Vista is Actually Kinda Cool

[veazey21]

Guysguysguys. I just found the fourth thing about Vista that I like.

1. Sidebar.It's like the Dashboard from OS X, except I have mine docked to the side of my screen. My current widget/gadget/Gidget configuration is a CPU/RAM monitor (looks like a tachometer), a monthly calendar, a Post-It-looking scratch pad, a calculator, a weather thingy (

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[dead_13]

as with xp when it came out, it has some warts (yeah the resource shit) hopefully SP1 will address this

[dead_13]

oh and people wouldn't shit on it so much if it had just came out when they had originally planed, instead of suffering from feature creep.

[veazey21]

Really? It's the 32- versus 64-bit that's the issue? Well, smeg. Dell could only sell me the 32-bit version of Vista on my laptop, and I've got a Core2 Duo processor. I wonder, do you know if there's any cost to switch a 32-bit install to 64-bit?

And I'm already liking how well Vista compartmentalizes crashes. I thought XP did a good job with it, and Vista has improved it still further. Generally, it's a pretty good OS.

[dead_13]

Since i'm guessing it's the oem version, then you have to pay like 30 bucks to have microsoft send you the 64 bit install (only the retail ultimate comes with both copies in the box) if you only have 4 gigs, and the 32 bit, i still think it sticks windows memmory into the unaddressable sections (32 but programs can't even get up there) so it's not that big of a deal.

and finding 64 bit version of most apps is hard to impossible (the 64 bit crysis demo doesn't even work)

[veazey21]

Summary: LAME

[dead_13]

Well since both versions won't fit on a single DVD, it's a money saving tactic.

i mean, seriously... how many standard comsumers will install and use the 64 bit at this point?

(5 years from now, might be different)

you might want to contact Dell or whoever and see if you can weasel out a copy (or find it for download, and use you win key, which doesen't care if it's 32 or 64)

[veazey21]

Hmmm.

Then the question becomes whether or not there are drivers for all the specialty hardware in this thing. Step 1: contact Dell's support people. Since this is an XPS, the support staff all speak English as a first language, so that shouldn't be a huge issue.