'm probably one of the biggest Microsoft fanbois you'll find, but really, there is no reason to upgrade to Vista from XP unless the extra eye candy is a huge factor for you. Many of the showstopper featuers in Vista have been delayed or canceled, it's probably best to wait until SP1 or so until upgrading for "normal" users.
                                                                                              It might be trimmed down from what they initially promised....but still it has
                                                                                              quite a few new features. Apart from the features what I like most so far is
                                                                                              that everything is much better organised. I hardly use software. Email, Browser,
                                                                                              ssh client, ultraedit, zend encoder, office and that's about it. Then I get tons
                                                                                              of documents from clients which is the main reason why I use windows on my
                                                                                              normal workstation. so I don't have to convert all that shit to be able to
                                                                                              open it on a unix box.

                                                                                              Anyway if you say it hardly isn't different than XP than I say you're wrong.
                                                                                              the explorer for browsing your hdd's is a LOT better than on XP to name just
                                                                                              1. There's additional network stuff that is defenitely not in XP

                                                                                              apart from the eyecandy which indeed looks slick it also has a function.
                                                                                              transparant windows are usefull you can overlay windows and still be able
                                                                                              to see which is what instead of clicking them all to see which one you were
                                                                                              looking for, yeah, yeah alt + tab works aswell.....anyway obviously what you
                                                                                              like is personal so I'm not trying to convince people to install it.

                                                                                              I probably wouldn't if I hadn't a new laptop without an OS so I that was an
                                                                                              easy opportunity to just give it a try. All I'm saying is I like what I see and
                                                                                              so far it seems to work pretty well.

                                                                                              So for now I won't bother installing XP over it unless I run into serious issues
                                                                                              which for me means that it's more usefull than XP else I would have
                                                                                              reinstalled back to XP without a shadow of a doubt

                                                                                              I just shared my experience and say if you think about it giving it a go
                                                                                              then I would say go for it as it's pretty decent and works just fine.
                                                                                              I didn't have any compatibility issues with software either. Everything I use
                                                                                              installed and runs without any problem

                                                                                              If you don't feel like trying then don't I'm not trying to convert anyone.

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                                                                                                • djroof
                                                                                                  JuicyDevils.gr Owner
                                                                                                  • Jan 2004
                                                                                                  • 25504
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  show us some pics ;)

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                                                                                                    • marketsmart
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                                                                                                      • Dec 2004
                                                                                                      • 20419
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      i really want to try it soon!

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                                                                                                        • ServerGenius
                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                          • Feb 2002
                                                                                                          • 9377
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by letsmakemoney
                                                                                                          I have vista beta 2, and there are alot of missing drivers! I dunno what your talking about.

                                                                                                          -Steve
                                                                                                          As I have mentioned a few times before in this thread I installed it on an
                                                                                                          IBM thinkpad X series. So I don't know what hardware is supported and what
                                                                                                          not. But I do know that for HP, (recent) Dells, IBM there are no driver issues.
                                                                                                          I didn't have to install a single driver manually, all was 100% working when
                                                                                                          installed.

                                                                                                          I can imagine that certain no brand OEM stuff isn't supported yet. I haven't
                                                                                                          tested what works and what doesn't
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                                                                                                            • ServerGenius
                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                              • Feb 2002
                                                                                                              • 9377
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by woj
                                                                                                              hmm, tempting, but I'm not sure I want to bother with it for a little extra eye candy....
                                                                                                              trust me it's not just eyecandy. you think they'd really release something that
                                                                                                              has different icons and themes, they have tried that before and they have
                                                                                                              learned from that mistake. It wasn't delayed for no reason. Yes if you compare
                                                                                                              the features with the initial promise list than yes it's somewhat trimmed down.
                                                                                                              But it certainly has quite a bit new stuff and existing features have significally
                                                                                                              been improved.

                                                                                                              If you got a machine you could try it on and you have 2 hours to spare it's
                                                                                                              at least worth to check out.....then you can decide wether you like it or not.
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                                                                                                                • ServerGenius
                                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                                  • Feb 2002
                                                                                                                  • 9377
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  as always everybody has an opinion or repeat what other say about it but you
                                                                                                                  don't really know till you try. All it takes to find out is 1 dvd and approx 2 hours
                                                                                                                  of your time
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                                                                                                                    • Juicy D. Links
                                                                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                                      • Apr 2001
                                                                                                                      • 122992
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      the upgrade advisor said i am good to go , except for Kaspersky :-((((

                                                                                                                      I am gonna dip into Vista , i got the key and DL link woohoooo

                                                                                                                      Just gotta d/l n burn it :-) ill report back

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                                                                                                                        • topshelfdesign
                                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                                          • Aug 2006
                                                                                                                          • 930
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          keep me updated on this!

                                                                                                                          any issues so far?

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                                                                                                                            • ServerGenius
                                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                                              • Feb 2002
                                                                                                                              • 9377
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              No issues so far, I'll make some screenshots tomorrow.

                                                                                                                              software that I have installed:

                                                                                                                              SecureCRT
                                                                                                                              UltraEdit
                                                                                                                              Thunderbird
                                                                                                                              FireFox (Runs ok but seems slow, I'm quite sure MS did that on purpose)
                                                                                                                              Dell KVM over ip Manager
                                                                                                                              Zend Encoder
                                                                                                                              Filezilla
                                                                                                                              Miranda-im
                                                                                                                              Putty
                                                                                                                              vlc player
                                                                                                                              divx player
                                                                                                                              winrar
                                                                                                                              google talk
                                                                                                                              skype

                                                                                                                              That's all I don't need more stuff on my laptop and I won't try other stuff
                                                                                                                              aswell, I like my box to be clean and organised.

                                                                                                                              All the addons for firefox work aswell, tabmix plus, x-ray, adblock plus
                                                                                                                              same for miranda.

                                                                                                                              I can't judge performance compared to XP as it's a new laptop so I haven't
                                                                                                                              installed XP on it. It seems pretty quick but with the specs of the laptop
                                                                                                                              I wouldn't expect anything else.

                                                                                                                              I've connected it to XP workstations over lan, mapped network drives, all
                                                                                                                              without issues, nothing has crashed yet or produced errors of any kind.

                                                                                                                              Application data is stored in a different path than on XP but I had no problem
                                                                                                                              copying stuff over and importing email and other stuff in any of the applications.

                                                                                                                              Windows says minimum required ram 512Mb but I wouldn't use it with less than 1Gb it.....it probably will work but it will be quite slow as it uses quite
                                                                                                                              a bit of ram when you use it intensive.
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                                                                                                                                • evildick
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  How much RAM you running on the laptop? Is it true that 2GB is recommended for Vista?

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                                                                                                                                    • reynold
                                                                                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                                                      • Oct 2002
                                                                                                                                      • 51271
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Great! A friend of mine just had his installed a week ago.

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                                                                                                                                        • Aquarius
                                                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                          • May 2004
                                                                                                                                          • 4754
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          I'm waiting one year at least.

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                                                                                                                                            • Scroto
                                                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                              • Nov 2005
                                                                                                                                              • 2804
                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by evildick
                                                                                                                                              How much RAM you running on the laptop? Is it true that 2GB is recommended for Vista?
                                                                                                                                              it will run on 512 but slow as fuck. At least one gig is what i would rec.

                                                                                                                                              been running rc 2 for a few weeks

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