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andreychuk
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March 27th, 2007 15:00
How is everyone doing with their vista experience?
Mine is going okay. Some games are a little slower on Vista then they were on XP but I believe Nvidia can redeem themselves in time and release a driver set to fix these problems.
andreychuk
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Posted March 27th, 2007 16:00
Donsell wrote:
For a lot of us, the question is: "How is everyone doing with their Dell experience?"Sadly the answer is not very well.
Please do not try to hijack this topic with nonsense such as trying to turn the topic around.- Got my m1210 for almost a week now I think;Like what one of the posters said - the HDD runs for no apparent reason.This infuriates me. :)If I hadn't scheduled or setoff some process on my own, I don't want to seethe box running.Couple of notes:1. There are so many services running - it's no wonder it needs tons of RAM;I've got 2GB, but I've since shutdown a lot of those that I don't need.2. Task Scheduler now runs all the time - and if you drill down to the Scheduled Taskssection of My Computer, ManageYou'd no doubt find tons of stuff there.I deleted most of them.3. Lack of customizations at setup -I don't like the installed path to be C:\Windowsie %SystemRoot%"C:\Windows" means to me that it's the average Joe's installation.If I paid for the Ultimate version, I'd like to customize the machine to my ownliking, and C:\Windows => is a no-no.Remember the old days when you'd be able to check off the list of stuffthat you want?Sure - imaging the system for deployment is great for sellers,and also for clients who just doesn't care.There are people who mind a lot of garbage;a single huge partition where all the stuff is located.Try this - what are the different areas in the house?We have washrooms, bedrooms, den, backyard.One doesn't pass motion in the bedrooms, do they ?So by the same token, I'd like to keep data in a separate partition from the games/apps.Easier to backup too.Based upon the above;Vista is a waste of money.How many clicks does it take now to shutdown?(don't count the power button which you can configure in Power Options).
DUDLEY YOUNG
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Posted March 27th, 2007 17:00
I go along with Farbuncle. It is definitely a learning experience. You have to be patient. The only thing I am displeased with is why did dell ship my machine with Norton Ghost installed when they knew it would not work with Vista. That's puzzling. I got Driver Detective and run it every day. The drivers I need are gradually dwindling in. In all I like Vista. DudleyXPS 410
VISTA Home Premium
Core 2 Duo E6400
2GB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz
19" ultra sharp LCD Monitor
ATI Radeon X1300 pro 256MB DVIVGA
Datasafe 320GB/Norton Ghost
48X Combo and 16X DVD+/-RW
Sound Blaster Audigy MB AudioRedwing634
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Posted March 27th, 2007 17:00
I'm enjoying my Vista experience so far. I love Aero, and I've had no problem playing any of the games I play (mainly games like CS:S, HL2, DOD:S, etc). Drivers will get better in time.No complaints with Vistaimn2science
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Posted March 27th, 2007 17:00
If I had only known... I would have purchased my new Dell XPS M1210 with WinXP. The Dell was not Vista-ready, or Vista was not Dell-ready. My list of hardware and software problems is a full page long. One would think that a fresh install on a brand new machine would be the ultimate in success. I say nay-nay.
seeny
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Posted March 27th, 2007 15:00