But same time it ain't legal...I use a version of xp that somebody made on a forum im on... tis called 'tinyXP_version3'
Its more or less a stripped down version of windowsXp professional, works great and fast on my amazingly crap computers
[B said:Trixter[/B]]
ROFL
That’s not entierly true micro iv done over 40 upgrade installs and not a problem on one of em.... well nothing that isn't just bad planning on Vistas side.
Vista requires atleast 1gig of ram to run correctly more if your running it with the areo system enabled. Its also built to ask for the administrator password every time you make even the slightest change ( alittle something thay stole/borrowed from linux but atleast in linux you can disable it) thay call it a security feature.
Heres a little something mose people iv talked to dont know,its called the five point rule, microsoft alowes you to change upto five points of hardware , with each peice of hardware having a point value if i remember correctly your MB has a point value of between 2-4 depending on what it has onboard, if you exceed the five points you have to buy a whole new OS from Microsoft!! At FULL price!!! this means if your building is struck by lightning or a power surge and fries your computer (or even certian componints in your computer) you have to not only buy new hardware but new software as well!!!! all this is NOT even mentioning the Machine ID code they wright to a chip on your MB that is checked every time Vista is installed/reinstalled Its “Job” is to record (A)The current Hardware installed in your machine and (B) how many times youve installed Vista on that machine. After a certian number of Installs/Reinstalls it requires you to buy a new product code from Microsoft this is kinda like the verification on XP(which you have to do on Vista aswell) but it now uses the hardware as well as the software key online.
So what do i say to all the people buying and installing Vista? Knock yourself out. Ill install the sucker for you but as for me? Ill be giving it a complete skip. XP was intrusive and constraning enough for my taste. Im currently migrating to mac and linux, something which i see more and more of the tech people who went for longhorn/vista training and were involved in beta testing are doing.
Maybe there is a way around this.
1. Install vista
2. Make an image
so if you need to re-install, the activation and hardware id are the same, and it dosn't know its a new install?
Anyone here use ReadyBoost?
I'm gonna buy a new comp soon, and I'm wondering if I should spend an additional $130 for an additional gig of RAM (2 GB, 2 DIMMs), or if I should just get a 4 GB ReadyBoost enabled flash drive for $50 to save $130
Windows Vista: The Ow starts now.
If you wait until 2011 you most likely will not have to upgrade to vista at all, that depends if Microsoft's "Windows 7" operating system is anything better than Vista... or if it is even released yet, haha (supposed to be released in 2009, just over a year away).Thats good news, I don't have to buy vista until I'm good and freaking ready