Re: I like Vista

If you want Aero Glass try this on XP. I like it
http://www.otakusoftware.com/topdesk/index.html

Jeff

"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John <john23299@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't know why this Vista bashing is all about. I know xp is running
fine,
I still have a couple of machines with xp on them, I also have a couple
of
new notebooks with Vista premium and an old desktop (P4) with Vista
business, Vista runs so nice and smooth and so intuitive I hardly want to
use xp any more, that's my take. John

My main dig against Vista is its hardware requirements. If you want to
run Vista complete with its new UI, Aero, you need some pretty hefty
hardware in order to just hit the power switch. What's worse is that many
of Aero's features have been implemented elsewhere using much fewer system
requirements. For instance, Stardock Systems' Object Desktop product was
allowing me to do many of Aero's effects almost 10 years(!) ago on a
measly 200Mhz Pentium. I know you don't HAVE to run Aero, but you'll miss
out on a lot of Vista's newer features otherwise.

Even ignoring Aero altogether, systems running Vista - just Vista - use up
more system resources than when they were running XP. This means there's
less memory and CPU cycles available for YOUR applications - which is the
only reason you're running the computer in the first place.

Another major beef I have against Vista is Microsoft's insistance that
DirectX 10 will only be released for Vista. DirectX is an API
encompassing libraries used by video cards, sound cards, and game
controllers. This makes it easier for game developers to write games for
Windows. The latest version of DirectX, 9.0c, will work for any game on
the market today. However, Microsoft is encouraging developers to move
onto DirectX 10 as soon as possible. As DirectX 10 compatible games start
appearing on the market, gamers, like myself, will have no choice BUT to
upgrade if we want to play those games. Combined with Vista's hunger for
hardware, a decent gaming rig for Vista is going to be pretty expensive.


The computer does not exist for the OS, it exists for the applications you
want to run. The OS merely acts as an interface between your hardware and
applications. It should not be the main reason for using a computer.
Unfortunatly, Microsoft has long since forgotten this and has blurred this
line between "OS" and "application" since its Windows product first
debuted for DOS all those many years ago.

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