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Phillip
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RE: RE: RE: Should i get vista?
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
And in addition to dt's reply on Carltos Cool's post:
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Originally posted by Carltos Cool
DX 10 = Direct X 10, it will be needed in the future for playing new games. This is not available for XP.
errrmm... it is not available _yet_...
When they become available, put a DirectX 10 compatible graphics card in your PC and download the DirectX 10 driver and you're done 
DirectX10 Gaming will only be possible on Vista machines. There will always be hackers that try to port DX10 to XP but it will never work properly. Cookie isn't much of a gamer is he  ![[Image: awd.png]](http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9826/awd.png)
Drawn into the darkness here with your eyes on the prize at stake.
Faint hearts on an endless path letting go of the ones we break.
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| 07-21-2007 05:57 PM |
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andrewdodd13
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RE: RE: RE: Should i get vista?
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with Vista! It is a new OS... Remember all the (stupid crap) talk when XP came out? When XP SP2 came out? Deja-vu all the way I'd say....
Don't get ahead of yourself Cookie, Vista SP1 isn't even out yet. 
And yeah I'm sure Philip is right, DX10 apparently isn't coming out for XP, there's a few guys trying to backport it, but I tried Notepad from Vista on XP and it just died  . (The Windows 6 kernel has new API calls, etc, not implemented in the 5.x series... so... it probably won't work.)
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| 07-21-2007 10:30 PM |
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RE: RE: RE: Should i get vista?
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with Vista! It is a new OS... Remember all the (stupid crap) talk when XP came out? When XP SP2 came out? Deja-vu all the way I'd say....
Yes, which is exactly why 2k remains a much nicer operating system than XP was put impeccably into words at DebianDay for me last Saturday, by Knut Yrvin of Trolltech - adults try something once, fail, and then are like "ffs this doesn't work". Children try, fail, and then try again, and succeed - maybe on the second, or even fifth retry. But the thing is that they keep at it and overcome the problems in the end.
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| 07-22-2007 04:56 AM |
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Nefzen
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RE: Should i get vista?
at least it's not Windows Me
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| 07-22-2007 11:24 AM |
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CookieRevised
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RE: Should i get vista?
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and what was wrong with SP2?
nothing, that's the point  .-= A 'frrrrrrrituurrr' for Wacky =-. |
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| 07-22-2007 12:09 PM |
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RE: RE: Should i get vista?
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and what was wrong with SP2?
nothing, that's the point
It still had many security issues, also the in-built firewall epicly fails. |
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| 07-23-2007 01:01 AM |
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CookieRevised
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RE: Should i get vista?
There is nothing wrong with SP2.
There is nothing wrong with Vista
If you want a total security, forget about using a PC all together.
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| 07-23-2007 02:44 AM |
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_Humphreys
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RE: Should i get vista?
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If you want a total security, forget about using a PC all together.
You can come close with a Linux Distro...we all know why that is rofl.
Back on Topic --
I suggest not using Vista, however, everyone has their opinion. I just don't like the DRM dodgyness, addtionally I view it as a resource hog. I don't want my PC turning into to some talkie-toaster...
This post was edited on 07-23-2007 at 03:26 PM by _Humphreys.
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| 07-23-2007 03:22 PM |
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RE: Should i get vista?
If your computer can take vista smoothly, do it. |
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| 07-23-2007 03:30 PM |
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CookieRevised
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RE: Should i get vista?
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Originally posted by Carltos Cool
I suggest not using Vista, however, everyone has their opinion. I just don't like the DRM dodgyness, addtionally I view it as a resource hog. I don't want my PC turning into to some talkie-toaster...
That's an option like so many other options which can be turned off.
On that same manner, XP has similar options which slows it down.
So, no reason for not getting Vista....
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