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ApophisXP
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Posted - 2005.08.18 12:25:00 -
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Ok, ive been running vista for a few days now and everything is great. my impressions of it at the mo are
Stability: Same as XP Speed: Faster than XP HW Compatibility: Has some probs with some soundcards SW Compatibility: Cant run some XP progs but can run 98 ones lol Games Tried: HL2/CS:S havent tried EVE yet.
The Beta pack doesnt state the System Requirements so i thought i will add what i think: 1.5ghz 256mb ram 5gb hd (all minimum reqs of course)
Anyway out of all i tried from Vista (**** name btw hate it) they all work good D3D games work better/faster BUT BUT BUT OpenGL games arent upto scratch..read somewhere that MS is trying to push OpenGL completely out of the way during the proper release of Vista
Another thing which i thought was funny which i read was that MS are going to be introducing a new type of product authentication that wont use CDKeys and WPA and such...any news on that anyone? need to know these things :)
My Question here are
-> Will EVE run good on Vista?
-> Will Vista succeed in pushing OpenGL away?
-> Will the name Vista even be kept? its a crap name and shouldnt be released like that lol
-> Will people using XP move onto Vista?
-> Anyone else used Vista and got comments on it? <a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=127649&t=77"><img border="0" alt="Get Firefox!" title="Get Firefox!" src="http://sfx-images.mozilla.org/affiliates/Buttons/120x60/blank.g |
jamesw
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Posted - 2005.08.18 12:51:00 -
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its ok. no real difference as far as i am concerned. WinFS got bumped, and most of the other features are pretty gimmicky. -- jamesw Rubra Libertas Militia Latest Video: *NEW* Carnage! |
Malken
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Posted - 2005.08.18 12:58:00 -
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Originally by: ApophisXP
My Question here are
-> Will Vista succeed in pushing OpenGL away?
the day we get "OpenD3D" perhaps they will succed.
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Skogen Gump
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Posted - 2005.08.18 14:00:00 -
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Whilst ID are using OpenGL, it will never be dead in Windows, imo
If John Carmack decides to make all his games for MacOSX instead of Windows from now on, windows is gonna have trouble.
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Drilla
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Posted - 2005.08.18 20:05:00 -
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Originally by: Malken
Originally by: ApophisXP
My Question here are
-> Will Vista succeed in pushing OpenGL away?
the day we get "OpenD3D" perhaps they will succed.
WTF - we agree on something? I bet the devil is freezing atm.
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DTM2752
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Posted - 2005.08.18 20:11:00 -
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Did you notice Vista is strangely similar to OS X?
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LNX Flocki
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Posted - 2005.08.18 20:17:00 -
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Originally by: ApophisXP -> Will EVE run good on Vista?
Yes for sure. Beta may or may not work but it will on the final release.
Originally by: ApophisXP -> Will Vista succeed in pushing OpenGL away?
It won't help OpenGL but I doubt it'll be the end of it.
Originally by: ApophisXP -> Will the name Vista even be kept? its a crap name and shouldnt be released like that lol
Crappy name for a crappy product. Perfect match.
Originally by: ApophisXP -> Will people using XP move onto Vista?
Depends on how many times MS will have to push back the release date further. If they can keep their latest release date I doubt there will be a big rush to it. See XP, it only really took off after SP2 was released - years after launch. Many people only recently switched to XP and as XP is reasonably stable and fast enough for modern systems I don't see many people waiting in line to get it at launch date.
Originally by: ApophisXP -> Anyone else used Vista and got comments on it?
Had a pre-beta copy at work a while back. Wasn't impressed at all. I heard it's a lot faster now but they also ripped out all the good improvements (a proper shell (Mona) and a lot of nifty FS features). What's left is a new theme, a new graphics subsystem, a lot of new APIs and tons of security loopholes. None of that is a very useful.
