windows vista, whats the big deal?

whats the big deal with switching to this when its released?

is it better? faster?

i assume its going to be better and faster cause it was built with 64bit processing in mind.

but what about the 32bit version? why would anyone upgrade from xp to the 32 bit vista?

does is it really a big deal performance wise to switch (with 64bit proc) or is it just cuase its new?

basically what can i expect to "experiance" with this new windows lol

 

it will supposedly be more secure, which IMO is the only reason to switch. It will have a new, "prettier" interface, which some people are excited about. better/faster will depend on what hardware you throw at it, running the full aero glass look will require lots of resources, unknown how much will be needed for a more stripped down version. Will also have lots of overdue updates, such as in networking, and allow some semi-interesting features such as using a USB drive fore pagefiles instead of harddrive.

 

The other important thing for Aero is that (correct me if I'm wrong) is vector scaling. Basically, it'll let you up the DPI on your screen without everything looking odd (as it does in XP). Nice for those of us who want high resolution displays for graphics but to be able to read text easily too.

 

Yeah, Vista is supposed to be a real resource hog.

I'm getting it for the nice GUI and security features, as well as to play Halo 2 on my computer and just to say I have it.

 

I think Windows Vista will have a whole host of useless features such as Superfetch, which apparently remembers the most frequent programs you use and then keeps some of their components running in memory for faster relaunching. In this article about Vista in the computer magazine PC Advisor, it says that this is a "clever feature" and that "it might speed up your work".

I doubt the last statement very much. For it to speed up programs, a lot of RAM would be required, as Vista alone could apparently use about 800MB of RAM so you'll need at least a 1GB to run Vista nicely. So I think this feature is just a waste of RAM and won't really make a whole world of difference. And if your a keen gamer, you might want more RAM to run games nicely. 2GB would probably be fine for older games such as Max Payne or Halo, I'm not quite sure though. And FEAR or Battlefield 2 would probably require more, I'm guessng 3 or 4GB to run the games at their optimum settings. Some people might appreciate this feature but I think it's pretty pointless.

But one thing I do think would be a huge improvment in Vista would be the new interface look. The "Aero glass effect" would look very cool indeed and would make using Windows a joy...I think and it would probably look easier on the eyes.

 

Oh yeah, the other feature I forgot- upgrades and patching. Unlike Windows XP, most services will be updateable without rebooting (so few if any of those "press yes to reboot now" screens). For those few that do require it, the OS will take a snapshot of the system state, so that everything is the way you left it when the reboot finishes.

 

thats the only thing which makes it sound worth getting...

lol i hate restarting ym computer...

 

because directx 10 won't run on XP.

 

I really don't see any big deal in Vista, looks quite unimpressive to me, especially with Aero Glass, where I know several people will disagree with me. I mean come on, its only a bit of transparency effects and it took those crackheads at Microsoft 5 years to figure it out!?!?

Just glad they changed the name from Longhorn to Vista, much better name. I've never ever used OSX and it still looks as good or better than Vista to me.

 

about time microsoft lol...Im getting it for the pretty stuff...like aero theme. For me its all about style

 

A lot of people talk about Direct X 10... While I enjoy playing games, what I dislike is shoddy game programing, or games being released that look good but play just the same as the last 5 versions.

Basically, if all faster video cards, Vista, and DX 10 just let me play games - then why bother?

I don't trust Vista, I honestly don't trust MS - I think most of the features they originally talked about have gone away (WinFS, etc) - all the anti-piracy / DRM features are a pain in the *** .... meh, XP for me...

 

hmm

the theme most people can just download something from stardock and get a glassxp theme. lol it looks like vista

 

Greetings,

If you are interested in Win FS file system I can say you might find some interesting info on it at this source: http://www.ntfs.com/ Theres plenty of valuable info there.

 

Great read (and 1st post), Triangle!! I learned a lot, but didn't know too much about it to begin with. Plus there are links for more info on the subject.

 

Windows FS File System WILL NOT come with Windows Vista. Although it was original planned to come with Vista, the release date and recent problem will not allow for FS to be included. Some have spectulated that FS will now come as a update pack (SP likely) sometime later. With Microsoft, that could be quite awhile or never.

For me, Vista is overhyped. Why? I don't want or need pretty little aero glass effects, especially when it comes with the side-effect of being a huge system hog. I certainly don't want Vista's HDCP and extremely over-the-top DRM system.

 

It's not as though the HDCP thing is their choice. My guess is that all legal 3rd party HDDVD/BluRay playing software will have to support HDCP only output even in Windows XP.

 

I think Windows Vista is a necessary step in the progress of Computer Technology. The main feature of Windows Vista is its 64 bit structure.

As far as I know (could be wrong), 64 bit processors are able to support, operate with higher RAM files at a time, wherease 32 bit processor's ability is limited by approximately 2 GB of RAM, 64 with go BEYOND that, which is will allow to work with applications on TOTALLY DEFFERENT LEVEL.

Vista is the future in front of US. Three dimensional games and messenger, super high speed connections, super fast start ups, etc, etc...

That's what Vista is all about.

IMHO.