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  1. Vista is much better than I thought it would be. It looks nicer as well.


  2. I quite like it. Things seem to not crash as much, hardware seems to be pretty much compatible with 99.9% of drivers and it looks modern, and integrates with loads of devices like the 360. Everything is a lot easier to find and in logical English, not typical Winglish. There's so many little improvements which make Vista a bit better to use, and you can't not be impressed by them. Yet, there's some things which make me wonder why MS didn't bother to fix those, but a decent update overall.

    Windows 7 Beta 1 is coming out January 9, so that should mean Win7 will almost be ready just after September this year. It looks very nice, but I sure hope the interface they're showing off is not the final one - it needs to be something totally different and new.

    Winsupersite.com seems to have some great stuff about Windows 7 and the original Vista concept. Lyndon would probably know what Longhorn is, or not...
  3. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    I quite like it. Things seem to not crash as much, hardware seems to be pretty much compatible with 99.9% of drivers and it looks modern, and integrates with loads of devices like the 360. Everything is a lot easier to find and in logical English, not typical Winglish. There's so many little improvements which make Vista a bit better to use, and you can't not be impressed by them. Yet, there's some things which make me wonder why MS didn't bother to fix those, but a decent update overall.

    Windows 7 Beta 1 is coming out January 9, so that should mean Win7 will almost be ready just after September this year. It looks very nice, but I sure hope the interface they're showing off is not the final one - it needs to be something totally different and new.

    Winsupersite.com seems to have some great stuff about Windows 7 and the original Vista concept. Lyndon would probably know what Longhorn is, or not...


    Yes, I do realise that Longhorn was the working name for Vista.
    I might switch over to 7 when it comes out, does it use more system resources than Vista?
  4. Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    Yes, I do realise that Longhorn was the working name for Vista.
    I might switch over to 7 when it comes out, does it use more system resources than Vista?


    I don't think it does - MS has been working on startups, improving resource usage and all that sort of stuff, and getting manufacturers to release decent drivers before general release. I've got the same thoughts as you about switching straight over, because it does look good.

    I'm also thinking about getting the beta, so if I do I'll let you know whether it was worth it. Although RC1 and RC2 (builds 5600 and 5782) of Vista was a lot faster than the final, when I tested it. I never tried the original beta, so I had to rely on others to report on it.

    I've been pleasantly surprised in advances MS is making lately, it seems all good. Zune is another one which seems awesome, but it ain't out, officially, in Australia yet. I'd like to get one though.




    Originally posted by NickI think that Vista is a lot easier to use than XP. Vista has inferior performance to XP? How so?

    (Forgive my probably simple questions)


    I think before the service pack was released, it was quite buggy but the service pack and SP2 will improve on a lot of things. I know the copy problem with people reporting corrupt file copying and that sort of thing, as well as a lot of original hardware just not working for whatever reason there was - and generally taking forever to do anything. Dunno when SP2 is meant to be coming out, but it should help Vista that bit more.

    Just the way Vista is set up and how things work makes all the difference. XP, out of the box, is terribly set up, but you can improve it. But if you're building or buying a new computer, specificially for gaming or multimedia, Vista is the way to go with DirectX10 and all that sort of stuff and Media Centre, which I really like.
  5. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    Just the way Vista is set up and how things work makes all the difference. XP, out of the box, is terribly set up, but you can improve it. But if you're building or buying a new computer, specificially for gaming or multimedia, Vista is the way to go with DirectX10 and all that sort of stuff and Media Centre, which I really like.


    Unless they sell laptops with 512mb and Vista on it. They did it for some time here. Now they realised it didn't work that well, so the memory size is usually 2gb at the minimum now.

    I think Windows 7 will be like Vista if we talk about the looks. Windows XP was, in some way, similar to good old Windows 95. Same goes for Windows 98 and ME. Vista was some new concept and they won't throw it away that easily. I hope my laptop can survive trough Vista. I might buy a new one with 7 on it. It's my favourite number afterall.
  7. Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

    Unless they sell laptops with 512mb and Vista on it. They did it for some time here. Now they realised it didn't work that well, so the memory size is usually 2gb at the minimum now.

    I think Windows 7 will be like Vista if we talk about the looks. Windows XP was, in some way, similar to good old Windows 95. Same goes for Windows 98 and ME. Vista was some new concept and they won't throw it away that easily. I hope my laptop can survive trough Vista. I might buy a new one with 7 on it. It's my favourite number afterall.


    512MB for Vista does work. It does not work very well, unless it's Home Basic or Starter. XP was a nice-looking system, but those looks belong back in 1998. I reckon 2000 looked the best.


    About that Palm phone, the interface looks very nice, much nicer than the default iPhone and iPod touch one, and looks better than those devices. Which I might now make a theme for my touch just like that. Palm has always been a great brand and always coming up with great ideas. Pity it's not in Australia yet, but when it is...I reckon I'll be getting one.

    And the website for it is here: http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/index.html

    Very, very nice looking device. But what exactly is a Web OS? Like it relies a lot on the internet for doing various things, but retains the use of it offline too? People are always trying to find the next 'iPhone killer'. There's nothing such as an iPhone killer, but a rival to the millions of them around the world.

    I'm gonna upload my new touch interface a bit later when I've got it right. Right now it looks completely strange but it's almost there.
  8. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    512MB for Vista does work. It does not work very well, unless it's Home Basic or Starter. XP was a nice-looking system, but those looks belong back in 1998. I reckon 2000 looked the best.



    True..it does work, but it's far from ideal.
  10. Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

    The Nokia 5800 Express Music should have been the phone to take on the iPhone but sadly Nokia priced it through the roof and it has slipped by relatively un-noticed. I'll get one when the price drops.


    The Nokia is indeed looking nice, and you're right, I didn't know about it.
    The Palm does look nice, guess it's a bit bulky judging by the slide-keyboard...I wanna know the price!!
  11. Originally posted by argyle_g:Hi everyone.
    Hope somebody can help with this Ipod Query. My Ipod has started cutting off the end of newly transferred songs somtimes by up to a minute. The recordings in the library are complete and I have been sorting it by deleting off the player and re-transfering this seems to work fine. A small inconvienience but annoying


  12. Originally posted by Ali709:[..]

    The Nokia is indeed looking nice, and you're right, I didn't know about it.
    The Palm does look nice, guess it's a bit bulky judging by the slide-keyboard...I wanna know the price!!


    Me too. Is Casper writing a reply above? All I can see is a quote and a blank line?
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