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Asharee Intrefer
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Posted - 2005.08.19 05:26:00 -
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Personally I think I'll stick to my routine of not installing a new Windows version until an SP or two has been released.
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Preachs
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Posted - 2005.08.19 09:10:00 -
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When does Vista get Released?
/Preach
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Jenny Spitfire
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Posted - 2005.08.19 10:50:00 -
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Edited by: Jenny Spitfire on 19/08/2005 10:50:12
Originally by: ApophisXP
-> Will the name Vista even be kept? its a crap name and shouldnt be released like that lol
Windows EXtension Windows EXtreme WinX ;p
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Glarion Garnier
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Posted - 2005.08.20 00:41:00 -
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Originally by: ApophisXP
Another thing which i thought was funny which i read was that MS are going to be introducing a new type of product authentication that wont use CDKeys and WPA and such...any news on that anyone? need to know these things :)
http://www.againsttcpa.com/
I recomend everyone to check this out. (basically that link makes you more aware how Major corps plan to seize freedom - nothing more)
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Glarion Garnier
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Posted - 2005.08.20 00:53:00 -
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The technology: TCPA stands for Trusted Computing Platform Alliance. For the technology we will speak from TCP (The trusted computing platform). This plans that every computer will have a TPM (Trusted Platform Module), also known as Fritz-Chip, built-in. At later development stages, these functions will be directly included into CPUs, graphiccards, harddisks, soundcards, bios and so on. This will secure that the computer is in a TCPA-conform state and that he checks that it's always in this state. This means: On the first level comes the hardware, on the second comes TCPA and then comes the user. The complete communication works with a 2048 bit strong encryption, so it's also secure enough to make it impossible to decrypt this in realtime for a longer time. This secures that the TCPA can prevent any unwanted software and hardware. The long term result will be that it will be impossible to use hardware and software that's not approved by the TCPA. Presumably there will be high costs to get this certification and that these would be too much for little and mid-range companies. Therefore open-source and freeware would be condemned to die, because without such a certification the software will simply not work. In the long term only the big companies would survive and could control the market as they would like. Some could think that it should be possible to get around this security. But probably they would be proved they're wrong. Until now there're no such hardware-implemented security systems and actual security systems have to work offline. This would be changed with TCP. The rights and licenses would be central managed by the TCPA (USA?). And as soon a violation is noticed, they will get notified. Read the chapter "The bills" to get an overview about the possible resulting consequences.
from http://www.againsttcpa.com
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Glarion Garnier
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Posted - 2005.08.20 00:55:00 -
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The companies: The TCPA was founded 1999 by Compaq, HP, IBM, Intel and Microsoft. But in the meantime around 200 companies joined them. You will find Adobe, AMD, Fujitsu-Siemens, Gateway, Motorola, Samsung, Toshiba and many other well known companies. IBM already sells first desktops and notebooks with integrated TPM.
The bills: In the USA there's a planed bill, the so called CBDPTA (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act). First it was callen SSSCA (Security Systems Standards and Certification Act). The new name reads much more harmless. Looks like the first name made it too easy to discover the purpose of this bill. This bill plans to legally force secure (TCPA-conform) systems. So in the USA it would then not be allowed to buy or sell systems that are not TCPA-conform. Passing this law would be punished with up to 5 years of prision and up to $500.000 fine. The same would apply for development of "open" software. Open means that it would work on systems that're not TCPA-conform. Even if this bill would only valid in the USA it would have catastrophically effects worldwide. Because US companies are not allowed to develop and sell "unsecure" software, others would have to jump onto the TCP-train, so they would give total control over themself to the TCPA (USA?), or they would have to live completely without software and harware from US-companies. No Windows, Solaris, MacOS, Photoshop, Winamp or to say it short: The largest part of all software that's used on this planet would not be usable.
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Zaldiri
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Posted - 2005.08.20 08:44:00 -
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Yes but TCPA will by bypassed withing 2 seconds of it general release.
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