Windows Vista Beta 2 - Mini Review & Impressions by JMowery, Enjoy

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Maya 7 did install fine. Does run much slower than when on Windows XP.

If you have very fast hardware (which if you have Maya and use Maya on a daily basis) you probably do, it might perform better.

But installed fine and started up fine.
 
Quote from skepticaltrader:

What kind of video card memory is Microsoft recommending for Vista?

Looks like most people will have to upgrade to at least 128 MB of video memory if they want to run Vista properly.

256 MB is probably going to be a good estimate.
128 MB probably bare minimum.

256 MB graphics cards are very very cheap now though.
 
Quote from ang_99:

What does solitare look like? :)

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Pretty cool, I might put some time into the chess game for sure, and minesweeper has gotten a bit of an upgrade. All the games you can scale to different sizes and they will adjust to stay smooth looking.

Mahjong I also like as well, simple games, but well done. The games do lag a tad bit though, I'm going to assume now that it is my computer having problems running Windows Vista. Just isn't powerful enough probably to handle it.

Games also have a SAVE feature.
 
Pretty cool... so bottom line is you need the latest processer and maxed out ram to run vista smooth I guess. BTW, longhorn was a cooler name for the OS.
 
Quote from ang_99:

Pretty cool... so bottom line is you need the latest processer and maxed out ram to run vista smooth I guess. BTW, longhorn was a cooler name for the OS.

I think The Nittany Lion would have been a cooler name for this Windows :p

Right now that is the way it seems, although not MAXED out, but a very good system. My system is coming up on being around 2 years old.

2 gigs of ram, at least a 2 ghz processor, 256 MB graphics card, I think should run the Final version of Vista alright. (Hopefully, otherwise big problems)

If not, then I don't see how Vista is going to sell, so I just hope they optimize the hell out of Vista soon. Just way too slow. I could fire up a cd-based version of Linux and be running faster and have more capabilities/or at least just as many as Vista right now.

If Vista does bomb, hopefully it will open up a window (ironic) for Linux and MacOS to improve even more. I know if Vista is overpriced, that Linux might be getting a good chunk of new users which would be nice. I wish the financial community was more Linux friendly, but all the popular order execution software's run on Windows.
 
I think a good compromise is XP x64. It is not so bleeding edge as Vista, yet it is an updated XP. I am very happy with my installation. You have to choose your hardware carefully, for compatibility reasons.
 
Quote from gnome:
I don't plan to use Vista until its SP2 is out.
Me too. Right now I'm very satisfied w/XP. I haven't had a crash in ages, it's definitely the most stable Windows I've ever used. Using a few free (or very cheap) programs, I no longer have problems w/spyware, viruses, or popups. I have multiple backups in case disaster ever does strike. And there are all kinds of cool free themes and wallpapers out there so I never get bored w/the look of my desktop. (Same w/the free themes for Mozilla Firefox.) After all the hassles I had w/the previous versions of Windows, XP SP2 seems stable, fast, and looks cool. I ain't changing to Vista until I'm absolutely sure they've got it right.

Harold
 
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