News Microsoft starts 'Vista Ready' programme

its a load of crap

users down the line will think their pc is "vista ready"

but it will only run the XP (pretty much) version of vista

without the media functionality, and the transparent stuff, it is just the "basic" version, which is basicly XP+

and then people will get pissed off cos their "vista ready" PC wont run a decent copy of vista

 

I had a copy of vist installed for about a 1/2 hour before i reformated. If you like vista, you should check out he nevest version of KDE or Gnome for linux.

 

IF linux had suport for all games and most of the software that is used in windows, windows would be now lost in the trash.

UT2004 has linux suport i think.

 

I definantly wont buy Vista if it doesnt offer me something that XP doesnt, and I don't mean moronic glass efects. I want something that'll let me use my computer for what I want it to be used for in a fast and effective way.

I dont think an OS that will outdate prettymuch all computers around is the way to go for MS. Although I'm sure that a year after it's released you'r gonna see a lot of Vista around ofcourse. But I realy doubt you'r gonna see the huge differance from XP to Vista, the way you did when XP came around.

Anyway, if it's not any better I'm sure that (mostly) anyone whith enough computer know how / interest to read this forum will simply let all the other pople have their "bragging rights"

 

we have a vista not ready laptop running the latest vista build, its a 1 gig C600 with 256 meg of ram and runs like a dog, XP runs pritty well on them and runs faster and better than windows 98 did on it. It seems like vista is taking a step backwards. I certainly dont need all these fancy features, and the new interfaces just seem pointless, even though they say that its better.

There is probably a reason why XP has lasted so long without a successor. because despite the bugs and security flaws, XP is actually a pritty good product. Unfortunatly nearly every windows machine is now a flavor of XP and therefor microsoft are not making as much money so they need to invent this new vista to try and convince us to upgrade to that. well erm no thanks, as long as XP isnt preventing me from doing stuff I think I will stick with it for a few years yet.

 

thats where they will get you

new products will "need" vista to run (or run well)

2k has lasted so long beacause most XP products run on 2k

 

???? English please

Well at least I can read this... barely.

OK You wanna know what Vista's got? Here bare in mind there's a lot more.

Deployment/Servicing: EFI support
Deployment/Servicing: Monad
Deployment/Servicing: Faster Installation
Deployment/Servicing: ClickOnce
Filesystem: Transactional File Transfers
Filesystem: File Virtualization
Hardware: External Memory Management USB Nand SuperFetching
Hardware: External LCD interaction without main OS
Hardware: Microphone Arrays
Hardware: Advanced Touch-screen support
Hardware: Hybrid Hard-drive support
Hardware: Stealth Modding
Interface: Faster Search Engine
Interface: Start Menu Program Searching
Interface: Virtual Folders
Interface: Word Document Thumbnails Expandable Preview
Interface: Excel Document Thumbnails Expandable Preview
Interface: RAW Image Thumbnails Expandable Preview
Interface: Avalon
Interface: Theming Unlocked
Interface: Native RSS Support
Interface: Aero Glass + Others
Internet: Indigo
Internet Explorer: IE 7 native except in Europe
Kernel: Improved Hardware Scalability
Kernel: Application Resource Management
Kernel: Graphics Display Driver Model Improvements GPU doing UI
Kernel: TCP/IP Offloading
Maintenance: Windows Assessment Tool
GFX: DX 10 "Exclusive"
Registry: Transactional Registry Handling
Registry: Registry Virtualization
Security: full-volume encryption
Security: Full NX (No Execute) Support
Security: Least-privilege User Access
Security: Protected Administrator
Security: Secure Startup
Security: Optional Automation of Anti-Virus Subscription Renewals.
Security: Proactive Firewall
Miscellaneous: Instant On via Hybrid Drive System
Media: Win Media Player 11 "Except Europe"
Networking: Castle
Security: Parental controls
Deployment/Servicing: Error Data Transmission
Interface: Device Manager Improvements
Deployment/Servicing: Driver Protection/Forced Driver Signing
Interface: Help and Support Headlines
Deployment/Servicing: Language Independence

All that plus Vista will be the first mainstream OS to push consumer computing into the 64bit frontier.
Looks like it's a little more than just some glassy windows.